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May 11, 2026

Congratulations to Emmanuella on earning her M.S. degree from Georgia Southern University, marking the successful completion of her graduate studies and research contributions to autonomous robotic systems for building inspection at CARL.

May 7, 2026

We gathered for a celebratory lunch to congratulate Emmanuella on earning her M.S. degree and to recognize her valuable contributions to the lab's research.

May 4, 2026

Dr. Lee and other faculty members from Georgia Southern University participated in a meeting with managers from Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) to discuss potential research collaborations and future industry-academic partnerships in advanced manufacturing, automation, and robotics.

Apr 30, 2026

Dr. Lee received a Faculty Research Committee Scholarly Pursuit Award ($7,500) to support research on collaborative aerial-ground robotic systems for automated indoor MEP defect detection and inspection.

Apr 24, 2026

Congratulations to Yong and Emmanuella for receiving First Place in the Crider Foods Manufacturing, Robotics, and Automation Award with $500 at the 2026 Georgia Southern University Student Research Symposium for their outstanding research in autonomous robotic systems and AI-enabled infrastructure inspection.

Mar 31, 2026

Congratulations to Emmanuella on successfully defending her M.S. thesis and completing her research on autonomous mobile robotic systems for crack detection at CARL.

Mar 23, 2026

Congratulations to Yong on being selected as a Georgia Southern University Presidential Research Fellow, one of the university's highest graduate honors recognizing outstanding academic achievement, research excellence, and leadership potential.

Mar 3, 2026

Dr. Lee received an $88,280 Strategic Research Equipment Award from the Office of Research and Economic Development to acquire a Clearpath Warthog unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), significantly expanding the lab's autonomous robotics research capabilities.

Feb 27, 2026

We enjoyed our traditional semesterly lab lunch, celebrating teamwork, research progress, and the collaborative spirit of the lab for Spring 2026 at Texas Roadhouse.

Jan 13, 2026

Congratulations to Emmanuella and Yong on the publication of their paper, “A Real-Time Mobile Robotic System for Crack Detection in Construction Using Two-Stage Deep Learning,” in Sensors. This work highlights CARL's ongoing efforts in integrating autonomous mobile robotics and artificial intelligence for real-time infrastructure inspection and monitoring.

Sep 9, 2025

Emmanuella presented her research, “Advanced Crack Detection in Building Structures Using Pix2Pix and U-Net Architectures,” at the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS) Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, presenting CARL's work on AI-enabled robotic inspection and infrastructure monitoring.

May 13, 2025

Dr. Lee presented his research on Autonomous Navigation and Target Object Detection in Real-time Mobile Robotic Welding Systems at the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE) 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana

April 25, 2025

Congratulations to Emmanuella for receiving 2nd Place in the PCEC Top Eagle Award with $300 at the 2025 College of Engineering and Computing Student Research Symposium

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