Outreach and Education
Mentoring of Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Supervision
Wen-Chung (Andy) Cheng (2020.08–2021.12). Project: Multi-robot simulation simultaneous localization and mapping (MR-SLAM).
Felipe Sanchez Solano (2021.05–2022.05). Project: Collaborative multi-robot navigation in unknown environment with communication restrictions.
Marty Cheng (2021.05–2021.12). Project: Design of robot parking dock.
Eric Tran (2022.01-present). Project: Design of formation robots.
Tyler Adesh Nandalal (2022.01-present). Project: Indoor pickup and delivery with autonomous robot.
Jordan Perrin (2022.05-present). Project: Leader and follower design with autonomous robots.
Directed Independent Study (DIS)
Riddhi Parsana (Female student), Fall 2020. Project: Autonomous Robots for Room Navigation.
Ayah Elshaikh (Female student), Spring 2020. Project: Rescue Robots in Uncertain Environment.
Senior Design
Jeanmarie Gilberto, Reynaldo Williams, Oscar Acosta, Leticia Bertellotti Zampier, and Lucas Madero. 2021.08-2022.05, FAU.
Project: Wi-Fi Speed Testing Robot.
Matthew Vohland, Gabriel Gilman, Giovanni Michel, Khalid Nezami, and Kayla Miller. 2021.08-2022.05, FAU.
Project: Mobile Manipulator Robot for Indoor Pick Up and Delivery.
Tyler Adesh Nandalal, Christopher Costa, Saad Bhullar, Omar Azad, and Eric Tran. 2021.08-2022.05, FAU.
Project: Leader and Follower with TurtleBot Robots.
German Solano, Leila Ahid, Emily Chamberlain, Avva Dugan-Stella, and Michael Ippolito. 2021.06-2021.12.
Project: AI Robotic Communication for Synchronous Missions.
Note: This project has won People's Choice Award at the FAU Engineering Fall 2021 showcase.
Jacob Nocenti, Richecard Ribourg, Eric Thach, Luiza Trebesqui, and BrandonWitt. 2021.01-2021.08.
Project: Autonomous Battery Monitoring and Wireless Charging for Robots.
Francheli Gonzalez, Alexander Ramesar, Samuel Caetano, Tadas Orentas, and Meike Buettner. 2021.01-2021.08.
Project: Search and Rescue in Dynamic Environment with Autonomous Robots.
Ayah Elshaikh, Christopher Daily, Justin Alperstein, and Mirha Zahid. 2020.08-2020.12.
Project: Rescue Operations Bot (ROB).
Kierztyn Dominguez, Logan Whited, Sarah Fernandez, Alexis, Gutierrez, Susanna Lightfoot. 2019.01-2019.05, UNT.
Project: Intelligent Robot for Indoor Road Guidance and Package Delivery.
Abdul Abusamra, Nasser Alanazi, Cynthia Moreno, Kenneth Rommel, Hassan Shaiba. 2018.08-2018.12, UNT.
Project: Autonomous Self-Sustaining Personal Greenhouse.
K-12 and Minority Engagement Activities
Invited Talk, "Introduction for Intelligence Systems andAutonomous Control", I-DeepLearn Workshop (a one-week summer workshop for rising 10-12 grade female students to explore machine learning and deep learning and their applications), FAU, Jun. 22, 2022.
Invited Talk, "Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Robots", FAU S-STEM Scholars Meeting, Feb. 7, 2022.
Invited Talk, "Artificial Intelligence: From Foundation to Implementation", FAU High School Research Seminars, Oct. 29, 2021.
Demonstration, "Autonomous Robots Navigation in Uncertain Environment", FAU High School Open House, Oct. 20, 2021.
Invited Talk, "Intelligent Robots and Autonomous Systems", I-DeepLearn Workshop, FAU, Jun. 24, 2021.
Faculty Representative Invited Talk, "Introduction for Intelligent Robots", FAU Engineering Virtual Open House (to local high school students ), Apr. 15, 2021.
Invited Talk, "Introduction for Robotics and Intelligent Systems", FAU Title III Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) grant project, Feb. 26, 2021.
Invited Talks and Demonstrations
Demonstration of artificial intelligence and connected systems in FAU Undergraduate Programs Open House for Prospective Freshmen and Transfer Students, FAU, Boca Raton, FL, Nov. 17, 2021.
"Collaborative Learning in Cyber-Physical Systems", NSF Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Principal Investigators (PI) Meeting Lighting Talk, Jun. 3, 2021.
“A Skill-Driven Cooperative Learning Framework for Cyber-Physical Autonomy”, NSF CPS PI Meeting Poster Presentation, Jun. 3, 2021.
Invited Talk in FAU Center for Connected Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (CA-AI) Opening Event, Mar. 4, 2021.
"Introduction for Robotics and Intelligent Systems", Invited Talk, FAU Title III Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) grant project, Feb. 26, 2021.
"Diversity Faculty Sharing Experiences", Panelist, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, SPS PROGRESSWorkshop, Oct. 26, 2020.
"Why Academia", Panelist, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, SPS PROGRESSWorkshop, Oct. 26, 2020.
"A Self-Learning Intelligent Control Framework for Networked Cyber-Physical Systems", NSF CPS PI Meeting Poster Presentation, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, Nov. 21, 2019.
"Learning in Networked Cyber-Physical Systems", NSF CPS PI Meeting Lighting Talk, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, Nov. 21, 2019.
"Event-Triggered Design on Multi-Agent Systems with Unknown Dynamics", Poster Presentation, Cyber-Physical Systems Security Workshop, Kingston, RI, Oct. 19, 2019.
"Intelligent Control in Cyber-Physical Systems”, Poster Presentation, FAU Tech Runway Research Showcase, Boca Raton, FL, Sep. 26, 2019.
"Intelligent Control for Multi-Agent Systems", Panel Presentation, Intelligent Control Systems and Robotics Panel, IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, Brookings, SD, May 20, 2019.
"Computational Intelligence-based Learning and Control in Cyber-Physical Systems", Invited Talk, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, Feb. 15, 2019.
"Learning-based Control in Cyber-Physical Systems", Invited Talk, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, Jan. 8, 2019.
"Computational Intelligence on Multi-Agent Systems Cooperation and Competition", 2018 NSF Workshop On Real-Time Learning and Decision Making in Dynamical Systems, Invited Talk, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, Feb. 12, 2018.
"Interested in a Tenure Track Teaching Job?", Invited Talk, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, Jul. 11, 2017.