Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, USA, 2020
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, USA, 2015
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2013
Bio
Lawrence Kim is an Assistant Professor of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. His research lies at the intersection of HCI, robotics, and haptics. He designs and builds affective tangible interfaces to enable new interaction and facilitate physical and mental well-being. Prior to joining SFU, Kim was a postdoc in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a Ph.D. Minor in Computer Science at Stanford (with support from a Samsung Scholarship), MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Research Interests
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Tangible User Interfaces
- Human-Robot Interaction
