VR Doctoral Dissertation Award
The Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding academic research and development in the field.
2022 RECIPIENTS
Best Dissertation: Nami Ogawa
Affiliation: University of Tokyo, Japan
Dissertation: “Effect of Self-Avatar Anthropomorphism on Perception and Behavior in Virtual Environments”
Honorable Mention: Katharina Krösl
Affiliation: Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Dissertation: “Simulating Vision Impairments in Virtual and Augmented Reality”
2021 RECIPIENTS
Best Dissertation: Mayra Donaji Barrera Machuca
Affiliation: Simon Fraser University, Canada
Dissertation: “Towards More Accurate Immersive 3D Sketching”
Honorable Mention: Javad Fotouhi
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dissertation: “Augmented reality and artificial intelligence in image-guided and robot-assisted interventions”
2020 RECIPIENTS
Best Dissertation: Misha Sra
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019 RECIPIENTS
Best Dissertation: Qi Sun
Affiliation: Stony Brook University
Honorable Mention: James Baumeister
2018 RECIPIENTS
Best Dissertation: Sebastian Friston
Affiliation: University College London
Honorable Mention: Richard Skarbez
2017 RECIPIENTS
Best Dissertation: Andrew Maimone
Affiliation: UNC Chapel Hill
Best Dissertation: Alexander Kulik
Affiliation: Bauhaus University Weimar
Honorable Mention: Yuta Itoh
2016 RECIPIENTS
Best Dissertation: Ravish Mehra
Affiliation: UNC Chapel Hill
Honorable Mention: Bireswar Laha
Honorable Mention: Merwan Achibet