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Yovela is a dedicated HMI Engineer at Stellantis, where she has been contributing her expertise since August 2022. She is accountable for the feedback and intuitiveness of user interfaces within vehicle and infotainment systems, focusing on feedback, messaging, auditory signals, intuitiveness, functional grouping, and feature logic. Yovela ensures that system logic aligns with customer functionalRead more

As the Director of Advanced Engineering and New Concepts at Magneti Marelli Electronics North America, Gary’s professional focus is on infotainment systems, vehicle connectivity, and new technological avenues, spearheading innovative initiatives within his domain.Read more

Sookyung (Sookie) Cho is a manager of the UX studio at Hyundai America Technical Center (HATCI). She facilitates the UX research process with a balanced combination of creative storytelling and scientific methods to provide UX design insights and solutions. The Pop in Your Job: I’m interested in a dynamic context of driving and riding whereRead more

Dr. Reimer is the founder and co-director of the MIT AgeLab’s Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) consortium and Advanced Human Factors Evaluator for Attentional Demand (AHEAD) consortium. He is a research advisory board member for Autoliv, an advisor to AI Sweden, former advisor to Affectiva, and a member of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transforming TransportationRead more

Wayne K. Li is the James L. Oliver Professor, which is a joint position between the Colleges of Design and Engineering. Through classes and the Innovation and Design Collaboration (IDC), he leads joint teaching initiatives and advances interdisciplinary collaboration between mechanical engineering and industrial design. Endowed by School of Industrial Design alumnus James L. Oliver,Read more

Dr. Lilit Avetisyan is a Research Scientist specialized in understanding, predicting, and influencing human behavior, with a background in information science and human factors. Her expertise lies in uncovering the complex dynamics within human-computer interactions and crafting effective affective-cognitive designs for products. Lilith is experienced in experimental studies, simulations, descriptive and inferential statistics, as wellRead more

Nolan Helmuth is an HMI researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology who graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design from Georgia Tech in December 2023. He focuses on analyzing user interactions to help craft beautiful ideas that have meaningful impact. With experience in various fields of design, his passion remains in product design,Read more

Evan Lee serves as a research assistant at the Georgia Institute of Technology, working under Professor Wayne Li in the GM HMI Lab within the School of Industrial Design. He recently earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial design, with a focus on digital design and product visualization. Evan’s work involves creating virtual environments that facilitateRead more

Anders Wirkestrand has over 20 years of experience in product management for semiconductor, software, and optical networking equipment companies. He joined Tobii in 2017, focusing on embedded eye-tracking platforms. Four years ago he shifted towards the automotive sector, where he now plays a pivotal role in spearheading driver monitoring solutions for Tier 1s and OEMs.Read more

Harsha started his career in developing firmware for Gaming Systems, and since then has worked on designing middleware for large casinos, game servers, 2D/3D game engines for slot machines, progressive games, etc. In the past couple of years, he has led teams in developing complete media players, HW/SW design, 3D embedded Graphics for Dashboard ClustersRead more