Current Team
Jon E. Froehlich
 Jan 2012 - Present
Associate Professor
Computer Science
University of Washington
Mikey Saugstad
 May 2017 - Present
Research Scientist
Computer Science
University of Washington
Seokbin Kang
 Aug 2014 - Present
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Liang He
 Aug 2015 - Present
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Washington
Dhruv Jain
 May 2014 - Present
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Washington
Manaswi Saha
 Aug 2015 - Present
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Washington
Venkatesh Potluri
 Sep 2018 - Present
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Washington
Anthony Li
 Jun 2015 - Present
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Aileen Zeng
 May 2018 - Present
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Washington
Sophie Tian
 Sep 2018 - Present
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Washington

Alumni
Matthew L Mauriello
 Nov 2012 - Aug 2018
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Lee Stearns
 May 2013 - Aug 2018
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Teja Maddali
 May 2017 - Dec 2017
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Soheil Behnezhad
 Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Kotaro Hara
 Mar 2012 - Dec 2016
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Ruofei Du
 Aug 2013 - Jan 2015
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Majeed Kazemitabaar
 Aug 2014 - Aug 2017
MS Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Ladan Najafizadeh
 Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
MS Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Vanessa Oguamanam
 May 2015 - May 2016
MS Student
iSchool
University of Maryland
Anis Abboud
 Jan 2015 - May 2015
MS Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Michael Gubbels
 Nov 2012 - May 2015
MS Student
College of Information
University of Maryland
Allan Fong
 Sep 2012 - Jun 2013
MS Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Michelle Lin
 Jan 2018 - Sep 2018
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Washington
Johann Miller
 Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Sarah Smolen
 Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Simran Chawla
 Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
Undergrad
Computer Engineering
University of Maryland
Noa Chazan
 Sep 2016 - Dec 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Steven Bower
 Jun 2017 - Oct 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Aditya Dash
 Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
Undergrad
Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland
Chirag Shankar
 Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Sage Chen
 May 2017 - Jul 2017
Undergrad
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of Michigan
Matthew Brady
 Jan 2017 - May 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Anthony Castrio
 Jan 2017 - May 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Jason McPeak
 Jun 2016 - May 2017
Undergrad
Computer Engineering
University of Maryland
Victor De Souza
 Jan 2017 - May 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Maria Furman
 Dec 2016 - May 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Monica Katzen
 May 2016 - May 2017
Undergrad
Math
University of Maryland
Ji Hyuk Bae
 Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Julia Zheng
 Sep 2016 - Jan 2017
Undergrad
Computer Engineering
University of Maryland
Alexander Medeiros
 Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Jamie H Gilkeson
 Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Undergrad
Computer Science
Drexel University
Alex Jiao
 Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Undergrad
Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland
Thomas Outing
 May 2016 - Aug 2016
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Harry Vancao
 May 2016 - Aug 2016
Undergrad
Computer Engineering
University of Maryland
Daniil Zadorozhnyy
 May 2016 - Aug 2016
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Virginia Melandri
 May 2016 - Jul 2016
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Angelisa Plane
 Dec 2014 - May 2016
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Erica Brown
 May 2015 - Jan 2016
Undergrad
Bioengineering
University of Maryland
Eric Lancaster
 Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Weishin Chen
 Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Zachary Lawrence
 Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Andrew Matuza
 Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Alexander Zhang
 Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Bridget Cheng
 May 2015 - Aug 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
Cornell
Tony Cheng
 Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Katie Wang
 Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Christine Chan
 May 2015 - Aug 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Catherine Jou
 Sep 2014 - May 2015
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Robert Moore
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2014
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Joseph Owen
 Jan 2013 - Dec 2014
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Yumeng Wang
 Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
Undergrad
Architecture
University of Maryland
Gideon Popkin
 Sep 2013 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Anita Jorgensen
 Apr 2013 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Mariel Bartolome
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Alexa Greenberg
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Andrew Lake
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Victoria Le
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Cy Neita
 Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Sean Pannella
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Tejen Shrestha
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Karan Singh
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Alexa Stott
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Psychology
University of Maryland
Simon Townsend-Last
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Tanya Dastyar
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Nitaben Sutreja
 Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Marcus Amalachandran
 Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
High School Student
Henry M. Jackson High School
Johnson Kuang
 Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
High School Student
Inglemoor High School
Shiven Bhatt
 Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
High School Student
Redmond High School
Sonika Tayade
 Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
High School Student
Tesla STEM High School
Angela Carey Lin
 May 2018 - Aug 2018
High School Student
Seattle Prep
Ryan Holland
 Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
High School Student
Montgomery Blair
Sapna Bagalkotkar
 Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
High School Student
Poolesville High School
Samuel Kushnir
 Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
High School Student
Berman Hebrew Academy
Chuan Chen
 Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
High School Student
Poolesville High School
Jessica Yin
 Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
High School Student
Poolesville High School
Chloe Aloimonos
 Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
High School Student
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Niles Rogoff
 Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
High School Student
Woodlawn High School
Benjamin Holland
 Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
High School Student
Montgomery Blair High School
Sean Bae
 Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
High School Student
Richard Montgomery High School
Michael Holachek
 Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
High School Student
The Potomac School

Current Collaborators
Rama Chellappa
 Jan 2014 - Present
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Maryland
Tamara L. Clegg
 Jan 2014 - Present
Assistant Professor
iSchool and Education
University of Maryland
Mark Fuge
 Jan 2017 - Present
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland
Raja Kushalnagar
 Jul 2017 - Present
Associate Professor
Information Technology
Gallaudet University
Leah Findlater
 Sep 2017 - Present
Assistant Professor
Human-Centered Design and Engineering
University of Washington
Elizabeth Bonsignore
 Jul 2016 - Present
Research Scientist
College of Information Studies
University of Maryland
Ravi Konjeti
 Jun 2018 - Present
Research Scientist
Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Tech
Leyla Norooz
 May 2014 - Present
PhD Student
iSchool
University of Maryland
Virginia Byrne
 Jun 2016 - Present
PhD Student
College of Education
University of Maryland
Huaishu Peng
 Mar 2017 - Present
PhD Student
Information Science
Cornell University
Ghazaleh Keshavarz
 Sep 2018 - Present
MS Student
Information School
University of Maryland
Joshua Land
 Sep 2017 - Present
Undergrad
Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland

Past Collaborators
David Jacobs
 Aug 2012 - Jul 2017
Professor
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Brenna McNally
 Mar 2014 - Sep 2017
PhD Student
iSchool
University of Maryland
Jonggi Hong
 Jun 2015 - May 2017
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Uran Oh
 Mar 2013 - Dec 2016
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Matthew Dahlhausen
 Aug 2015 - Jan 2016
PhD Student
Building Sciences
University of Maryland
Amy Green
 Oct 2014 - Apr 2015
PhD Student
College of Education
University of Maryland
Jin Sun
 Jan 2013 - Oct 2014
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Rafael Antonio Velez
 Sep 2016 - Jul 2017
MS Student
College of Education
University of Maryland
Alisha Pradhan
 Aug 2016 - May 2017
MS Student
iSchool
University of Maryland
Meena Sengottuvelu
 Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Undergrad
Computer Science
University of Maryland
Afe Addeh
 Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
High School Student
Eleanor Roosevelt High School

We design, build, and evaluate interactive tools and techniques to address pressing societal challenges in accessibility, sustainability, education, and beyond.

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