Smart Haptics and Augmented Physical intErfaces http://shapelab.github.io// Mon, 02 Nov 2026 03:57:36 +0000 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 03:57:36 +0000 Jekyll v3.10.0 <p>Amazing week at UIST 2023 in San Francisco! Jingyi presenting new work on “Power as a Lens for Creativity Support Tools”!</p> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2023-11-01-uist/uist_1.jpg" alt="" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>SHAPE Lab @ UIST exploratorium banquet</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2023-11-01-uist/uist_2.jpg" alt="Sean &amp; Jeff Han giving opening remarks" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>Sean &amp; Jeff Han giving opening remarks</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2023-11-01-uist/uist_3.jpg" alt="Ahad co-hosting workshop on electro-actuated materials &amp; haptics." width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>Ahad co-hosting workshop on electro-actuated materials &amp; haptics</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//SURI-Poster-Session.html http://shapelab.github.io//SURI-Poster-Session.html research, papers, conferences blog research, conferences <p>HCI Group went to Santa Cruz for summer retreat. Insightful discussions, networking and some fun time at Santa Cruz Boardwalk!</p> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2023-08-07-hci-retreat/retreat_1.jpg" alt="" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>group photo!</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2023-08-07-hci-retreat/retreat_2.jpg" alt="people discussing at the retreat" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>discussion time</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//hci-retreat.html http://shapelab.github.io//hci-retreat.html retreat, social, reserach blog retreat, social, reserach <p>Congratulations to Jingyi Li on successfully defending their dissertation! Jingyi defended their doctoral thesis titled, ‘Rethinking power dynamics in software tools for artists’.</p> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2023-05-11-jingyi-defense/jingyi_1.jpeg" alt="jingyi giving defense talk" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>they passed!</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2023-05-11-jingyi-defense/jingyi_2.jpeg" alt="elyse giving defense talk" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>congrats to all graduates!</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Thu, 11 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//jingyi-defense.html http://shapelab.github.io//jingyi-defense.html research, graduation, paper blog research, graduation, paper <p>Congratulations to Elyse Chase on successfully defending her dissertation! Elyse defended her doctoral thesis titled, ‘In Touch with Causation: The Role of Haptics in Multisensory Phenomenal Causality’.</p> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2023-05-04-elyse-defense/elyse_1.jpg" alt="elyse giving defense talk" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>she passed!</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2023-05-04-elyse-defense/elyse_2.jpg" alt="elyse giving defense talk" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>Elyse presenting new work at World Haptics Conference!</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Thu, 04 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//elyse-defense.html http://shapelab.github.io//elyse-defense.html research, graduation, paper blog research, graduation, paper <p>Future Advancers of Science and Technology <a href="//fast.stanford.edu/">FAST</a> had their annual symposium at Stanford where high school students present their research projects and spend a day at Stanford. During the symposium, a group of students from FAST toured Shape Lab. We discussed shape-changing robotics, haptic interfaces, and rehabilitation technologies with them, and several lab members talked about their work.</p> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/outreach/Pictures/2023-03-21-FAST-2/ahad.jpg" alt="picture of a group of students gathering around Ahad, who is passing around a circuit board to show students his research" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>Ahad explaining his reconfigurable shape displays</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/outreach/Pictures/2023-03-21-FAST-2/savannah.jpg" alt="students standing in a semi-circle listening to Savnnah discussing her research and showing a demo of a hand that is made of up of origami blocks and tendons" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>Savannah demonstrating her work in reconfigurable origami structures</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:30:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//FAST-2.html http://shapelab.github.io//FAST-2.html FAST, tours, stanford, science, technology, outreach outreach <p>Our summer undergraduate researchers in Mechanical Engineering shared their posters today! It was wonderful having them in lab this summer and we were excited for them to get to present on their work.