About Us
Who we are and what we do
Our Lab Team
Director
Dr. Kyle Johnsen
Director, Virtual Experiences Laboratory
Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University of Georgia
Adjunct, Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia
Dr. Johnsen founded the virtual experiences laboratory @ UGA in 2008.
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Active Members
Matthew Funkhouser
Bachelor of Science Student, Franklin College Department of Computer Science
2021 – Present
Andrew Phipps
Bachelor of Science Student, Franklin College Department of Computer Science
2021 – Present
Nicholas Gonzalez
Bachelor of Science Student, Franklin College Department of Computer Science
2021 – Present
Nathan Wynn
Doctor of Philosophy Student, Franklin College Department of Computer Science
2021 – Present
Brook Bowers
Doctor of Philosophy Student, Franklin College Department of Computer Science
2019 – Present
Andrew Rukangu
Doctor of Philosophy Student, College of Engineering
2018 – Present
AJ Tuttle
Bachelor of Science Student, College of Engineering
2018 – Present
Anton Franzluebbers
Doctor of Philosophy Student, College of Engineering
2016 – Present
Catherine Ball
Doctor of Philosophy Student, College of Engineering
2015 – Present
Yulong Wang
Doctor of Philosophy Student, College of Engineering
2018 – Present
Alumni
Benjamin Burgh
Bachelor of Science Student, College of Engineering
2016 – 2019
Aryabrata Basu
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Computer Science
Benjamin Manning
Doctor of Philosophy, College of Engineering
2016 – 2018
York Delloyd
Bachelor of Science Student, College of Engineering
2016 – 2018
Talal Alothman
Master of Science Student, Department of Computer Science
2016 – 2017
Michael Melatti
Bachelor of Science Student, College of Engineering
2016 – 2017
Michael Bottone
Master of Science Student, Department of Computer Science
2015 – 2016
Kenneth Bogert
Doctor of Philosophy Candidate, Department of Computer Science
2010 – 2016
Danny Mason
Bachelor of Science Student, College of Engineering
2016
Elliott Tanner
Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering
2013 – 2015
Rafael Silva
Master of Internet Technology, College of Engineering
2013 – 2014
Colby Sweet
Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering
2012 – 2013
Peter Wins
Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering
2011 – 2014
Tyler Niles
Master of Science, Faculty of Engineering
2009 – 2011
Animesh Thakre
Master of Science, Department of Computer Science
2009 – 2011
Qian Ma
Master of Science, Department of Computer Science
2009 – 2010
Use Our Lab
Our lab is your lab! We have some amazing resources at the VEL and we want to share them with you. If you are a UGA student and want to work on VR or machine learning projects, check out our resources page for more information about renting equipment or lab time.