I am an Assistant Professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (LCSEE) at West Virginia University (WVU), USA.
I am the founder & director of the Intelligent Cyber-physical Systems Research Lab (iCPS Lab) at WVU. My research group's interests span Physical & Embodied AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Sensor Fusion, with applications in Intelligent and Safe Cyber-physical & Autonomous Systems and Robotics. My research work is supported by federal and international grants and projects.
Also, I am the Program Coordinator for Robotics at LCSEE and a member of the West Virginia University Robotics Team.
Previously, I was a Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University, Canada and a Research Associate at Calian Ltd. I received my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Queen's University.
04/26 Know Where You Are’: WVU’s self-driving racers use sensors to compete, WDTV 5
05/25 Robotics Revolutionizing Engineering Education, The Inter Mountain
03/26 Pedal to The Medal: The WVU Roboracer Team Builds Racecars that Have Minds of Their Own, WVU Stories
09/24 WVU F1Tenth team places second in international competition
05/24 WVU researchers to utilize $1.75M in federal funding for innovative cybersecurity AI program
06/26 Congrats, Rukesh Prajapati, PhD student in iCPS Lab, for having his paper accepted for publication in the IEEE Journal of IoT. Well done, Rukesh!
06/26 We have our IEEE-RAL paper accepted for presentation in the IEEE IROS 2026. Congrats, Mohamed Elgouhary, PhD student in iCPS Lab!
06/26 Congrats to the WVU Roboracer team for receiving the 3rd place at the Roboracer competition at the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, the team was mentored by Mohamed Elgouhary, PhD student, and led by Andrew Sarver, MS student.
03/26 Congrats, Mohamed Elgouhary, PhD student in iCPS Lab, for having 2 papers accepted for publication in the Autoware Workshop, IEEE Intelligent Vehicles, Detroit, MI. Good job, Mohamed!
03/26 iCPS Lab has 3 papers accepted for publication at the IEEE International Conference on Smart Mobility. The papers are led by David Babalola, Rukesh Prajapati, & Maher Al Islam, PhD students in the iCPS lab. Congrats and good job all !!
02/26 Congrats to Mohamed Elgouhary, iCPS Lab PhD student in EE, for having his paper accepted for publication in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Well done, Mohamed !!
7/25 Great Ayilaran, iCPS UG researcher, presented his work on intelligent and safe driving in the WVU UG Research Symposium. Well done, Great!
6/25 We showcased our research activities and platforms to the URMA research communicators conference participants at WVU. Thanks to the lab students for running the exciting F1Tenth race and demos!