</p> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-08-26-SURI-Poster-Session/jack.jpg" alt="jack in front of his poster entitled: electrostatic auxetic shape display for rapid 3d rendering" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>jack</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-08-26-SURI-Poster-Session/merissa.jpg" alt="merissa in front of her poster entitled: understanding the needs, resources, and goals of underserved stroke survivors" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>merissa</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-08-26-SURI-Poster-Session/sandra.jpg" alt="sandra in front of her poster entitled: clinical trials determining the feasibility of a passive wearable device for post-stroke assistive device" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>sandra</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-08-26-SURI-Poster-Session/dani.jpg" alt="dani in front of his poster entitled: redesign for shoulder abduction support" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>dani</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//SURI-Poster-Session.html http://shapelab.github.io//SURI-Poster-Session.html research, poster, undergraduate blog research, poster, undergraduate <p>Congratulations to Eric Gonzalez on successfully defending his dissertation! Eric defended his doctoral thesis titled, ‘Redirected Reaching in Virtual Reality: Modeling, Control &amp; Applications’.</p> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-08-08-Eric-PhD-Defense/ericDefending.jpg" alt="picture of eric smiling with hands outstretched, standing in front of his slides during his defense. his reading committee is sitting in the front row and we see the backs of their heads while he talks" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>eric explaining his dissertation work</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-08-08-Eric-PhD-Defense/eric.gif" alt="gif of eric outside smiling as a small red inflatable man dances on his shoulder" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>he passed!</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-08-08-Eric-PhD-Defense/jump.jpg" alt="the lab outside smiling inside of the pergola, eric jumping in front of everyone with a smile on his face" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>jumping for joy</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//Eric-PhD-Defense.html http://shapelab.github.io//Eric-PhD-Defense.html graduation, research blog graduation, research, phd <p><a href="//plasticsurgery.stanford.edu/research/stars.html">STaRS</a> is a program meant to introduce students to research in biology and medicine. During one of their tour days, we hosted them to show them the work that we do in Shape Lab.</p> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/outreach/Pictures/2022-07-20-HelmsSummerProgram/elizabeth.jpg" alt="picture of a group of students gathering in a circle looking at a presenter" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>Elizabeth explaining her low-cost stroke technology</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/outreach/Pictures/2022-07-20-HelmsSummerProgram/eric.jpg" alt="students standing in a semi-circle watching videos of one researchers work" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>Eric demonstrating his work in haptic retargeting within virtual reality</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:30:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//HelmsSummerProgram.html http://shapelab.github.io//HelmsSummerProgram.html STaRS, summer, helms, tour, shape, stanford outreach <p>We went to Foothills Park for the first ever Shape Camp! We had a lot of fun walking in nature, playing games, eating, making crafts, and getting to better know one another.</p> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-07-14-Shape-Camp/shapeCampPainting.jpeg" alt="painting with marker outlines and then filled in with watercolor. everyone in the lab smiling and posing, with Shape Camp written at the top" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>savannah painted all of us</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-07-14-Shape-Camp/humanRe-creation.jpeg" alt="people posing and smiling to replicate the ordering from the painting above" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>we re-create the painting!</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:30:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//Shape-Camp.html http://shapelab.github.io//Shape-Camp.html social, retreat blog social, retreat <p>Congratulations to Parastoo Abtahi on successfully defending her dissertation! Parastoo defended her doctoral thesis titled, ‘From Haptic Illusions to Beyond Real Interactions in Virtual Reality’. <a href="//hci.stanford.edu/courses/cs547/speaker.php?date=2020-01-31">Read more details</a> or watch the video recording:</p> <div class="video-container"> <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3zgFXJX8GIw" height="315" width="560" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> </div> <figure> <div class="container-fluid"> <img class="img-responsive col-xs-12 center" src="/blog/Pictures/2022-05-27-Parastoo-PhD-Defense.jpeg" alt="picture of parastoo smiling, standing in front of her slides before beginning her defense" width="600px" /> <figcaption><p>she passed!</p></figcaption> </div> </figure> Fri, 27 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000 http://shapelab.github.io//Parastoo-PhD-Defense.html http://shapelab.github.io//Parastoo-PhD-Defense.html graduation, research blog graduation, research, phd