Haptics · HCI · Perception
Waseem Hassan is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow and haptics researcher developing ways to make digital experiences felt—through the air, across the body, and through responsive devices. His work connects novel haptic interfaces with computational modelling and psychophysics, spanning non-contact body sensations, wearable and encountered feedback, and data-driven haptic content.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at UpnaLab, Public University of Navarre, Spain
Research identity
These three themes span the full haptic experience: how sensations are created, how interactive systems deliver them, and how people perceive them.
Using low-frequency sound, ultrasound, and cross-modal cues to create sensations on—and sometimes perceived within—the body, without requiring a wearable device.
Designing wearable, encountered, pneumatic, and force-feedback systems that make interaction physical while remaining usable in the environments where people act.
Building perceptual spaces and data-driven models that help author, predict, compare, and render haptic content in ways aligned with human sensory capabilities.
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Selected workAbout
Waseem’s research combines interface design, computational methods, and psychophysics to understand not only how haptic feedback can be produced, but how it is perceived. His work has moved from haptic texture libraries and wearable devices to encountered force feedback and contactless sensations created with sound.
He is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at UpnaLab, Public University of Navarre. Previously, he worked at the University of Copenhagen and Kyung Hee University, where he completed his PhD and MS in Computer Engineering.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
Leading FeelFields, a 24-month project developing co-registered volumetric haptic displays that combine novel haptic hardware with computational and perceptual modelling.
Previously
Postdoctoral researcher in Human-Centred Computing, developing non-contact haptic technologies through the Touchless project.
Education
PhD and MS in Computer Engineering, focused on haptic texture content libraries, modelling, authoring, and perceptual spaces.
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Contact
For research collaborations, talks, academic opportunities, or questions about the work, get in touch.
waseem.hassan@unavarra.es