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Friesen Haptics Lab

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Meet the Research Team

Principal Investigator


Rebecca F. Friesen

Assistant Professor
J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email: rfriesen@tamu.edu

 

 

 

 

Graduate Students


 

 

Paras Kumar

PhD Student | LinkedIn

Email: paras.kumar@tamu.edu

Paras joined Friesen Haptics Lab in 2022. He received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2017 and worked at Maruti Suzuki R&D before joining Texas A&M University in 2021. His current research interests lie in wearable devices for creating efficient vibration-based representations of textures in virtual reality. Outside of research, Paras loves to spend time rehearsing and performing as a member of TAMU Apotheosis (TexasA&M’s All-Male Acapella).

Pijuan Yu

PhD Student | LinkedIn

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Mackenzie Harnett

PhD Student | LinkedIn

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