Harris Nisar

Harris Nisar is a Simulation Engineer in the Health Care Engineering Systems Center. Harris holds a BS in Bioengineering and an MS in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After graduating, he worked at the Jump Simulation Center in Peoria as a Simulation Engineer. During his time in Peoria, he used 3D modeling, 3D printing, and software engineering for medical simulation. At the Health Care Engineering Systems Center, his main research is on mixed reality technologies, computer vision, human-computer interaction, and haptics. In particular, he is interested in how these areas can be used to improve patient intervention and healthcare professional training and is leading several projects towards these goals.