Lab Alumni
Former PhD or MS Thesis Students and Post-Docs
Brian Bittner
Ph.D in Robotics (2020)
Researcher in John Hopkins University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2016
M.S. Robotics, University of Michigan, 2018
Ph.D. Robotics, University of Michigan, 2020.
Chen Reich
Master's Student
Autonomous Systems Program (Technion)
B.S. Computer Science, Technion, 2021
Dan Zhao
Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering (2021)
Senior Control Engineer in XPENG Robotics
B.S.M.E Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2014
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Micghian, 2019
PhD. Mechanical Engineering, University of Micghian, 2021.
George Council
Ph.D in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2019)
Postdoctoral researcher at the Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. in Electrical Engineering 2012 - Montana State University, Bozeman.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering: Systems 2013 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 2019, University Of Michigan.
Matthew Kvalheim
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (2018)
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering 2018, University of Michigan.
M.S. Mathematics 2017, University of Michigan.
M.S. Electrical Engineering 2017, University of Michigan.
B.S. Electrical Engineering 2013, Ohio University.
Marion Anderson
Ph.D in Electrical & Computer Engineering (2025)
Electrical & Computer Engineering
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019
Parag Bobade
Postdoctoral Researcher
Electrical Engineering
PhD , Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 2017
MS, Mathematics, Virginia Tech, 2017
M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2014
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur, 2011
Soonhyeong Choi
Master's Student
ECE (Robotics)
B.S. Information Science, Military Art and Science(double major), Korea Military Academy, 2014
Sawyer Fuller
Postdoctoral Researcher
Electrical Engineering
PhD, Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, 2011
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000
Ziyou Wu
Ph.D in Robotics (2024)
Robotics
B.S. Data Science, University of Michigan, 2019.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2019.
PhD. Robotics, University of Michigan, 2024.
Former Graduate Students (non-thesis)
Anirudh Aatresh
Masters Student
EECS (Robotics)
B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India, 2021
Anand Asokan
Master in Robotics (2021)
Robotics
B.Tech Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NIT Tiruchirappalli, India, 2019
M.S. Robotics, University of Michigan, 2021
Dan Altman
M.S. Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S.E Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2024
Arun Bishop
Master in Robotics (2021)
Robotics
B.S.E Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020
M.S. Robotics, University of Michigan, 2021
Bingqian Yang
Master Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2020
Devin McCulley
Master Student
Robotics
Daniel Kennedy
Ph.D Pre-candidate
Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2021
Duncan Abbot
Master in ECE (2020)
Robotics
second year masters student in ECE Robotics.
Erick Vega
Master Student
Electrical & Computer Eng
M.S. Applied Mathematics, University of Michigan, 2015. B.S. Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, 2013
Sandilya Sai Garimella
Master of Science
Robotics
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019-2022
Gaurav Manda
Master student
Electrical Engineering
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2018
Gokul Prabhakaran
Master Student
Robotics
B.S. Mechanical Engineering and Minor in Computer Science, National University of Singapore, 2022
Guangyi Liu
Master Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University Chengxian College, 2022
Taesung Heo
Masters Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S.M.E 2014 Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea.
Yue Sun
Research Associate
Robotics Institute
B.S. Automation Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2014
M.S. Robotics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2016
Ji Hwang Kim
Master student
Robotics
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 2018
Mohammad Khodabakhsh
PhD Student
Electrical Engineering
Pranjal Ravindra Khakse
Master of Science
Mechanical Engineering
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2019-2023
Hao Luo
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019.
Nicholas Pagliocca
Master Student
Electrical & Computer Engineering
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, 2022
Piyapath Siratarnsophon
Masters Student
Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
Peerayos Pongsachai
Master Student
Robotics
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, New York University, 2020
Paul Danciu
Master Student
Integrated Circuits and VLSI
BSE in computer Engineering, University of Michigan, 2021
Rohit Banerjee
Master Student
Robotics
BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, 2020
Ryan Sandberg
Ph.D Pre-candidate
Applied Mathematics
Syue-Ling Yu(Sherry)
Graduate Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yang Peng
M.S. Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 2023
Zekun Bian
Master Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, 2015.
