Ehsan is a doctoral candidate in Design with Digital Media, a research assistant at Immersive Visualization Lab (iLab), and also instructor at Department of Architectural Studies of the University of Missouri. In 2015, he joined UPMC Enterprises as UX Researcher/Designer Intern, where he worked under the agile/scrum process on medical imaging products along with a group of engineers, researchers, and designers from GE Healthcare and Technology Development Center. Before joining the Ph.D. program at MU, Ehsan served as a full-time faculty of Industrial Design at Azad University of Mashhad for over six years, during which he taught a variety of undergraduate courses such as User-Centered Product Design, Product Evaluation and Analysis, and Creative Problem Solving.

Along with his academic experience, Ehsan has professional work experiences as a design consultant, product designer, and interior designer for several companies. Some of his works have been recognized by international design awards in the U.S. and Europe such as “A Life with Future Computing: Fujitsu Design Award”, “BREIL Milano Timepiece Design Award: The Next Icon in the Watch Culture”, and “Vision of the Future” at the World Future Society. Ehsan earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Industrial Design, and his current areas of research are user-centered design, user experience, augmented overlayed and virtual environments.