Our team is comprised of dedicated students who are passionate about advancing the field of robot locomotion through cutting-edge research and outside-the-box ideas

Dr. Alireza Ramezani

Associate Professor 

Research Focus – Design and development of robots with nontrivial morphologies; Analysis and closed-loop feedback design of nonlinear systems; Robot locomotion (legged & fluidic-based); Robotics-inspired biology

Dr. Eric Sihite

Postdoc 
PhD, UC San Diego

Graduate Students

Adarsh Salagame
PhD Computer Eng.
Perception & Controls
Bibek Gupta
PhD Computer Eng.
Controls

Chenghao Wang
PhD Computer Eng.
Controls
Kaushik Venkatesh
PhD Computer Eng.
Controls
Shreyansh Pitroda
PhD Computer Eng.
Controls
Kevin Wu
PhD Computer Eng.
Perception & ML
Maria Gianello
PhD
Accelerated Hardware
Paul Ghanem
PhD Computer Eng.
Machine Learning
Aniket Dhole
MS Computer and Electrical Eng.
Controls
Dharsan Krishnamoorthy
MS Robotics
Hardware
Henry Noyes
MS Robotics
Perception
Shashwat Pandya
MS Robotics
Controls
Thomas Cahill
MS Mechanical Eng.
Hardware
Irfan Ali
MS Robotics
Perception
Bengisu Erdal
MS Robotics
Hardware
Taoran Liu
MS Computer and Electrical Eng.
Hardware & Perception
Sushma Aare
MS Robotics
Controls
Hrigved Suryawanshi
MS Robotics
Hardware
Patty Meza
MS Robotics
Hardware
Prathyush Ravula
MS Robotics
Hardware
Luca Ciampaglia
MS Robotics
Hardware
Jarrod Homer
MS Robotics
Hardware
Arjun Viswanathan
MS Robotics
Machine Learning
Aditya Bondada
MS Robotics
Controls

Undergraduate Students

Brandon Peterson
Nolan Smithwick
Aditya Khanna
Aidan Carrier
James O’Brien
Ruben Noroian
Alex Poulin
Sofia Odeh
Chris Sewkumar
Joseph Jacobs