In Pictures: The Embodied Dynamics Laboratory

Inside the lab where researchers investigate how bodies, senses and technology work together to shape learning.
February 24, 2026

At the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science, researchers in the Embodied Dynamics Laboratory explore how technology interacts with the human body and mind. Led by Assistant Professor Jun Nishida, the lab studies how perception, movement and sensory experience shape learning and behavior across physical and digital environments. 

Among its researchers is Ph.D. student Logan Stevens, whose work includes how extended reality technologies can support cognition through carefully designed sensory interaction. This portrait highlights the lab’s research through Stevens’ work, offering a closer look at how embodied computing is shaping new approaches to learning and human-computer interaction.

—Portrait Article by Samuel Malede Zewdu, CS Communications 

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