Hello! I’m Jianhui Yan, a third year graduate student from School of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology.

I am actively seeking admission to a Ph.D. program focused on human-computer interaction, including Wearable Haptic System, Virtual/Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Force Feedback.

I am advised by Prof. Lin Shu from School of Future Technology, South China University of technology.

You can find my CV here: Jianhui’s Curriculum Vitae.

Research Interests

Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Wearable Haptic System, Virtual/Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Force Feedback

Education

• B.S. Information Engineering, GPA: 3.71/4.0, South China University of technology, 09/2018-06/2022
• M.S. Electronic information, South China University of technology, 09/2022-06/2025
• Research Intern, under Pro.f Jürgen Steimle supervision, Human Interaction Lab at Saarland University, 06/2024-09/2024

Publication

• Under Review
  • EMS Hand Prop: EMS Hand Prop: Leveraging the Loss of Sense of Agency Caused by Electrical Muscle Stimulation to Make Hands Serve Better as Virtual Objects
  • Jianhui Yan, Jiesi Zhang, Haoqiang Hua, Wenxuan Wu, Hongnan Lin, Qiwei Xiong, Jianxiu Jin, Lin Shu.

  • Submitted to the Internation Journal of Human-Computer Studies

  • HapticPipette: Direct Manipulation for Customizing Touch Sensationsin Mixed-Reality Environments
  • Arata Jingu, Jianhui Yan, Maja Fehlberg, Roland Bennewitz, Jürgen Steimle.
• Accepted
  • VirCHEWReality:On-FaceKinesthetic Feedback for Enhancing Food-Intake Experience in Virtual Reality
  • Qingqin Liu, Ziqi Fang, Jiayi Wu, Shaoyu Cai, Jianhui Yan , and Kening Zhu

Research Experience

EMS Hand Prop: Leveraging the Loss of Sense of Agency Caused by Electrical Muscle Stimulation to Make Hands Serve Better as Virtual Objects

HapticPipette:Direct Manipulation for Customizing Touch Sensationsin Mixed-Reality Environments

Skills

• MR Interaction Implementation
  • Developing built-in Mixed Reality (MR) interaction application for Quest 3
• Electrical Muscle Stimulation
  • Actuating gestures based on electrical muscle stimulation
  • Performing experiment on human hands of different people
• Computer Skills
  • Unity3D(C#), Python, Git, Matlab, Arduino, Deep Learning(Basic)

Awards

• 2020 National Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 09/2020
  • Second Prize of Guangdong Province
• 2020 Guangdong Undergraduate Electronic Design Competition, 11/2020
  • Second Prize
• Scholarship
  • National Inspirational Scholarship
  • 2019 Second-class Scholarship of South China University of Technology
  • 2020 “Hongping Evergreen Fund” Student Science and Technology Innovation Third-class Scholarship (2 items )
  • Lixin Stipend

Languages

• English: IELTS 7
• Cantonese: Native
• Mandarin: Native
• French: Basic

Teaching Assistant

• Digital system design

Undergraduate course, South China University of Technology, School of Future Technology, 09/2023-12/2023

• Digital logic circuit

Undergraduate course, South China University of Technology, School of Future Technology, 03/2023-06/2023

Service

• Student Volunteer

EuroHaptic 2024, Lille, France, 07/2024