Assistant Professor, Fowler School of Engineering
Email: dnair@chapman.edu
EDUCATION/TRAINING
2009 - 2013
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University (Mentors: Profs. Richard Gale and Tanja Karp)
2007 - 2009
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University (Mentor: Prof. Richard Gale)
2002 - 2006
B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India
Academic Experience
2016 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Engineering, Weber State University
Industry Experience
2014 - 2015
Fault Isolation Engineer, Blast Motion
2013 - 2014
Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS
Dr. Nair’s research interest centers around characterizing human touch and developing tactile assistive technologies. Specific projects under investigation include development of haptic enabled assistive writing, wearable tactile musical interface, low-cost refreshable braille-graphics display, and tactile interfaces for mobile devices. For more information regarding these projects, please see ndanya.wixsite.com/heartlab. Dr. Nair’s teaching interest is in developing hands-on learning environment both inside and outside classroom.
KEYWORDS: Haptics, tactile devices, human-machine interface, assistive technology, sensors, actuators, braille, music, psychophysics.