M.S. Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, 2018
Former Undergraduate Students
Advait Deshpande
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science Engineering
BSE Computer Science Engineering, University of Michigan, 2023
Arnold Zhou
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science and Statistics
Austin Chen
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2018. B.S. Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2018.
Andrew Lyandar
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Fall 2022
Alexander Prather
Undergraduate Student
B.S. Electrical Engineering
Arjun Sangwan
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019.
Ava Snelling
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
Brendan Ohr
Undergraduate Student
Robotics
Bao Duong
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
B.E. Computer Engineering, University of Michigan
Beckett McMath
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019.
Elizabeth Bisson
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019.
Cameron Burdgick
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science & Data Science
B.S.E. Computer Science & Data Science, University of Michigan, 2024
Shriya Chahal
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
“B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan”
Claudia Ma
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2018.
Chad Schaffer
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
Derek Xia
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science
Ellen Reed
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
Felicia Sang
Undergraduate Student
Robotics
“B.S.E. Robotics, University of Michigan”
Fuhu Xiao
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
B.S.E. Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020
Gregory Cunningham
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
Anish Gupta
Visiting Student
Robotics
B.Tech. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Engineering, VNIT, India, 2018
Haochen Yu
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science
B.S. Computer Science, University Of Michigan, 2023
Haotian Li
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020.
Jack Gregory
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
Jacob Chateau
Visiting Scholar
Mathematics
Jakub Kraus
Undergraduate Student
Data Science, Mathematics
Zhuoyang Chen
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2024
B.E. Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, 2024
Joseph Franc
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science
Jiayi Chen
Undergradusate
Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020, B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2020
Jonathan Jeyachandran
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019.
James Nykamp
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2021
Joseph Jang
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science
Josh Trate
Undergraduate Student
Physics and Computer Science
Jerry Liu
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2021
Junze (Eric) Chen
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering
B.E. Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan
Kevin Wallace
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering; Robotics Concentration
Chun Lin Liu
Undergraduate student
Computer Science
Working on B.S.E Computer Science
Yunshan Liu
Visiting student
Measuring and Control Technology and Instrument
B.S. Measuring and Control Technology and Instrument,Tianjin University, 2017.
Madison Ellsworth
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020.
Michael Kolakowski
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020.
Min Kyu Kim
M.S. Student
Robotics
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024
Matthew Magro
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
Michael Saloka
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019.
Ming-Yuan Yu
PhD Student
Robotics
Naeun Kim
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science
B.S. Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2019.
Nicholas Peabody
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
“B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2023”
Nathan Silverman
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
B.S.E. Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020.
Prabhleen Pawar
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science
B.S.E Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2026
Preston Fossee
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020
Colin Tan
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science and Mathematics
B.S. Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2019. B.S. Honors Mathematics, University of Michigan, 2019.
Ruizhen Hu
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science and Engineering
B.S.E Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2023
B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2023
Vikram Sachdeva
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019.
Sashreek Shankar
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
B.S.E. Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, 2025
Sophie Yang
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
Taha Teke
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science
B.S. Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2023
Tyson Lin
Undergraduate Student
Computer Engineering
B.S.E. Computer Engineering, University Of Michigan, 2025
Zhuzhu Wang
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2020. B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2020.
William van den Bogert
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering in Progress, Complete in 2021
Yiannos Demetriou
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Biopsychology, Cognition and Neuroscience
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Cognitive Science, B.S. Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience, University of Michigan, 2023
Yashwant Dubbaka
Bachelor's of Engineering
Computer Engineering and Business
B.E Computer Engineering in progress, University of Michigan, 2027
Madhav Goli
Undergraduate Student
Electrical Engineering
B.S.E.E. 2019 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Zain Kawoosa
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science
B.S.E Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2023