Members

  Dr. Wendy Ahn (co-advised with Prof. Daniel Peterson) 

  Dongjune Chang (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering; 2019-)

  Omik Save (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering; 2021-)

  Soubhagya Nayak (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering; 2022-)

  Rohan Khatavkar (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering; 2024-; co-advised with Prof. Jiefeng Sun)

  Chaerin Hong (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering; 2025-)

  Vijaya Gaddam (MS Student in Robotics and Autonomous Systems; 2025-)

  Yeshwanth Gurreddy (MS Student in Robotics and Autonomous Systems; 2025-)

  Cory Williamson (MS Student in Biomedical Engineering; 2025-)

  Matthew Singh (MS Student in Biomedical Engineering; 2025-)

  Noah Kettner (MS Student in Biomedical Engineering; 2025-)

  Abdullah Bushnag (MS Student in Artificial Intelligence; 2025-)

  Justin Han (BS Student in Mechanical Engineering)

  Katia Ponce (BS Student in Biomedical Engineering)

  Kunal Sharma (BS Student in Biomedical Engineering)

  Kaden Kobashigawa (BS Student in Biomedical Engineering)

  Jichen Sun (BS Student in Biomedical Engineering)

  Kristine Kim (BS Student in Biology)

Postdocs

  Dr. Seunghoon Hwang (Postdoc in Mechanical Engineering; co-advised with Prof. Sze Zheng Yong at Northeastern; 2025); 

                                                       California State University Northridge (Assistant Professor; Department of Mechanical Engineering) 

  Dr. Alyssa Olivas (Postdoc in Systems Engineering; 2023); New Mexico State University (Assistant Professor; Department of Kinesiology)

  Dr. Masood Nevisipour (Postdoc in Systems Engineering; 2021); Seismic (Lead Human Factors Engineer) 

PhD Students

  John Atkins (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering; 2024); University of California Berkeley (Postdoc)

  Fatemeh Zahedi (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering; 2023); Honda Research Institute USA Inc. 

  Carly Thalman (PhD in Systems Engineering; 2021); Apple (Hardware Biomechanics Engineer)

  Varun Nalam (PhD in Mechanical Engineering; 2020); North Carolina State University (NCSU) (Research Assistant Professor)

  Justin Hunt (PhD in Mechanical Engineering; 2020); Nikon Research Corporation of America (Senior Mechatronics Engineer) & Sol Robotics (CEO)

MS Students

Thesis Option

  Yuanhao Chen (RAS MSE, ME concentration, 2025); NJIT Mechanical Engineering (PhD Student)

  Soe Lin Paing (RAS MSE, ME concentration, 2023); UNC/NCSU Biomedical Engineering (PhD Student) 

  Kevin Abishek (RAS MSE, ME concentration, 2023); Rorze Automation (Mechatronics Engineer) 

  Aditya Saxena (ME MSE, 2023); Katalysis Surgical (Carl Zeiss Group; Mechanical Design Engineer)

  Gautham Manoharan (EE MSE, 2023); Kohler Co. (Embedded System Engineer)

  Evan Carlson (ME MSE, 2023); L3Harris (Senior Associate Engineer)

  Kwanghee Jo (RAS MSE, EE concentration, 2022); Republic of Korea Navy (Lieutenant)

  Vu Phan (ME MSE,  2021); Carnegie Mellon University (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering)

  Joshua Russell (RAS MSE, ME concentration, 2021); Georgia Tech (PhD Student)

  Lily Baye-Wallace (RAS MSE, ME concentration, 2021); Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) (Research Engineer)

  James Arnold (RAS MSE, ME concentration, 2021); Harvard University (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering)

  Omik Save (RAS MSE, ME concentration, 2020); ASU (PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering)

  Tanner Bitz (ME MSE, 2019); Applied Research Associates (Software Engineer)

Applied Project Option

  Vedant Choudhary (ME MSE; 2025); Physical Intelligence (Robot Trainer)

  Ellory Oleen (BME MSE, 2025) BD

  Mugdhasrija Desai (BME MSE, 2025)

  Nick Jimenez (BME MSE, 2025); Stryker

  Edward Chan (BME MSE, 2024); Medical Device Company (Research and Development Engineer)

