Members of tri-M
Dr. Dam successfully defended his dissertation!! (02172025)
First Lab Meeting in 2025 Spring
"Melody" in Winter Season (Thanks to Jia!!). Happy Holidays!!
End of Year Workshop 2024
End of Year Workshop 2024 Poster
AutoUI 2024 Conference in Stanford University
ISE International Night 2024 (Manhua & Jia)
Jia won the Graduate Student Service Excellence Award (2024)
IEEE VR 2024, Orlando FL
tri-M lab cake (Jia - a genius - made!!!)
End of Year Workshop 2023 Flyer (Jia's Design)
trim lab BAND!
trim lab End of Year Party 2023
trim lab End of Year Party 2023
AutoUI 2023 Conference in Ingolstadt, Germany
Center for HCI Student Symposium 2023
Center for HCI Student Symposium 2023
Jacqueline at ICAD2023 Doctoral Colloquium in Sweden
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First Lab Meeting in 2023 Spring
End of Year Workshop 2022-1
End of Year Workshop 2022-2
2022 End of Year Lab Research Workshop (designed by Jing)
10 year anniversary infographics (designed by Manhua and Jia)
trim Lab 10th Anniversary
trim Lab at HFES2022 (Social)
trim Lab at HFES2022 (Academic Activities)
AutoUI2022 trimLab reunion
AutoUI2022 Emotion Garage Workshop
First Lab Meeting 2022 Fall
VT Center for HCI Student Symposium 2022_group
VT Center for HCI Student Symposium 2022_presentations
First Lab Meeting in Spring 2022
2021 End of Year tri-M Lab Party
2021 End of Year Lab Research Workshop Invitation (designed by Jing)
Science Festival 2021 - Robot Musical Theatre
HFES 2021 trim Lab reunion (Chihab, Manhua, Shabnam, Jing, & Philart)
Lab Meeting Fall2021 (Fun)
Explore Engineering Week 2021 Fall VR Station (Mia & Hank)
trim Lab "Dab" at the first meeting 2020 Fall
Immersive Visualization & Sonification Studio (Homage to movie "Big")
Child-Robot Theater
Manhua presents at the AutoUI 2021 Virtual Conference.
HFES 2017 Conference (Shabnam, Jason, Eric, & Philart)
Lab Meeting 2019 Fall Semester
Science Festival 2019
End of Year Lab Party 2015
Three PhDs from the trim Lab (Shabnam, Jason, & Steven)
ArtsIT 2014 Conference
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Myounghoon Jeon, Ph.D. (Philart) , bioProfessor, Industrial and Systems Engineering | Computer Science (by courtesy) | Director, Mind Music Machine (tri-M) Lab | Senior Fellow, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology | Associate Director, Center for Human-Computer Interaction
Graduate Students
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Gayoung Ban , bioIndustrial and Systems Engineering, Ph.D.
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Jacqueline Bruen , bioComputer Science, Ph.D.
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Mungyeong Choe , bioIndustrial and Systems Engineering, Ph.D.
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Abhraneil Dam , bioIndustrial and Systems Engineering, Ph.D.
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Jiayuan Dong , bioIndustrial and Systems Engineering, Ph.D.
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Daniel Garrison , bioComputer Science, Ph.D.
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Yeaji Lee , bioIndustrial and Systems Engineering, Ph.D.
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Hayoun Moon , bioIndustrial and Systems Engineering, Ph.D.
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Ziming Fang , bioComputer Science, MS
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Masiath Mubassira , bioResearch Associate
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Udbhaav Mudgil , bioComputer Science, MEng
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Yi-Xiang Sun , bioEngineering Education, Ph.D.
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Yanna Jiang , bioResearch Associate
Undergraduate Students
Madison Harmon
Madison Harmon Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS
Matthew Woldemichael
Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS
Jillian Tran
Jillian Tran Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS
Yufei Chen
Yufei Chen Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS
Baker Hasan Computer Science, BS
Ty Lapekas Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS
Dani Stephens Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS
Zachary Lahlou Computer Science, BS
Katerina Stastny
Katerina Stastny Computational & Sys Neursci, BS
Yuli Cai
Yuli Cai Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS
Yujiao Wen
Yujiao Wen Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS
Mia Saade Industrial and Systems Engineering, BS
Alumni
Dr. Lee was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Mind Music Machine Lab at Virginia Tech in 2019-2020. Now, he is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Media, Culture and Design Technology & Department of Human-Computer Interaction at Hanyang University ERICA.
Dr. Zheng was a Research Assistant Professor at the Mind Music Machine Lab at Michigan Tech in 2016-2017. Now, she is an Assistant Professor in the Departmet of Electrical Engineering at University of Notre Dame.
Dr. FakhrHosseini received her PhD degree in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors from Michigan Tech in 2018. Her PhD dissertation is entitled, "How do angry drivers respond to emotional music? A comprehensive perspective on assessing emotion". Now, she is a Research Scientist at MIT AgeLab.
