Seung Heon Lee Profile

Seung Heon Lee

Phone: 765-775-9163

Email: seungheon@ieee.org

Secondary Email: slee231@crimson.ua.edu
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About Me

I am a CS PhD student at the University of Alabama, currently working with Dr. Yuqi Zhou on Human Visuo-Haptic Perception, VR, Graphic Rendering, Haptic Rendering, and HCI.

I worked with Dr. Craig Shultz on VR, Haptic Rendering, Haptic Interface, Haptic Perception and HCI at Interactive Display Lab in the UIUC ECE Department.

I worked with Dr. Heather Culbertson on VR, Haptic Rendering, Graphic Rendering and Perceptual Illusion research at HaRVI Lab USC.

I also worked with Dr. Voicu Popescu on VR and Graphic Rendering research at Purdue University.

Education

  • Ph.D. Computer Science, Alabama (2026–present)
  • Ph.D. Computer Science, UIUC (2024–2026)*
  • M.S. Computer Science, USC (2022–2024)
  • B.S. Computer Science, Purdue (2018–2022)
  • * Transferred prior to degree completion

Fields of Research

Virtual Reality (VR), Graphic Rendering, Augmented Reality (AR)
Haptic Rendering, Haptic Interface, Perceptual Illusion
Human Visuo-Haptic Perception
Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

Fellowships & Research Honors

Pre Doctoral Fellowship, 2024 Fall - 2025 Spring, 2025 Fall, renewed 2026 Spring
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2024 UIUC CS Fellowship
2024 UIUC CS Fellowship

Best Computer Science Research Award, 2024
Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California

2024 Viterbi Award
2024 Viterbi Award

Oral Presentations

April 9, 2024: "Beyond Sight: The Role of Kinesthetic Feedback in Redirected Walking Within Virtual Reality"

Oral Presentation at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Session 5B: Haptics in Gaming and Virtual Reality, 11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Session chaired by Allison M. Okamura & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, held in Long Beach. Presented methods and devices developed to enhance the spatial efficiency of redirected walking (RDW) in VR. Discussed the alignment of haptic and visual perceptions to provide unified user experiences.

Oral Presentation
Presentation Slide

Academic Honors & Awards

Best Software Engineering Project Award, 2022
Department of Computer Science, Purdue University

CSNews Award
Project Design

Semester Honors (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022)
Department of Computer Science, Purdue University

2019 Fall
2020 Spring
2019 Fall Duplicate
2020 Fall

Dean’s List (Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
Department of Computer Science, Purdue University

2020 Spring
2020 Fall
2021 Spring