Prof. Sohn, Kiwon : Director of ART (and Advisor of UHART CETA Robotics Club), PhD
Associate Professor (Tenured) of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Program director of Robotics Engineering in University of Hartford.
Chief of Engineering in a team DRC-HUBO@UNLV (DRC-Final 2015 Finalist Team).
Goto: Dr. Sohn's Research Site Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Sohn's CV
Member
Graduate and Undergraduate Students (and Visiting Scholars) who are currently working on Robotics Research Projects
1) HART, HART2 and HART 3 Team: Development of Self-Driving Full-sized Humanoid (NASA CT Space Grant 2024-2025)
Jaesung Yang (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering) - Visiting Scholar and Alumni of ART
Harry Bickford (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering) - Visiting Scholar and Alumni of ART
Tim Nguyen (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering) - Visiting Scholar and Alumni of ART
Dennis Teyki (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Oluwatemisola Sosanya (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Sitara Swaby (Bachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Technology)
Vanden Havilland (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Jason Dion (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Logan Forcier (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
2) HARQ and Taurus Team: Development of Kinematically Reconfigurable Full-sized Quadruped
Dennis Teyki (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Oluwatemisola Sosanya (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Sitara Swaby (Bachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Technology)
Graduate Students who are currently working on their own Research Topics
1) Robinson James (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: Touchless Gesture Control of Robot (In-Process, plan to defend at Dec, 2025).
2) Kingshuk Asif (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: Machine fault detection using supervised LSTM and unsupervised Autoendocer in resource constraint devices (In-Process, plan to defend at Dec, 2025).
Alumni
Graduate Students who worked on Graduate Thesis and Research
1) Smith, Keshawn (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: Increasing workplace safety for Humans and Autonomous Mobile Robots using cost-effective parametric localization and artificial intelligence (Defended at Dec 13th, 2023).
2) Platt, Liam (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: Intelligent Tele-Operational Control of Mobile Robot through VR and its Optimized Motion Planning [ITCM-VROM] (Defended at May 2023).
3) Venkatesh, Nithish (Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering), Thesis topic: Investigation of Cylindrical Parts with Odd and Even Number of Lobes (Defended at November 2022).
4) Dion, Scott (Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering), Thesis topic: Inventory Organizing Mobile Robot (Originally Planned to Defend at Aug, 2021, Currently in Industry).
5) Murshid, MohammadManzur (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: Human-robot synchronization using electromyography (EMG) signal (Defended at Dec 11, 2018).
6) Eric Jacobson (Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering), Thesis topic: Vision based control of rapidly flying drones (Defended at Dec 18, 2018).
7) Sarah Lamb (EM - Masters Business Admin. and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: Real-Time Control Analysis of a 3D Self-Balancing Inverted Pendulum and Cart System for Stability in the Event of a Sensor Failure (Defended at Mar 17, 2017).
Graduate Students who worked on Graduate Engineering Project
1) Tim Nguyen (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: The Designs and Construction of Torque-Control based Humanoid Robot Legs (Defended at May 14, 2025).
2) Hailey Marcello (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: Learning Robotics through Virtual Environment (Defended at Dec 17, 2024).
3) Hussain, Salman (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: Kinematically Adjustable Quadruped (Completed at May, 2023).
4) Shatha, Barq (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering), Thesis topic: Lane Detection for Humanoid Driving (Submitted the final project report at Dec, 2021).
5) Wong, Sam (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering), Project topic: Human Assistive RoboT (HART) for Vehicle Driving Task (Defended at Dec 8, 2020).
6) Baogang Wu (Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering), Project topic: Kinematic analysis and motion control of miniature humanoids (Defended at May 7, 2018).
Undergraduate and Graduate Students who worked on Independent Study and Independent Project
1) Student name: Manny Diaz Suriel (Bachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Technology), Project Topic: Understanding and operating the Roland Modela Pro IIMDX-540 3D Milling Machine. ET 480 in Fall 2023.
2) Student name: Natalia Marie Salgado (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering), Project Topic: Stepper Motor Control for ITCM-VROP. ECE 481 in Spring 2023.
3) Student name: Casper Muter, Rodrigo Levy, Steven Spencer, Vincent Cavalli and Michael Witczak (Bachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Technology), Project topic: Preparing Installation of Industry Popular Robot Arm and Professional Skill Development for Operation: ABB Robot. ET 480 in Fall 2022.
