Teaching

I currently teach following master level courses and seminars:

• Human Factors of Virtual Environments - MV4001:   Fall AY24, Fall AY23, Fall AY22, Fall AY21, Fall AY20, Fall AY19, Fall AY18, Fall AY17, Fall AY16, Fall AY15, Fall AY14, Fall AY13, Winter AY12, Winter AY11, Winter AY9, Winter AY08, Winter AY07, Winter AY06
  
• Introduction to Virtual Environment Technology seminar - MV3922:   Winter AY23, Winter AY22, Winter AY21, Winter AY20, Winter AY19, Winter AY18, Winter AY17, Winter AY16, Winter AY15, Winter AY14, Winter AY13
  
• Current Topics in Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation seminar - MV4924:   Fall AY24, Winter AY23, Fall AY23, Winter AY22, Fall AY22, Winter AY21, Fall AY21, Winter AY20, Fall AY20, Winter AY19, Fall AY19, Spring AY18, Fall AY18, Spring AY17, Fall AY17, Spring AY16, Fall AY16, Spring AY15, Fall AY15, Spring AY14, Fall AY14, Spring AY13, Fall AY13
  
• Human-Computer Interaction - CS3004:   Spring AY17, Fall AY17, Spring AY16, Fall AY16, Spring AY15, Fall AY15, Spring AY14, Fall AY14, Spring AY13, Fall AY13, Spring AY12, Fall AY12, Spring AY11
        Examples of past student lab projects: past projects
  

Research

The largest portion of my time is dedicated to research work on different projects. My research interests and expertise include:

• virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)
• persistent augmented and virtual environments, game-based systems
• human factors and presence in VR
• evaluation of learning and training effectiveness in computer supported environments
• virtual humans and validation of simulated human behaviors
• multiuser communication and collaborative environments
• diffusion of innovation: design, dissemination, deployment, and the use of simulations and game-based systems for learning and training; large scale adoption issues
• additive manufacturing: large scale innovation and adoption of technology

Student thesis advising: Current and past student thesis I advised or co-advised.

Service:

• Associate Editor for Frontiers in Virtual Reality, Section: Virtual Reality in Industry journal
• Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics journal
• Associate Editor for PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality journal
• Member of the Steering Committee for IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) conference
• Member of the International Program Committees and Reviewer for IEEE VR, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI), ACM Web3D, ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Virtual Reality journal
• Chair of the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Community (VGTC) Service Award for 2022 and 2023
• Member of the Best Paper Award committees for IEEE VR (2023, 2022, 2020) and VRST (2020)
• Service at the NPS: member of the Faculty Council (2011 - present), member of Faculty Council Executive Committee (2015, 2016, 2017), member of committees for NPS Faculty Handbook (efforts in 2011 - 2012, and 2014 - 2016), member of the NPS Mentorship Committee (2020), member of MOVES Ph.D. Committee, member of MOVES curriculum committee.

Professional membership: IEEE, ACM SIGGRAPH, and ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneers

Resume: Short bio , Curriculum Vitae

Focus group: MOVES Human Factors and Training Systems Focus Group

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS:

• MOVES demos and visitors during Discover NPS Day 2018 (Oct 26th, 2018)
• MOVES demos and visitors during Discover NPS Day 2017 (Dec 1st, 2017)