Leadership Team
Laura Rice, PhD, MPT, ATP
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Wendy Rogers, PhD
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Khan Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Jon Sanford, MArch
Georgia State University
Research Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
Tracy Mitzner, PhD
Person in Design
Principal Research Specialist
Elena Remillard, MS
Georgia Institute of Technology
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Inclusive Design & Innovation
Project Coordinator
Prasanna Vuyyuru, MPH
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Project Coordinator
Investigators and Staff
Ashwin Ashok, PhD
Georgia State University
Associate Professor and Associate Graduate Director, Computer Science
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM
Shepherd Center
Vice President, Research & Innovation
Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, PhD, OTR/L
Georgia State University
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy
Michael W. Boyce, PhD
Boyce Human Performance, LLC
Owner/CEO
Emily Buchman, OTD, OTR/L
Georgia State University
Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Director of OTD Program
Katie Driggs-Campbell, PhD
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yi-An Chen, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Georgia State University
Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
Christie George, MHA
Georgia Institute of Technology
Program & Operations Manager Sr./Tools for Life Outreach Manager, Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation
Maurita T. Harris, PhD
Wilfrid Laurier University
Assistant Professor, User Experience Design
Katherine Hsieh, PhD
Georgia State University
Assistant Profesor, Department of Occupational Therapy
Brian Jones, MSEE
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Research Engineer, Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) & Director, Aware Home Research Initiative
Lyndsie M. Koon, PhD
University of Kansas
Assistant Research Professor, Life Span Institute
Girish Krishnan, PhD
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Harshal Mahajan, PhD
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Director, Living in Interactive Future Environments (LIFE) Home research center
Deana McDonagh MSc, PhD
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Karen McWaters, OTR/L, OT/M, ppOTD Candidate
Georgia State University
Clinical Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy
Kara Mumma, BS/BA
Georgia Tech
Research Scientist I, Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation
Martin Norgaard, PhD
Georgia State University
Associate Professor of Music Education, School of Music
Megan Nickrent, MS
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Director, Human Factors & Aging Laboratory, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Samuel Olatunji, PhD
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering
David Peeler, BS
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Scientist, Institute for People and Technology (IPaT)
Peter Presti, MS
Georgia Institute of Technology
Senior Research Scientist, Institute for People and Technology (IPaT)
Ian Rice, PhD, MS OT
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Carrie Wennerdahl, BS
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
CHART Coordinator
Students
Sarah Carpenter
Georgia State University
Research Assistant, Occupational Therapy
Jelovy Djaja
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Assistant, College of Computing
Maya Dye
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, Speech and Hearing Science
Michael Issa
Georgia State University
Research Assistant, Department of Physical Therapy
Aleena Joseph
Georgia State University
Research Assistant, Department of Physical Therapy
Fatima Pantoja Lara
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, College of Applied Health Sciences
Nathan Lin
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Assistant, Software Development, UI/UX
Maria Lusardi
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant
Khushi Mehta
Georgia State University
Research Assistant, Occupational Therapy
Kyra Miller
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Assistant, College of Sciences
Anna Morley
Georgia State University
Research Assistant, Occupational Therapy
Amy Ni
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, College of Applied Health Sciences
Mili Parikh
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Assistant, B.S. Industrial Design
Patrick Pekala
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Communications Intern, College of Applied Health Sciences
Zhiyu Ren
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, Department of Industrial and System Engineering
Molly Rowland
Georgia State University
Research Assistant, Department of Occupational Therapy
Nicolle Guillen Sauceda
University of Kansas
Research Assistant, Life Span Institute
Shuoning (Stone) Shi
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
PhD Student in Informatics, Graduate Research Assistant, School of Information Sciences
Annie Solomon
Georgia State University
Research Assistant, Department of Occupational Therapy
Andreana Elline Tangonan
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, Department of Health and Kinesiology