When Xiangyi Cheng published her first journal paper as a principal investigator in IEEE Access in 2024, it marked more than a professional milestone. For Cheng, an IEEE member and an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles, it was the latest waypoint in a career shaped by curiosity, persistence, and a belief that technology should serve people—not the other way around.

The paper’s title was “Mobile Devices or Head-Mounted Displays: A Comparative Review and Analysis of Augmented Reality in Healthcare.”

XIANGYI CHENG

Employer

****Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles

Title

****Assistant professor of mechanical engineering

Member grade

****Member

Alma maters

****China University of Mining and Technology; Texas A&M University

Cheng’s work spans robotics, intelligent systems, human-machine interaction and artificial intelligence.…