Impact

• 2023, Singapore Biodesign-Fogarty Innovation BOLT Initiative Fellowship

• 2022, Long Service Award – National University of Singapore

• 2021, Best VR Game – Taipei Game Show Indie Game Awards (The Lost Foxfire)

• 2020, SG$ 150,000 Digisolution Accelerator – P&G and A* Star (Neuroempathy)

• 2020, SG$ 200,000 Technology Acceleration Programme – NUS ILO (iPAPR)

• 2019, SG$ 50,000 Seed Capital – Lotus-NUS Healthcare Innovation Fund (Flavour Augmenting Utensils)

• 2019, SG$ 12,000 Development Fund – SIGCHI (Blended Reality Summer School)

• 2017, SG$ 180,000 Research Translation Grant – SG Enable, Enabling Lives Initiative (EnPower)

• 2017, Silver Award – EMedIC Global (Soft Robotic Exosock for Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis)

• 2017, Young Creators Award – IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards (Florisensors)

• 2017, ACM SIGCHI Student Scholarship – 50th Celebration of the A. M. Turing Awards

• 2015, Academic Excellence (Silver), Biomedical Engr. – Manipal Institute of Technology (2011-15)

• 2014, Academic Excellence (Gold), Biomedical Engr. – Manipal Institute of Technology (AY 2013-14)

• 2014, Invitation – Inaugural MITx Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (declined)

• 2013, Academic Excellence (Bronze), Biomedical Engr. – Manipal Institute of Technology (AY 2012-13)

• 2012, Participant – Guinness World Records, World’s largest coding marathon (18 Hours), Windows 8

Peer-Reviewed Papers

• EnPower: Haptic Interfaces for Deafblind Individuals to Interact, Communicate, and Entertain. FTC 2020 – Virtual.

• Exploring the Use of Olfactory Stimuli Towards Reducing Visually Induced Motion Sickness in Virtual Reality. SUI 2020 – Virtual. [YouTube]

• The Effect of Patient Education and Telemedicine Reminders on Adherence to Eyedrops for Glaucoma. Ophthalmology Glaucoma 2020.

• Ultra-portable low-cost improvised powered air-purifying respirator: feasibility study. The British Journal of Anaesthesia 2020 (Impact Factor: 9.16).

• Season Traveller: Multisensory Narration for Enhancing the Virtual Reality Experience. CHI 2018 – Montréal, Canada (Acceptance Rate: 25.7%). [YouTube]

• Ambiotherm: Enhancing Sense of Presence in Virtual Reality by Simulating Real-World Environmental Conditions. CHI 2017 – Denver, USA (Acceptance Rate: 25%).

• Virtual Lemonade: Let’s Teleport Your Lemonade! TEI 2017 – Yokohama, Japan (Acceptance Rate: 27%).

Peer-Reviewed Abstracts / Posters / Invited Presentations

• A Demonstration of Season Traveller: Multisensory Narration for Enhancing the Virtual Reality Experience. CHI EA 2018 – Montréal, Canada (Acceptance Rate: 25.7%).

• Enriching the Lives of Deafblind Individuals Through Sensory Substitution (Interfaces to Interact, Communicate, and Entertain). Amplify @ CHI 2017 – Denver, USA.

• AmbioTherm: Simulating Ambient Temperatures and Wind Conditions in VR Environments. UIST 2016 – Tokyo, Japan (Acceptance Rate: 21%).

• Graphite-based resistive stretch sensor for feedback control of soft actuators. ICBME 2016 – Singapore.

Dissertation / Thesis

• Design, Characterization and Implementation of a Graphite-based Stretchable Strain Sensor for Soft Robotic Applications. Master’s Dissertation 2017 – National University of Singapore, Singapore.

• Continuous Health Monitoring & Remote Diagnostic System. Bachelor’s Thesis 2015 – Manipal Institute of Technology, India.

• First Responder Safety & Performance Symposium 2019 / “The Lost Foxfire” at Max Atria @ Singapore Expo / November 2019.

• Designing Our Age-Friendly City / “Flipod” at The Urban Redevelopment Authority Center, Singapore / October 2019.

• Tokyo Game Show – Sense of Wonder Night 2019 / “The Lost Foxfire” at Makuhari-Messe, Chiba – Japan / September 2019.

• Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, NYC / “Laba Speakers and Prototypes” in “The Senses: Design Beyond Vision” / commissioned by curator Ellen Lupton / April 2018.

• CHI Expo 2018 / “A Demonstration of Season Traveller: Multisensory Narration for Enhancing the Virtual Reality Experience” at Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Canada / April 2018.

• KMD Forum 2017 / “Virtual Lemonade: Let’s Teleport Your Lemonade!” at Keio University – Yokohama, Japan / November 2017.

• 22nd Joint Singapore-Malaysia Nursing Conference / “Flipod” at Furama Riverfront Hotel, Singapore / October 2017.