Dr. Sterkenburg received his PhD degree in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors from Michigan Tech in 2018. His PhD dissertation is entitled, "Design and evaluation of auditory-supported air gesture controls in vehicles". Now, he is a Human Factors Senior Engineer at Google Health.
Dr. Landry received his PhD degree in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors from Michigan Tech in 2019. His PhD dissertation is entitled, "Interactive sonification strategies for the motion and emotion of dance performances". After working as a postdoc researcher at MIT AgeLab, now, he is working as a Driver Performance Researcher at GM (General Motors).
Dr. Barnes received her MS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2017. Her MS thesis is entitled, "Musical robot dance freeze for children". Then, she received her PhD student in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2023. Her PhD dissertation is entitled, "Toward a longitudinal program of in situ social robotics research and informal STEAM education". Now, she is working as a Senior Software Engineer at Autonomic.
Dr. Zhang received her PhD in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2016. Now, she is working as a Software Engineer in the core financial applications group at Bloomberg LLC in New York City.
Dr. Wang received her PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024. Her PhD Dissertation is entitled, "Designing explainable in-vehicle interfaces for conditionally automated driving: A holistic examination with mixed method approaches". Dr. Wang will join University of Michigan IOE Program as an Assistant Professor in 2025 Fall. Before that, she is now working as a PostDoc Researcher at the Virginia Tech Transportation Research Institute.
Dr. Nadri received his PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023. His PhD dissertaion is entitled, "Development and evaluation of an assistive in-vehicle system for responding to anxiety in smart vehicles." After completing a postdoc at Texas A&M, Dr. Nadri is working as a postdoc researcher at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Dam received his PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2025. His PhD dissertatoin is entitled, "A Systematic Investigation into Induction and Mitigation Methods of Motion Sickness in Passengers of Automated Vehicles." Now, he is working as a Mechanical Human Factors Consultant at SAE Limited (Forensic Engineering and Consulting firm) in Charlotte.
Eric received his accelerated MS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2018. During his tenure he worked on many projects, including the smart exercise app for the blind people, the drone controller using a Myo armband, the child-robot theater project in the lab. Now, he is working as a software deverloper in industry.
Ridwan received his MS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2017. His MS thesis is entitled, "Musical exercise for people with visual impairments". Now, he is working as a software developer in industry.
Sunny received her MS in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors at Michigan Tech in 2016. Her MS thesis is entitled, "Multisensory cue congruency in lane change test". Now, she is working at United Technologies Research Center in Shanghai.
Steven received his MS in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors at Michigan Tech in 2016. His MS thesis is entitled, "Gettin’ active at passive crossings: Investigating the efficacy of in-vehicle auditory alerts for rail road crossings". Now, he is a PhD student in the tri-M Lab.
Jason received his MS in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors at Michigan Tech in 2015. His MS thesis is entitled, "Impacts of distraction on driving: an analysis of physical, cognitive, and emotional distraction". Now, he is a PhD student in the tri-M Lab.
Hye Sung "Hank" Moon received his MS degree in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2022. His MS Thesis is entitled, "The Effect of Interaction Method and Vibrotactile Feedback on User Experience and Performance in VR Games" and . Hyesung is now working on autonomous vehicles at Nuro, a robotics company, based in Mountain View, California.
Sush received her MS in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2021. Her MS thesis is entitled, "Exploring the effects of language on angry drivers' situation awareness, driving performance, and subjective perception". Sush is now working at Amazon.
Sangjin received his MEng in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2020. During his tenure at VT, he was working on the emotive robot voice project, the gesture-based drone controller project, the new auditory dispaly for level 4 automated vehicles project, and the computational modeling of driver behavior in semi-automated vehicle project.
Ashin received her MEng (MS project option) in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2020. Her MS project is entitled, "Comparative Analysis of Facial Affect Detection Algorithms".
Ziming "Joanna" Fang received her MS in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2024. Her MS Thesis is entitled, "Understanding and regulating happy and sad emotional states in driving through music."
Jing received her MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023. Her MS Thesis is entitled, "The effects of transparency and reliability of the in-vehicle agent on drivers in level 3 automated vehicles." Now, she is a PhD student at Purdue University.
Yusheng received his MS in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2022. His MS Thesis is entitled, "Increase driving situation awareness and in-vehicle gesture-based menu navigation accuracy with heads-up display." Now, he is a PhD student at Virginia Tech.
Moustafa received his MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. His MS Thesis is entitled, "Novel in-vehicle gesture interactions: Design and evaluation of auditory displays and menu generation interfaces."
Xiaozhen received her MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023. Her MS Thesis is entitled, "The effects of a humanoid robot's non-lexical vocalization on emotion recognition and robot perception." Now, she is a PhD student in iSchool at Cornell Tech.