4) Gabe Alesse (Bachelor in Computer Engineering Tech), Project topic: Integration of collaborative robot arm with a conveyor belt system and its vision based clustering. ET 480 in Fall 2021.
5) Tamboli, Parth and Siembab, Alexander (both Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech), Project topic: Continued Studies on Mobile Carrying Platform, i-Explore. ET 480 in Fall 2020.
6) Emami, Aurian (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech), Project topic: Mobile Carrying Platform, i-Explore. ET 480 in Spring 2020.
7) Medina, Lionel (Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering) and Totz, Benjamin (Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering), Project topic: Mobile Carrying Platform, i-Explore. BE 480 in Spring 2020.
8) Afsar Ahamed Asaraf Ali (Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering), Self-motivated Study Project: Computer Vision in Spring 2019
9) Gouthamsai Bandarupalli (Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering) and Kevin Alejandro Canizares Villegas (Master in Electrical Engineering), Self-motivated Study Project: Robot Design and ROS in Spring 2019
10) Nicholas Bauer (Bachelor in Computer Engineering Tech), Project topic: Voice-commanded Mobile Robot in ROS Environment. ET 380 in Spring 2019.
11) Jayesh Rathod (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering), Self-motivated Study Project: Computer Vision in Spring 2018
12) Morales Antonio (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering), Project topic: Convolute Neural Network using Tensor-Flow. ECE 481 in Fall 2018.
13) Mark Markiewicz (Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering), Project topic: Full-sized Humanoid Design and Programming. ES 395 in Fall 2018.
14) Stefan Keilich (Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering), Self-motivated Study Project: Full-sized Humanoid Design and Programming in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018.
15) Kelsey Wilson (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech), Project topic: Interfacing a control device in robot operation system (ROS). ET 380 in Spring 2017.
Undergraduate Students who worked on Capstone/Senior Design Project
1) Project Topic: Taurus Fall 2024 to Spring 2025
Dennis Teyki (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Ayala Alejandro (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Daniel Guo (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering)
Ranked as the 1st place in IEEE CT Capstone Competition 2025 and CETA Design Expo Spring 2025
2) Project Topic: The Centaur Fall 2024 to Spring 2025
Wyatt Burnett (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering)
Spencer Freedman (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Harriece Gowers (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering)
Ranked as one of Top 10 in CETA Design Expo Spring 2025
3) Project Topic: Autonomous Driving Training System Fall 2024 to Spring 2025
Nathan Armaud (Bachelor of Science in Computer and Electronic Engineering Tech)
Joinel Figueroa (Bachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
4) Project Topic: Mini-HART Fall 2023 to Spring 2024
Bryant Ortiz (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Brandon Cook (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering)
Jolie Trinh (Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering)
Likit Kannan (Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering)
Ranked as the 3rd place in CETA Design Expo Spring 2024
5) Project Topic: HART: Autonomous Driving Humanoid Robot Fall 2023 to Spring 2024
Andrew Esteves (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Jaesung Yang (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering)
Harry Bickford (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering)
6) Project Topic: Security Patrol Quadruped Fall 2023 to Spring 2024
Alexander Scheidler (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Jonathan Ho (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering)
Jefferson Cajuste (Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering)
7) Project Topic: HART (Autonomous Driving Full-sized Humanoid) Fall 2022 to Spring 2023
Jordaine Wisdom (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Ethan Sharpe (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
James Robinson (Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering)
Ranked as the 1st place in CETA Design Expo Spring 2023.
8) Project Topic: VODBAC Fall 2022 to Spring 2023
Sebastian Arreola (Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering)
Sharai Baltimore (Bachelor of Science in Audio Engineering Tech)
Hailey Marcello (Bachelor of Science in Computer and Electronic Engineering Tech)
Matthew Sirois (Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering)
Ranked as the 2nd place in CETA Design Expo Spring 2023.
