Aishwari Talhan

Affiliated Faculty and Research Scientist
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Aishwari Talhan - CV
Aishwari Talhan, Research Scientist, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Contact

ETEC 0170B
518-699-2218
[email protected]

Secondary Contact

Immersion Lab
ETEC 173

Office Hours

8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Education

Post Doctoral Researcher, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Postdoctoral Researcher, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
PhD, Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
ME, Embedded Systems and Computing, Nagpur University, India
BE, Information Technology, Nagpur University, India

About

Aishwari Talhan earned a B.E. degree in Information Technology and an M.E. in Embedded Systems and Computing from Nagpur University, India, and obtained her PhD in Computer Engineering from Kyung Hee University, South Korea.

She is an affiliated faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and serves as a Research Scientist within the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University at Albany, New York, USA. Dr. Talhan's research includes haptics, wearables, soft haptics, extended reality (XR), human-computer interaction (HCI), artificial intelligence (AI), rehabilitation engineering, medical training, and simulation engineering.

She has previously held the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow at McGill University in Canada and at Kyung Hee University in South Korea. Additionally, she served as an Assistant Professor at Nagpur University in India and gained experience in the software industry as a Developer in Bengaluru, India. She is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

 

Research

Aishwari Talhan on Google Scholar

Personal website
Research Interests
  • Haptics
  • Soft Haptics
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Medical Engineering and Rehabilitation
  • Extended Reality
  • Robotics
Grants/Funding
  •  The NSF WISH/SAGES Project Seed Funding Award
  • Grenander Award for Non-Animal Methodologies in Research, Testing, and Education
Publications
  1. Varghese, Aishwari Talhan, Amy Teale, Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Augmenting Body Weight Support Rehabilitation with Mixed Reality to Enhance Lower Limb Functional Recovery Post-Stroke The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) 2025(Accepted).
  2. Xiaoyu Tang, Aishwari Talhan, Harris Nisar, Robb Lindgren and Matthew Lira, Good Vibrations:
    Feeling and Interpreting Haptic Feedback The ISLS annual meeting 2025(Accepted).
  3. TaeHyun Kim, Harris Nisar, Robb Lindgren, Jiahao Zhang, Xiaoyu Tang, Matthew Lira, Aishwari
    Talhan, Beyond the Screen: Gestural Perspective-Taking with a Biochemistry Simulation In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-6) (2024, May).
  4. Aishwari Talhan, Younge Yoo, and Jeremy Cooperstock,“Soft Pneumatic Haptic Wearable to Create the illusion of Human Touch” in “Transactions on Haptics (ToH)” (SCIE IF 3.44).
  5. Aishwari Talhan*, Sanjeet Kumar , Hwangil Kim, Waseem Hassan, and Seokhee Jeon,“Multi-Mode Soft Haptic Thimble for Haptic Augmented Reality Based Application of Texture Overlaying,”“Displays” (SCIE IF 3.074). *Aishwari Talhan is a corresponding author.
  6. Waseem Hassan, Hwangil Kim, Aishwari Talhan and Seokhee Jeon, “A Pneumatically-Actuated Mouse for Delivering Multimodal Haptic Feedback, Appl. Sci. 2020”(SCIE IF 2.679).
  7. Aishwari Talhan*, Hwangil Kim, and Seokhee Jeon, “Tactile Ring: Multi-Mode Finger-Worn Soft
    Actuator for Rich Haptic Feedback, IEEEAccess (Volume: 8), pp. 957 - 966, 2019.”(SCIE IF 3.476).
  8. Aishwari Talhan, and Seokhee Jeon, “Programmable Prostate Palpation Simulator Using Property-Changing Pneumatic Bladder, Elsevier Computers in Biology and Medicine 96C (2018) pp. 166-177, 2018. ” (SCI IF 3.434).
  9. Aishwari Talhan, and Seokhee Jeon, “Pneumatic Actuation in Haptic-Enabled Medical Simulators: A review, IEEEAccss (Volume: 6), pp. 3184 - 3200, 2017.” (SCIE IF 4.098).
  10. Nathan Joseph, Adam Pollet, Emanuel Uzan, Patricia Batista Ruivo, Tal Abravanel, Aishwari Talhan, Yongjae Yoo, Jeremy Cooperstock ”Multimodal Haptic Armrest for Immersive 4D Experiences” in proceeding of IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), Work in Progress (WIP) category, Montreal, Canada, July 6-9, 2021.
  11. Sang-Woo Seo, SeungJoon Kwon, Waseem Hassan, Aishwari Talhan, and Seokhee Jeon, ”Interactive Virtual-Reality Fire Extinguisher with Haptic Feedback,” In Proceedings of VRST’19, 25th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology Article No. 75, Australia, November 12 - 15, 2019.
  12. Aishwari Talhan, Hwangil Kim, and Seokhee Jeon, ”Wearable Soft Pneumatic Ring with Multi-Mode Controlling for Rich Haptic Effects,” In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ’19, Los Angeles, CA, USA, July 28 - August 01, 2019.
  13. Aishwari Talhan, Hwangil Kim, and Seokhee Jeon, ”Wearable Soft Pneumatic Ring with Multi-Mode Controlling for Rich Haptic Effects for VR/AR Based Application,” Exhibited demonstration on the university booth at SIGGRAPH ’19, Los Angeles, CA, USA, July 28 - August 01, 2019.
  14. Aishwari Talhan, Hwangil Kim, and Seokhee Jeon, “Pneumatic actuated multi-mode ring-shaped soft haptic actuator for VR/AR application,” IEEE World Haptics Conference 2019, Tokyo, Japan, July 09 - 12, 2019. (Hand-on Demo)
  15. Aishwari Talhan, Hwangil Kim, Sanjeet Kumar, Ahsan Raza, and Seokhee Jeon, “Pneumatic Actuated Haptic Glove to Interact with the Virtual Human,” AsiaHaptics 2018, Songdo, Korea. Nov 14th- 16th, 2018.
  16. Ahsan Raza, Muhammad Abdullah, Waseem Hasan, Arsen Abdulali, Aishwari Talhan and Seokhee Jeon, ”Painting Skill Transfer Through Haptic Channel,” AsiaHaptics 2018, Songdo, Korea., Nov 14th-16th, 2018.
  17. Aishwari Talhan and Seokhee Jeon, “Generalizing Pneumatic-Based Augmented Haptics Palpation Training Simulator,” AsiaHaptics 2018, Songdo, Korea. Nov 14th- 16th, 2018.
  18. Aishwari Talhan and Seokhee Jeon, “Prostate Tumor Palpation Simulator Based on Pneumatic and Augmented Haptics,” AsiaHaptics 2016, Chiba, Japan. Nov 29th- Dec 1st, 2016.
  19. Aishwari Talhan and Seokhee Jeon, “Reconfigurable DRE Simulator using Augmented Haptics,” In Proceedings of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), Jeju Island, South Korea. July 11 to 15, 2017.
  20. Aishwari Talhan and Seokhee Jeon, “An Application of Augmented Haptics: Prostate Palpation Simulator with Realism,” APMAR 2017-Asia-Pacific Workshop on Mixed-Reality, Beijing, China-2017.
Patents
  • “A device for Face Touch to deliver social touch using mobile applications” - US Pat. No.: 63/692,813
  • “Haptic Laser Surgical Tool”- US Pat. No.: 63/666,747
  • “Augmenting Post-Stroke Vector Rehabilitation Using Extended Reality for an Immersive Experience” US Pat. No.: 63/755,642