Scholar
Edgar Rojas-Muñoz
Google Scholar ID: LL_lzRMAAAAJ
Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University
Citations & Impact
Citations
416
H-index
11
i10-index
13
Publications
20
Co-authors
6
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Paper titled 'INDYvr: Towards an Ergonomics-based Framework for Inclusive and Dynamic Personalizations of Virtual Reality Environments' accepted into a workshop in the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR); Four groups of students from his Virtual Reality class had their work accepted into SIGGRAPH's Annual Faculty Submitted Student Work Exhibit.
Research Experience
- 2022 - Present: Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, member of the Visual Computing and Computational Media section, lead researcher in various projects related to Mixed Reality and Human-Computer Interaction, Director of LEMUR; 2021 - 2022: Lecturer at Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, involved in multiple multidisciplinary Mixed Reality projects for the Social Good; 2016 - 2020: Graduate Research Assistant at Purdue University, responsible for a variety of tasks including doctoral thesis project; 2015 - 2016: Undergraduate Research Assistant at Purdue University, researched and developed a large-scale interactive display based on touch inputs; 2014 - 2015: Lecturer Assistant at Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, designed, lectured, graded, and mentored students in two undergraduate level courses: 'Introduction to Coding' and 'Coding Workshop'.
Education
- Ph.D.: Purdue University, focused on XR and Human-Computer Interaction, supervised by Dr. Juan Wachs; Licenciatura (Lic.): Computer Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica.
Background
- Research Interests: Mixed Reality for the Social Good. Professional Field: Extended Reality (XR) and Human-Computer Interaction. Brief Introduction: Currently an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University and the director of LEMUR, the Laboratory for Extended and Mixed User Realities.
Miscellany
- Born and raised in Costa Rica, now exploring Texas' vast cattle grasslands, residing in College Station, slowly learning how to become an Aggie; enjoys playing board games, hiking, and writing a magical realism novel in his free time.
