Meet the PhD Students

Current PhD Students

Ken Iiyoshi

Ken Iiyoshi

Ken Iiyoshi

Ken Iiyoshi received his BS in Computer Engineering from New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). He has previously worked as a research intern in the AIM Lab, contributing to the Haptodont project as well as the IEEE 1918.1 “Tactile Internet” Standards Working Group. His current research area is focused on Soft Haptics.
Personal Website: http://keniiyoshi.com

Vahan Babushkin

Vahan Babushkin

Vahan Babushkin

Vahan Babushkin received his BSc. in Electronics and Microelectronics from Slavonic University in 2010, and MSc. in Computing and Information Science from Khalifa University (MIT & Masdar Institute Cooperative Program), Abu Dhabi in 2013.
His research interests are in the application of machine learning to different areas of computational science and engineering, including haptics, robotics, and human-computer interaction. Currently, his research is focused on sensorimotor skills learning for periodontal training.
Personal Website: http://vaanbabushkin.narod.ru


Alumni PhD Students

Haneen Hisham Alsuradi

Haneen Hisham Alsuradi

 
Tamás Aujeszky

Tamás Aujeszky

Haneen Alsuradi

Haneen completed her PhD in Electrical Engineering at New York University Tandon School of Engineering. Her PhD research focused on developing a machine learning based neurocognitive framework to evaluate the experience of haptic delay. Haneen received her BSc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from University of Sharjah and MSc in Micro-systems Engineering from Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE. She has worked previously as a Design/Layout Engineer for VLSI circuits at Golden Electronics in Amman, Jordan. She has experience in circuit design and printed wearable electronics.
Her research area is focused on neural signal processing, psycho-physics of touch and machine learning.

Personal Website: https://haneensu.github.io/

Tamás Aujeszky

Tamás completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering at New York University Tandon School of Engineering. His PhD research is related to the development of the framework for contactless thermography based material characterization. He also has a BS in Electrical Engineering from New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). His research area involves human computer interaction, tangible interfaces and multimodal interaction.