9) Project Topic: HARQ (Full-sized Quadruped) Fall 2022 to Spring 2023
Casper Muter (Bachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Rodrigo Levy (Bachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Basel Almutawa (Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering)
10) Project topic: Retrieval Robot using Sound Navigation Fall 2021 to Spring 2022
Hill, Casey (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Gargiulo, Evan (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Magnowski, Joseph (Bachelor in Computer Electronic Engineering Tech)
11) Project topic: Mini-HARQ Fall 2021 to Spring 2022
Wu, Davi (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Ridley, Daniele (Bachelor in Computer Electronic Engineering Tech)
Marquez Mendoza, Hego (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Brown, Ariel (Bachelor in Computer Electronic Engineering Tech)
12) Project topic: Sign2Speak Summer 2021 to Fall 2021
Pozzi, Joe (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
Melaku, Barkot (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
Bekele, Natenael (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
13) Project topic: Active Aero Rear Wing Summer 2021 to Fall 2021
Kral, Jake (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Novak, Frank (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Mirchandani, Nishita (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
Iacuone, Dominic (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Ranked as a Winner in CETA Design Expo on Dec 2021.
14) Project topic: i-Explore Robot (version 2) Fall 2020 to Spring 2021
Siembab, Alexander (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Tamboli, Parth (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
15) Project topic: Mini-HARQ Robotic Cat Fall 2020 to Spring 2021
Telford, Gabrielle (Bachelor in Audio Engineering Technology)
Haughton, Michael (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Vollaro, Steve (Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering)
Wein, Mason (Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering)
16) Project topic: TERI (STEM Educational Robot) Fall 2020 to Spring 2021
Moore, Clayton (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
Azmat, Calum (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Shapovalov, Victor (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
17) Project topic: Thomas Hooker Brewery: IoT Fall 2019 to Spring 2020
Emami, Aurian (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Beauregard, Tyler (Bachelor in Computer Engineering)
Ranked as one of Winners in 2020 CETA Design Expo.
18) Project topic: ENZO Fall 2019 to Spring 2022
Garcia, Josephine (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
Sussmann, Erin (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
Downs, Corey (Bachelor in Computer Engineering)
19) Project topic: HARQ Fall 2019 to Spring 2020
Hussain, Salman (Bachelor in Computer Engineering)
Bradnan, Matthew (Bachelor in Computer Engineering)
May, Owen (Bachelor in Electrical and Computer Engineering)
20) Project topic: Go-Kart Cluster Summer 2019
Wilson, Jordain (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
21) Project topic: iExplore (Mechanical Team and Electronic Team) Fall 2018 to Spring 2019
Robert Brooks (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Virgil Greaux (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Kareema Shell (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
John Harkin (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
Judd Hessenberger (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Fernando Huapaya-Rios (Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering)
22) Project topic: Manipulator design and control for robot puppet Spring 2018 to Fall 2018
Jesse Pezza (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Ranked as one of Winners in 2018 Winter CETA Design Expo.
23) Project topic: Humanoid Robotic Legs Fall 2017 to Spring 2018
Wilson, Kelsey (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Barnett, Michael (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Cain, Joshua (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Ranked as one of the top 10 teams in 2018 CETA Design Expo
24) Project topic: Stair Climbing Service Robot Fall 2017 to Spring 2018
Morris, Ethan (Bachelor in Computer Engineering Tech)
Ulebor, Obioma (Bachelor in Computer Engineering Tech)
Merrill, Shaun (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Currier, Thomas (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
25) Project topic: IoT Robotic Instrument for Healthcare Fall 2017 to Spring 2018
Morales, Antonio (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
Ranked as one of the top 3 teams (2nd place) in 2018 CETA Design Expo
26) Project topic: 3D gantry robot building for autonomous elevator Fall 2016 to Spring 2017
Wisnaskas, Michael (Bachelor in Electronic Engineering Tech)
Wilcox, David (Bachelor in Electrical Engineering)
Hall, Kadian (Bachelor in Electromechanical Engineering Tech)
Co-Advisors and Mentors of ART (and UHART Robotics Club)
Prof. Mellodge, Patricia (ECE) - Mobile Robotics, Swarm and Control Systems
Prof. Yu, Ying (ECE) - Digital Signal (Speech) Processing
Prof. Tatoglu, Akin (ME) - Mobile Robot and SLAM, Mechatronics
Prof. Dongbin Kim (ECE) - UAV, Drones and Tele-Operation
Affiliated Co-Advisors and Former Mentors of ART (and UHART Robotics Club)
Prof. Salehi, Hassan (California State University) - Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Kosa, Ali (OTIS in UTC) - Programming and Image Processing
Prof. Sarah Lamb (Black & Decker) - Robot Control and FIRST Robotics