  Suhrud Joglekar (RAS MS: ME concentration, 2024); University of Notre Dame (PhD Student)  

  Wid Alsabah (BME MSE, 2024); W.L. Gore and Associates (Process Engineer)

  Vishnu Pisharam (RAS MS: EE concentration, 2023); EchoTech.ai (Robotics and AI Engineer)

  Divya Prakash (RAS MS: ME concentration, 2023); Lily and Fox (Robotics and Backend Software Engineer)

  Sidhant Das (RAS MS: ME concentration, 2023); Tesla (Robotics Engineer) 

  Matthew Auer (ME MSE, 2023); Northrop Grumman (Associate Aeronautical Engineer)

  Anna Kruse (ME MSE, 2023); Microsoft (Mechanical Engineer)

  Kayla Zeien (BME MSE, 2022); Medtronic (R&D Engineer II)

  Arianna Marquez (BME MSE, 2022) 

  Emily Tanner (BME MSE, 2021); Epic Systems (Technical Solutions Engineer)

  Marielle Debeurre (ME MSE, 2020); l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (PhD student in Mechanical Engineering)

  Trudy Adjei (BME MSE, 2020); Northwestern University (PhD student in Biomedical Engineering)

  Eric Slovak (ME MSE, 2020); Plexus (Quality Engineer)

  Lindsey Hennington (BME MSE, 2019); Noraxon (Technical Support Engineer)

  Kishen Mahadevan (EE MSE, 2018); Mathworks (Engineer)

  Austin Tielke (BME MSE, 2018); Tata Consultancy Services (Biomedical Engineer)

  Andrew Cook (ME MSE, 2018); Northrop Grumman (Mechanical Engineer)

  Adrian Ion (ME MSE, 2017); Medtronic (Manufacturing Engineer)

  Jessica Trevino (BME MSE, 2017); ASU SBHSE (Project Coordinator Research)

  Pranathi Chunduru (BME MSE, 2017); University of California San Francisco (USCF) (Data Analyst)

  Gabrielle Maestas (BME MSE, 2016); Tata Consultancy Services (Process Engineer)

MORE Project 

  Tran Huynh (RAS MS: CS concentration, 2023); Worcester Polytechnic Institute (PhD student)

BS Students

Honors Thesis

  Cory Williamson (BME BSE, 2025); ASU BME (MS student)

  Ellory Oleen (BME BSE, 2024); ASU BME (MS student)

  Mugdhasrija Desai (BME BSE, 2024); ASU BME (MS student)

  Caleb Fisher (BME BSE, 2023); Barrow Neurological Institute

  Anna Kruse (ME BSE, 2022); ASU ME (MS student)

  Connor Phillips (ME BSE, 2021); University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division (PhD Student)

  Lauren Berrett (ME BSE, 2021); Northrop Grumman (Associate Propulsion Engineer)

  Clayton Bliss (ME BSE, 2020); The University of Texas, Austin (MS student in Mechanical Engineering) 

  Collin Friedrich (ME  BSE, 2020); ASU ME (MS student)

  Tiffany Hertzell (ME  BSE, 2020); Northrop Grumman (Associate System Engineer)

  James Arnold (ME  BSE, 2019); ASU RAS (MS student)

  Harrison Hanzlick (ME  BSE, 2018); Microsoft (Mechanical Engineer)

  Andrew Cook (ME  BSE, 2017); ASU ME (MS student)

FURI Project

  William Noll (BME  BSE, 2023); Carnegie Mellon University Computational Neuroscience Program (PhD student)

Visiting Scholars

  Seoyeon Ham (2022-23); MS student at Hanyang University

  Yeonhun Ryu (2019); MS student at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 

High School Internship Students

  Yunso Tae (BASIS Ahwatukee; 2024)

  Arya Tailor (BASIS Chandler; 2024)

  Aaron Romero (Canyon View High School; 2023); ASU (Computer Science BS student)

  Dhruv Satish (BASIS Scottsdale; 2021); University of Illinois Urbana Champagne (UIUC) (Electrical Engineering BS student)

  Brook Hardesty (Verrado High School; 2018); Johns Hopkins University (Biomedical Engineering BS student)