Harsh received his MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2020. His MS Thesis is entitled, "Measuring the influence of anger on takeover performance in semi-automated vehicles." Now, he is a Human Factors researcher at Carilion Clinic.
Sophie Thompsen
Sophie received her BS in Computational and Systems Neuroscience at Virginia Tech in 2025.
Matthew Thompsen
Matt received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2025.
Baker Hasan
Baker received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2025.
Yujiao Wen
Yujiao received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Kathryn Sloan
Katy received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Zachary Lahlou
Zach received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Henry Ro
Henry received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Joon Hyun Shim
Joon Hyun received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Nicholas Kilp
Nick received his BS in Psychology at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Isabella Villarente
Bella received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Mia Saade
Mia received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Arsh Siddiqui
Arsh received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Arav Tripathi
Arav received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Adalia Truong
Adalia received her BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Udbhaav Mudgil
Udbhaav received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Ravi Parikh
Ravi received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Matthew Soohoo
Matthew received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Allison Tieman
Allison received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Andrew Stewart
Andrew received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024. Now, Andrew is a MS student in ISE at Virginia Tech.
Henry Kwon
Henry received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2024.
Molly Zuidema
Molly received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Caitlyn Sanford
Caitlyn received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Hamda Almahri
Hamda received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Rakesh Pillai
Rakesh received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Grady Orr
Grady received his BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Yingjie Zhao
Yingjie received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Spencer Morrison
Spencer received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Hamza Al Matar
Hamza received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Michael Fu
Michael received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023. Now, he is a MS student in UC Berkeley.
Scott Zieger
Scott received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Shane Bennett
Shane received her BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Sanchit Tamboli
Sanchit received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Nitin Ayyala
Nithin received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Ahmad Abu Shamat
Ahmad received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023.
Lingyu "Chris" Li
Chris received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2023. Now, he's a PhD student in ISE at Virginia Tech.
Jiakang Qin
Jiakang received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022.
Devanshu Vajir
Devanshu received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022.
Leeina Tabbalat
Leeina received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022.
Anvitha Nachiappan
Anvitha received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022.
Genevieve Montavon
Genevieve received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022.
Ziming "Joanna" Fang
Joanna received her BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2022. Now, she is a MS student in CS at Virginia Tech.
Sasha Holt
Sasha received her BE in Computer Science at Virginia Tech in 2022.
Pooja Oberi
Pooja received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022.
Skye Talyor
Skye received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022. Skye is now a PhD student in Systems Engineering at University of Virginia.
Yunru Zhang
Yunru received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022.
Yuyang Han
Yuyang received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022.
Kristina Pratt
Kristina received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2022. Kristina is now working at Norfolk Naval Shipyard as an industrial engineer.
Emily Lawson
Emily received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. She was working on the emotive robot voice project and the auditory heuristic project.
Xuan Li
Xuan received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. He was working on the in-vehicle auditory alerts for highway rail crossings project.
Siting Liu
Siting received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. She was working on the new auditory display for level 4 automated vehicle project.
Chairunisa "Dani" Anaya
Dani received her BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. She was working on the visual art sonification project and contributed to ICAD papers.
Hongrui "Rick" Hu
Rick received his BE in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Now, Rick is a MS student in Engineering Management Program at the University of Southern California.
Joseph Ryan
Joey received his BS in Psychology and Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2018. Now, he is working as a Heuristics and Adaptive Strategies Manager at 24G in Michigan.
Dylan Lettinga
Dylan received his BS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2018.
Qinzhe "Justin" Zhang
Qinzhe (Justin) received his BS in Electrical Engineering at Michigan Tech. Now, Justin is a grad student in CS at Syracuse Univ.
Joshua Johnson
Joshua received his BS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2017.
Maxwell Vallis
Max received his BS in Psychology at Michigan Tech in 2016. He was also a Tech ice hockey player!! He was working on the "music effects on emotional driver" project.
Eric Vasey
Eric received his BS in Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2016. Now, he is an accelerated MS student in the tri-M Lab, Computer Science Department at Tech.
Rahul "Neil" Bose
Neil received his BS in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Tech in 2015. After working as a mechanical engineer in Advanced Concept Development at Kohler Co., now he is a MA student in Interdisciplinary Studies, Pro-Environmental Consumer Behavior at University of Toronto.
Paul Kirby
Paul received his BS in Audio Technology and Computer Science at Michigan Tech in 2015.
Jayde Croschere
Jayde received her BS in Psychology at Michigan Tech in 2015.
William Lehman
Will received his BS in Psychology with a minor in Law and Society in 2014. Now he is a graduate student in the Human Factors Graduate Program at Old Dominion University.
Abbey Westphal
Abbey received her BS in Psychology at Michigan Tech in 2013. Now she is a graduate student at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Social Work Program.