Category: Research

Dr. Avinash Gupta is a Specialized Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at UIUC. He is also a faculty affiliate in the Jump Simulation Center, CI-MED. He teaches software and hardware engineering

Wendy A. Rogers, Ph.D., is Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  Her primary appointment is in the Department of Health and Kinesiology.  She has an appointment in Educational

Yao-Lin is currently a PhD student here in our lab and works on the STRETCH Robot Project that focuses on behavioral design for aging people. His research interests are social robotics including robot motion planning, indoor navigation, and

Willencia is a Master’s student here at UIUC. She works on our CREATE Virtual Reality and Decision Support projects. Her research interests include human-computer interactions, assistive technologies, and equitable access to health technologies.

Bachelor’s Degree: Biomedical Engineering, Marquette

Sajib was a licensed dentist in his home country. He became involved in public health and research with a motivation to have an impact on larger population groups. After working on several community-based health research projects for hard-to-reach

Mimi is currently a PHD student here at UIUC. She works with older adults on our Blood Pressure Study and Misty Robot Project. Mimi’s research interests include human factors and aging, motivation to adopt digital health technology, and

Elena works at the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI) at Georgia Tech. Her research interests include design and technology for healthy aging, aging with disability, and tele-exercise.

Bachelor’s Degree: Psychology, Georgia State University, 2011

Master’s Degree:

Megan has been with the Human Factors & Aging Laboratory since 2017 and is the Assistant Director of the lab. In addition to managing the day-to-day functions of the lab, Megan assists on the Disability & Aging

Emma’s research interests include personalized interventions for children with developmental disabilities (e.g., Autism) and children who are neurotypical as well as personalized interventions for adolescents with mental illness. Emma is most interested in how these interventions can help

Dr. Lee works on our CREATE project. Her research interests include optimal aging and social support received and provided by older adults as well as social engagement and technology use in older adults.

Bachelor’s Degree: Consumer and