• InnovFest unBound 2017 / “Ambiotherm” at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore / May 2017.

• InnovFest unBound 2017 / “Tactile communication tools for the deafblind” at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore / May 2017.

• TEI 2017 / “Virtual Lemonade: Let’s Teleport Your Lemonade!” at Keio University – Yokohama, Japan / March 2017.

• UIST 2016 / “AmbioTherm: Simulating Ambient Temperatures and Wind Conditions in VR Environments” at Hitotsubashi Hall, National Center of Sciences Building – Tokyo, Japan / October 2016.

• Devices for alignment of a subject positioned on a support. Worldwide Application WO2023033746A2.

• An air-purifying respiration assembly. Worldwide Application WO2021216002A1.

• Electrode design for the delivery of electrical stimuli. Worldwide Application WO2021101441A1.

• Multi-sensory stimulation system and assembly. Worldwide Application WO2021040616A1.

• Methods and systems for the non-invasive treatment of biofluid stasis and buildup. SG Application 10202300490Y.

• An airway clearance device. SG Application 10202301989R.

• Interface for information exchange and communication between and among the sensory disabled and non-disabled individuals. SG Application 10201703584W.

• 2020 EBS Docuprime TV (South Korea), “The Science of Cooking Episode 4 – Flavor”

• 2020 CNA – Why It Matters 4, “Ep 2: How To Survive A Pandemic: Living Virtually”

• 2020 NHK World Premium TV (Japan), Tokoro-san, It’s an Incident!

• 2019 World Economic Forum, “This VR game can create realistic touch, heat and smell”

• 2019 NUS News, “NUS team creates interactive, multisensory VR game”

• 2019 Yahoo Japan, “［TGS 2019］“熱”と“ニオイ”で本物のキツネを見つけ出せ！VRゲーム「迷い狐火」のプレイレポート”

• 2018 Galileo TV (Germany), “Neues Wunderbesteck verspricht Salzgeschmack auf Knopfdruck”

• 2017 Galileo TV (Germany), “Limonade per App: Mit diesem geraet kannst du geschmack verschicken”

• 2017 The Straits Times, “Multi-agency effort to boost use of artificial intelligence”

• 2017 Today, “S$150m kitty to use AI to tackle variety of issues”

• 2017 Reuters, “Singapore researchers turn water into ‘virtual lemonade’ but is it tart enough?”

• 2017 Today, “NUS researchers invent way to ‘teleport’ drinks over the Internet”

• 2017 New Scientist, “Virtual lemonade sends colour and taste to a glass of water”

• 2017 BBC, “Sipping on virtual lemonade, has the future arrived?”

• 2017 The Straits Times, “Singapore researchers turn water into ‘lemonade'”

• 2017 Science Magazine, “Are we about to start sharing taste through the internet?”

• 2017 Engadget, “You can share the taste of lemonade through the internet”

• 2017 Channel NewsAsia, “Singapore researchers turn water into ‘virtual lemonade'”

• 2017 ACM TechNews, “Virtual Lemonade Sends Color and Taste to a Glass of Water”

• 2017 Futurism, “Now, You Can Send Lemonade Over the Internet”

• 2017 CNET, “Singapore scientists teleport lemonade over the internet”

• 2017 New Scientist, “Virtual reality weather add-ons let you feel the sun and wind”

• 2017 Futurism, “Now You Can Feel Wind and Temperature While in Virtual Reality”

• 2016 Futurism, “Now You Can Taste And Chew In Virtual Reality”

• 2016 New Scientist, “Face electrodes let you taste and chew in virtual reality”

• 2017, ACM SIGCHI Student Representative – 50th Celebration of the A. M. Turing Awards

• 2018 & 2017, ACM Multimedia Program Committee

• 2017, ACM CHI Student Volunteer

• Reviewer

  • ACM MM 2017

  • ACM UIST 2017

  • ACM CHI 2017

  • ACM TEI 2017

  • ACM MVAR 2016

  • ACM AltMM 2016

  • IEEE WHC 2017

  • IEEE Sensors Journal

  • MDPI Sensors

• Demos (presented to)

  • Philips

  • Hitachi

  • Ferrero

  • Facebook

  • Fraser and Neave

  • French Chamber of Commerce

  • Thomson Reuters

  • CNET

  • Today

  • Mr. Teo Chee Hean – Deputy Prime Minister (Singapore)

  • Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim – Minister for Communications and Information (Singapore)

  • Mr. Taizo Son – GungHo Gaming

  • Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan – President (National University of Singapore)

• 2014, MIT Manipal Curriculum Conclave – Student Representative for Biomedical Engineering

• 2012, Category Head – Graphics & Web Design for Techtatva, MIT Manipal’s National Level Tech Fest

• 2011 – 2013, Creative Head and Executive Board Member – Biomedical Engineering Society of India (BMESI), Manipal Chapter