Alumni

Aman Mehrotra

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Information Management Systems

Graduated: 2025

Area(s) of Interest: Aman is a MIMS candidate at Berkeley's iSchool focusing on UX Research, emphasizing ergonomics and human factors. Areas of interest include consumer electronics, wearable technologies, and healthcare.

Projects: Sonography design, Pipette design

Desired Employment: Hardware UX

Rieke Meyer

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Science

Expected Graduation: 2023

Area(s) of interest: Rieke is a visiting graduate student in medical engineering from Austria and Germany. Her interests include exoskeletons and their impact on the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders, as well as the development and application of prostheses.

Project(s): Data collection and analysis of the usability and safety of passive arm and shoulder exoskeletons for construction workers

Desired Employment: ...

Charles Miller

Athena Nguyen

Judith Okoro

Brandon Phillips

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Ph.D.

Graduated: 2024

Area(s) of Interest: Biomechanics, Worker Health, Occupational Safety

Project(s): Currently he is studying user experience with exoskeletons including analysis of dynamic posture stability using force plates.

Desired Employment: Academia/Industry

Dominic Piña

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Public Health

Expected graduation: 2023

Area(s) of Interest: Dominic is an MPH candidate in the Environmental Health Sciences department with an emphasis in Human Factor/Ergonomics at the School of Public Health. Her current interests include working with essential workers to prioritize their health and safety in the workplace, physical ergonomics, and industrial hygiene.

Project(s): Dominic has been involved in a couple of research projects at the UC Ergonomics Lab. In the...

Austin Sanders

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Masters of Science

Expected Graduation: 2023

Negar Sheidayi

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Bachelor of Science

Expected Graduation: 2023

Area(s) of Interest: Negar is an undergraduate student in the Applied Mathematics and Industrial Engineering and Operations Research departments at UC Berkeley. Her current research interests include exoskeletons and their effects on construction workers, MSDs, and sports. In particular, understanding how the Exoskeletons can provide support to minimize the risk of fatigue and injuries.

Project(s): Currently, she is working on qualitative...

Tomoyuki Watanabe