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 M. Arch
Georgia State University
Research Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
Tracy Mitzner, PhD
Person in Design
Principal Research Specialist
Elena Remillard, M.S.
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
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
Assistant 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, Ph.D.
Wilfrid Laurier University
Assistant Professor, User Experience Design
Katherine Hseih
Georgia State University
Assistant Profesor
Brian Jones, MSEE
Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Research Engineer, Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) & Director, Aware Home Research Initiative
Gianna Kohl, Ph.D
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Health and Kinesiology
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, Ph.D
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, B.S./B.A.
Georgia Tech
Research Scientist I, Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation
Martin Norgaard
Georgia State University
Associate Professor of Music Education, School of Music
Megan Nickrent, M.S.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Director, Human Factors & Aging Laboratory, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Samuel Olatunji, Ph.D.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Health and Kinesiology
David Peeler, B.S
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Scientist, Institute for People and Technology
Peter Presti
Georgia Institute of Technology
Senior Research Scientist
Ian Rice, PhD, MS OT
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Students
Sarah Carpenter, B.S
Georgia State University
Graduate Research Assistant, Occupational Therapy
Ella Chen
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Social Media and Communications Intern, Department of Communication
Jelovy Djaja
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Assistant, College of Computing
Maya Dye
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, Speech and Hearing Science
Camryn Kottas
The University of Kansas
Graduate Research Assistant,Life Span Institute
Fatima Pantoja Lara
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, College of Applied Health Sciences
Alyssa Martin
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Kyra Miller
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Assistant, College of Sciences
Anna Morley, B.S
Georgia State University
Graduate Research Assistant, Occupational Therapy
Ashlynd Fawn Norvask
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate Research Assistant, College of Applied Health Sciences
Mili Parikh
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Assistant, B.S. Industrial Design
Matthew Perry
Georgia Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Research Assistant, B.S Computer Engineering
Haseeb Rehman
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, B.S Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Zhiyu Ren
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Industrial and System Engineering
Molly Rowland, OTD/S
Georgia State University
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Occupational Therapy
Nicolle Guillen Sauceda
University of Kansas
Research Assistant, Life Span Institute
Becky Shamberg
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant, Department of Bioengineering
Annie Solomon, BS.
Georgia State University
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Occupational Therapy
Andreana Elline Tangonan, MS
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Health and Kinesiology
Yan Tian
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Assistant, Human-Computer Interaction
Tooba Umar, MBBS.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Health and Kinesiology