Director, Intelligent Robotics and System Optimization Laboratory 

Assistant Professor, Departments of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics and Applied Computing, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea 

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and System Design, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea 

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Research Interests: Operational Research on Multiple Autonomous Vehicle Systems, Heterogeneous Robotic Teams, Autonomous Navigation 

Teaching: EET/MEEM4707 Autonomous Systems, MEEM3750 Dynamic Systems, MEEM5680 Optimization I, EET4253 LabVIEW Programming for Data Acquisition.

Co-Director, Intelligent Robotics and System Optimization Laboratory 

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea 

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Kyunghee University, Yongin, Kyunggi-do, South Korea 

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Research Interests:  Robot Motion Control and Autonomous Navigation, Stochastic Process, Autonomous Material Handling System in Smart Factory

Teaching: MEEM4705/5705 Robotics and Mechatronics

Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 

Abhishek received Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award 2021 for his great job in teaching the lab sessions for MEEM4707 Autonomous Systems. He developed the lab materials with Dr. Bae when the course was entirely revised and offered in Spring 2021. 

Research Interests: developing and experimenting with optimization algorithms for robotic applications

Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 

Hyeseon received Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award in 2022 for her excellent teaching the lab sessions for MEEM4707 Autonomous Systems in Spring 2022. 

Ph.D. Student in Computational Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 

Robotics Engineer at Embark Trucks

M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University,  Houghton, MI

Report title: Study on Cooperative Collision-Free Local Path planning for Wheeled Mobile Robots 

Senior in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

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Niccolo received second place for undergraduate students in the 2022 Fall Computing[mtu] Showcase at Michigan Tech with "Performance Measurement of Trajectory Tracking Controllers for Wheeled Mobile Robots," working with Abhishek and Dr. Bae. 

B.S in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 

Justin received Honorable Mention in the 2021 Undergraduate Research Symposium at Michigan Tech, with "Development of Furuta inverted Pendulum Test Rig for Testing of Motor Dynamics and Capabilities," working with Dr. Park. He participated in Undergraduate Research Internship Program (URIP) with research at IRoSOL.