Honors and Awards
- October 2025 - Best Poster Award from conference papers
- IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2025)
- For publication title, "ExciteVR: Effective Cybersickness Mitigation in Virtual Reality using Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models"
- October 2025 - John D. Bies International Travel Award
- February 2024 - Outstanding PhD Student Award
- College of Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Recognizing exceptional research achievements and academic excellence
- February 2024 - Outstanding PhD Student Award
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), University of Missouri-Columbia
- February 2023 - National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Award
- October 2023, 2024, 2025 - EECS Travel Awards
- Department of EECS, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Multiple awards for conference attendance and research dissemination
- May 2024, 2025 - Travel Grants
- Cornell University for the XR Access Symposium
Research Achievements
- 4 Patent Applications Filed (September 2025)
- University of Missouri Technology Advancement Office
- All under review for U.S. Patents in AI, XR, and Machine Learning
- 5 Journal Publications
- In high-impact venues including IEEE TDSC (IF: 7.3), IEEE TVCG (IF: 4.579), and IEEE Access (IF: 3.4)
- 17+ Conference Papers
- Published in top-tier venues (Core Rank A/A*) including IEEE VR, ISMAR, VRST, ACM IUI, and more
Teaching & Mentorship
- NSF REU Mentor (Summers 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Mentored 6 undergraduate students in research, resulting in multiple conference publications
- Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall 2024)
- Computer-Aided Formal Verification (CS/ECE 8001)