Sensory Perception & Interaction Research Group

Sazi is an undergraduate UBC student in the Cognitive Systems program (B.Sc. Brain & Cognition Stream). She has many interests, but her top interests include developmental cognitive psychology, education, human robot interaction, and user experience design. When Sazi is not working, she enjoys spending time with (and taking many pictures of) her two cats.

Henry is a computer engineering undergraduate student with interest in computer graphics, interactive methods and ungrounded force-feedback haptics. He is currently investigating angular oscillating actuators and use of asymmetric signals to develop perceptual forces for use in simulating experiences. 

Background

Numerical methods, computer graphics, digital logic.

Ben Clark is an undergraduate student at the UBC studying computer science and statistics. Ben's work in the SPIN lab is dedicated to the Macaron project, and is funded by a Science Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) award. He hopes to go to graduate school in the coming years to study human computer interaction or data visualization.

Lucia graduated with a Bachelors of Computer Science and Biology from the University of British Columbia. Before joining the SPIN Lab, Lucia interned as an User Experience Designer at Microsoft, then as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon. Lucia is deeply passionate about creating user-centric products that deliver amazing user experiences. At the SPIN Lab, Lucia was working on improving the designs of robots' display of emotions with the goal to further enhance social interactions between people and robots. In her spare time, Lucia enjoys photography, hiking, and culinary arts.

Alicia is a Computer Science student at UBC, currently completing an NSERC USRA project in the SPIN lab. With a background in apparel research and development, Alicia is interested in building sensors that support the intersection of computing and physical interfaces.