Faculty

Andrew Kun is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Hampshire, and director of the UNH Human-Computer Interaction Lab. Kun received his PhD at UNH in 1997, worked in industry between 1997 and 1999, and has been teaching at UNH since 1999. Kun’s research interest is human-computer interaction. In his research he has primarily focused on the design and evaluation of speech interfaces and augmented-reality interfaces in vehicles, on exploring emerging trends in human-computer interaction for automated vehicles, and on the use of visual behavior and pupil diameter changes to model the relationships between user interface characteristics and user performance and satisfaction. His work has been funded primarily by the US Department of Justice, and the National Science Foundation. He is an alumnus of the Fulbright Program, having spent the spring of 2014 at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Currently, he serves as ACM SIGCHI Interim Vice President for Conferences, Steering Committee co-chair of the ACM AutomotiveUI conference series, associate editor of the IEEE Pervasive Computing magazine, associate editor of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, and technical program co-chair of the 2020 ACM MobileHCI conference.

Caitlin Mills, Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of New Hampshire. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame under the advisement of Dr. Sidney D’Mello in the Emotive Computing Lab, then completed my postdoctoral training in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Thought Lab at the University of British Columbia with Dr. Kalina Christoff. Other interests include investigating affective states and task-unrelated thought in educational contexts, such as during complex learning and reading. My research interests are at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and education. I am particularly interested in mind wandering: its neural correlates, relationship to affect, and impact on learning.

Researchers

Nabil Al Nahin Ch is a Phd student in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at University of New Hampshire. His research interests are in human computer interaction for automated vehicles. He enjoys traveling, listening to music and playing soccer in his leisure time.

Divyabharathi Nagaraju is pursuing a Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. Her Master’s thesis focused on understanding the driver’s behavior during transitions in an automated vehicle from non-driving to driving tasks and vice versa. She worked on a project and designed a prototype with tangible and voice interfaces for an automated vehicle.

Maxim Razorenov is a graduate student pursuing Masters degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in UNH. He is working in Human-Computer Interaction Lab and researches the phenomena, affecting people’s tasks’ execution. The major project he is working on is how mind wandering affects the task performance. In his spare time, Maxim plays guitar, explores popular science and enjoys nature.

Alberta Ansah completed her Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNH and is currently pursuing her PhD with the department. Her interests are in Eye-tracking and the future of work and well-being in HCI. During her leisure she enjoys reading, listening to music and spending time with family.

Alexander Colby is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire. His research employs methods from cognitive psychology, computer science and linguistics to investigate mind wandering; specifically how it occurs during human interaction and influences creative thought.

Charity Reed is a senior Electrical Engineering major and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering minor at the University of New Hampshire. Her background is as a Nuclear Electronics Technician in the U.S. Navy. She is interested in IoT technologies and is excited to expand her knowledge. Throughout the year she works at the University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Lab in the Single Pair Ethernet testing group. In her free time she enjoys hiking, traveling, and spending time with family.

Niveta Ramkumar is a graduate student majoring in Electrical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. She is currently working on understanding cognitive load in an augmented reality environment created using HoloLens. She is also interested in analyzing collaborative dynamics in mixed reality applications like HoloMuse.

Prajwol Subedi is currently pursuing his M.S degree in Electrical Engineering at University of New Hampshire.He is working in the field of Human-Computer Interaction: research focused on the secondary activities like Hololens and its effects on automated-manual driving transitions on humans. He likes singing and playing ping-pong in his leisure time.