Zining Zhang

PhD student working with @huaishup @umdcs focusing on HCI, haptics, and XR. Prev: @GM, @UMich

[Zining Zhang @_ziningzhang_]

@jas_x_flowers @MITEECS @MIT_CSAIL Congrats, Jas!!!

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

2nd sustainable making paper by @ZYYan20H also Honorable Mention! This time, a technical paper on how to repurpose obsolete PCBs into new uses, saving both material and energy a lot! Talk in the same session, 11 G314-315. With @_ziningzhang_ @jsli_21 Advait Vartak

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

Proud of @jsli_21 for his successful debut at #IEEEVR2025! Our study explores vibration & skin-stretch as haptic feedback for blind users in using VR, rendering both static & dynamic cues. Findings: Skin-stretch = more accurate, but many prefer vibration. Haptics should be leveraged to make VR more accessible;)! #VR #Haptics #Accessibility Paper: https://t.co/R38rOCSUNj Thanks to all collaborators @YuhangZhao1 @_ziningzhang_ @ZYYan20H

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

📢 Thinking about pursuing a PhD in technical HCI? Our group at UMD CS is recruiting! We work on novel/sustainable fabrication systems, XR haptics, and AI for accessibility, publishing at #CHI and #UIST. Learn more at https://t.co/TYo3ZiZZGB & feel free to reach out /DM!

[Zining Zhang @_ziningzhang_]

Thank you for highlighting our latest research! Excited to continue exploring innovative solutions in haptics.

[UMD Department of Computer Science @umdcs]

.@UofMaryland researchers unveil #JetUnit, a haptic tech that could aid blind users with force feedback cues for spatial navigation, enhancing accessibility. Project leader @_ziningzhang_ from the #SMARTLab, presented it at #UIST2024.

Read more: https://t.co/oK6TNqdF2v

[Zining Zhang @_ziningzhang_]

Amazing experience at #UIST2024 🥰 Glad to meet so many new friends and learn about inspiring work from colleagues in the HCI community. It was also my first time presenting and demoing JetUnit! Hit me up for future collaborations on #haptics related to fluid media and thermo!

[Zining Zhang @_ziningzhang_]

@umd_emd @XimingShenLiz Thank you!!! It has been a wonderful experience working with you, and I truly hope we can collaborate again in the future!

[Zining Zhang @_ziningzhang_]

🤩What an incredible experience! #UIST2024 Thank you to all my collaborators @huaishup @umd_emd @ZYYan20H @jsli_21 for your support, and to everyone who attended my talk and demo. It was a pleasure having you all! 🥰

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

One more project from our lab;) Zining is now the official ‘water’ magician, creating both intense and subtle haptics with a single tactor and water jet. @_ziningzhang_ thx also goes to our amazing @umd_emd and @ZYYan20H @jsli_21 #UIST2024

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

Largest UMD group@UIST ever? Definitely growing lol. @umdcs @hcil_umd @ZYYan20H @gsun_lee @jasonzding @JoelChan86 @umd_emd @BiswaksenPat @_ziningzhang_

[Zining Zhang @_ziningzhang_]

📄 Paper: https://t.co/llD3yYr0lf
📺 Demo: https://t.co/9w57qMMZZL
🎥 Video: https://t.co/n4p5FCaXVt

[Zining Zhang @_ziningzhang_]

Excited to present and demo my first first-author HCI paper at #UIST2024! 🎉 "JetUnit: Rendering Diverse Force Feedback in Virtual Reality using Water Jets" showcases how a compact, self-contained device delivers a wide range of force intensities & frequencies. 🌊Come try it out!

[Zining Zhang @_ziningzhang_]

📢 Presentation: Wed, 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM | Allegheny 1
🎮 Demo: Mon, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Multipurpose 1079

Looking forward to meeting you all there! 👋 #HCI #VR #Haptics

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

♻️♻️♻️@ZYYan20H's work on sustainable and solderless PCB reached 1k downloads on the ACM library and 7k+ views on YouTube within 1 month of #CHI2024! For research that isn’t mainstream yet, it's pretty impressive! Congrats and super proud ;) https://t.co/2PJHcwqr4l

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

🎉 Congrats @jsli_21 Jiasheng for winning the 2024 HCIL Maryland Way Award for Research Excellence! This is HCIL's biggest award each year🙌 Photo from a very proud advisor with very bad photography skills 😉 @hcil_umd #hcil2024

[Zeyu Yan @ZYYan20H]

How many Digikey order to you place that contains the same components? Ever thought about ways to reuse olds components? Check out our CHI24 paper SolderlessPCB -- A new assembly method that promote component reusing ♻️

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

♻️Ever frustrated by wasting functional SMD components from old prototypes because desoldering is too troublesome or simply not worth the effort? Our new SolderlessPCB project at CHI 24, led by my amazing student Zeyu @ZYYan20H, introduces an alternative way to make PCB prototypes #solderlessly. The benefit? Assembling and disassembling a PCB has never been easier, allowing you to reuse all SMD components from obsolete projects or between project iterations. Our first step toward sustainable prototyping! 🌱Video: https://t.co/vSg1ubLYEc #chi2024 #sustainable

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

What are the odds of having two amazing HCI researchers on the same day? Thanks to @plopesresearch and @SeongkookHeo for the fantastic back-to-back talks and for dropping by our labs! We were all awed by the day. Kudos to Jun @umd_emd for organizing it all!

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

In @NatureElectron, researchers from the @CDecoders group led by Prof. @dagdevirencanan + colleagues present a wearable ultrasound patch that can image tissues deep inside the body. Their initial study demonstrated its utility in measuring bladder volume. https://t.co/RtXCglFCSv

[Huaishu Peng @huaishup]

Wonderful time with almost my entire academic family;) See you all until next time! #UIST2023
#UIST2024

[Zeyu Yan @ZYYan20H]

Many that is to folks who joined us for out workshop! Shout out to our amazing keynote speakers @gabowd @epaulos @krismawil!! And my co-organizers @cheng_tingyu @xjasminelu @huaishup @plopesresearch!! We will keep the conversation going for a better sustainable future!