Ph.D. Students
Bijo Sebastian
PhD Student
Bijo Sebastian received his B.Tech degree in Mechanical Eng. From College of Engineering, Trivandrum, and his MS in Mechatronics at Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, India. He is currently a PhD student with research interests in robotics and design.
Research Title:
Hybrid Mechanism Mobile Robot for Casualty Detection and ExtractionHailin Ren
PhD Student
Hailin Ren received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nanjing University of Science & Technology in 2013, and his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in 2014. He is currently a Ph.D. student with research interests in robotics.
Research Title:
Dual Arm Manipulation with Human-Robot Interaction Using Artificial IntelligenceShumin Feng
PhD Student
Shumin Feng received her B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Shandong University in 2015. She is currently a Ph. D. student with research interests in design and control of robots.
Research Title:
Mobile robot obstacle avoidance based on Deep Reinforcement LearningJiamin Wang
PhD Student
Jiamin "Jimmy" Wang Received his B.Eng Degree in Mechanical Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology in 2015, and his M.S. Degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from the University of Missouri - Columbia in 2017. He is currently a PhD student with research interests in controls, mechatronics and robotics.
Research Title:
Intelligent Control Framework Development and Application for General Robotic SystemsYujiong Liu
PhD Student
Yujiong Liu received his B.Eng degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tongji University in 2013, and his M.S. in Robotics from Harbin Institute of Technology. He also hold an M.S. degree in Math from University of Minnesota Duluth. He is currently a Ph.D. student with research interests in robotics, spatial mechanisms and controls.
Research Title:
Analyzing and Synthesizing Multi-link Robotic Tails for Highly Agile Motion of Legged RobotsTaylor Njaka
PhD Student
Taylor Njaka received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2017. Taylor specializes in underwater robotics, and has had experience with computer and general electronic hardware, as well as advanced control systems. He also has experience with ocean wave gliders and other forms of marine propulsion, and is a former FRC Robotics world champion. He is currently a Ph.D. student with research interests in robotics and controls.
Research Title:
Design and Simulation of a High-Speed Omnidirectional Fully-Actuated Underwater Position ControllerMS Students
Jiteng Yang
MS Student
Jiteng Yang received his Bachelor of Science degree in Measurement, Control Technology and Instruments from Tsinghua University in 2016. He is currently a master student with research interests in robotics, mechatronics and controls.
Research Title:
A Two-DOF Bipedal Robot Utilizing the Reuleaux Triangle Drive MechanismTeja Vanteddu
MS Student
Teja Vanteddu received his B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering From Indian Institute of Technology Mandi in 2013. He has 3 years of work experience as a Mechanical engineer involved in mechanical design, conceptualization of mechanisms, simulations and actuator selection. He is currently an M.S. student with research interests in robotic exoskeletons and mechatronics design.
Research Title:
Grasp Stability Control of a Robotic Exoskeleton GloveShubhdildeep Sohal
MS Student
Shubhdildeep Sohal received his Bachelors degree in Mechatronics Engineering From Thapar University, Patiala, India in 2016. He is currently an M.S. student with research interests in mechanical design and analysis, robotics, mechatronics and controls.
Research Title:
Autonomous Docking of Self-Reconfigurable Mobile RobotsRaghuraj Chauhan
MS Student
Raghuraj "Ravi" Chauhan received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2015. He worked for two years performing electromechanical design and controls system development in industrial automation. He is an M.S. student with research interests in mechanical design, mechatronics, and controls.
Research Title:
Naturalistic Exoskeleton Glove Control Through Grasp Prediction and Motion AmplificationDaniel Budolak
MS Student
Daniel received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2016. He is currently a Masters student with research interests in mechatronics and robotics, particularly in space applications.
