Hi, I'm Peter He

Cornell 🌽 ECE + Robotics '27

I work within the areas of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Wearables, and XR.

At Cornell I conduct research under Prof. Cheng Zhang in the Sci-Fi Lab as well as with Prof. Cara Nunez in the HAPPI Lab and previously with Prof. Thijs Roumen at Cornell Tech. My current project involves fabricating textile-based dry electrodes for electrical stimulation + sensing.

I also the founded and lead Cornell XR, the fastest club to ever become an official Cornell Engineering project team building projects in Haptics and XR.

Previously, I was an engineering intern @ Mira, building both software and hardware for smartglasses with a display + always-on AI assistance, I also made firebending real.

Outside of academics, I enjoy creative work and prototyping weird concepts.

Feel free to reach out to me at ph475@cornell.edu or connect with me on LinkedIn.

publications

SplatOverflow

SplatOverflow: Asynchronous Hardware Troubleshooting

Amritansh Kwatra, Tobias Wienberg, Ilan Mandel, Ritik Batra, Peter He, Francois Guimbretiere, Thijs Roumen

Paper (CHI 2025)

Honorable Mention at ACM CHI 2025

SeamPose

SeamPose: Repurposing Seams as Capacitive Sensors in a Shirt for Upper-Body Pose Tracking

Tianhong Catherine Yu, *Manru Mary Zhang, *Peter He, Chi-Jung Lee, Cassidy Cheesman, Saif Mahmud, Ruidong Zhang, Francois Guimbretiere, Cheng Zhang

Paper (UIST 2024)

*Co-Second Author on the Paper for contributions (Freshman Year)

featured projects

A few of my publicly documented projects, for more, look at my projects page!.

Human Operator
A human augmentation tool that allows AI to briefly take control of your body through EMS to help you learn or do things.
Gaussian Splat Localization
Camera localization into a 3D Gaussian Splat scene using CV, COLMAP, and Hierarchical Localization (hloc).
Firebender
Designed (CAD + Electronics), programmed, and built consumer punch-activated flamethrowers for a startup's publicity stunt.
Sixth-Sense
Automatic obstacle (spidey-sense) avoidance using electrostimuation
(Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation eg. GVS).
NeuroScent
Brain-computer interface, VR Headset, and
DIY Olfactory Display.
Bebe
An emotive 6-DOF bipedal robot.