LAB DIRECTOR
Gregory S. Chirikjian
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
@ National University of Singapore
Research Interests:
Computational structural biology (in particular, computational mechanics of large proteins)
Conformational statistics of biological macromolecules
Developed theory for ‘hyper-redundant’ (snakelike) robot motion planning, designs
Applied mathematics (applications of group theory in engineering)
Self-replicating robotic systems
LAB MEMBERS
Sipu Ruan
Postdoc Fellow @NUS (ruansp@jhu.edu, https://ruansp.github.io)
Research Interests:
Quantization, Calibration and Planning for Euclidean Motions in Robotic Systems
Education:
Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins Unicersity (2020)
M.S.E. in Robotics, Johns Hopkins University (2017)
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2015)
Arash Ghaani Farashahi
Senior Research Fellow @NUS (arash.ghaanifarashahi@nus.edu.sg)
Research Interests:
Harmonic Analysis, Applied Harmonic Analysis, Numerical&Computational Harmonic Analysis
Education:
PhD. in Pure Mathematics-Mathematical Analysis, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (2012)
M.Sc. in Pure Mathematics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (2008)
B.Sc. in Pure Mathematics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (2007)
Weixiao Liu
PhD student @JHU and Research Engineer @NUS
(wliu72@jhu.edu)
Research Interests:
Probabilistic Inference, Active Perception, Robotics, Computer Vision
Education:
M.S. in Mechatronics, Dalian University of Technology, China (2018)
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China (2015)
Zizhou Lao
PhD student @NUS (lao.zizhou@u.nus.edu)
Research Interests:
My research interests are in robotics and machine learning. Specifically, I am interested in detecting, evaluating and manipulating unknown objects as tools.
Education:
M.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University (2018)
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University (2015)
Yi Xu
PhD student @NUS (x.yi@u.nus.edu)
Research Interests:
Design and modelling of soft robots
Education:
B.S. in Measurement and Control Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (2019)
Xin Meng
PhD student @NUS (mengxin@u.nus.edu)
Research Interests:
Robot imagination
Education:
M.S. in Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beihang University, China (2020)
B.E. in School of Mechanical Engineering, Beihang University, China (2017)
Yuwei Wu
Research Engineer @NUS (yw.wu@nus.edu.sg)
Research Interests:
Crystallography (protein structure determination)
Education:
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (2020)
B.E. in Power and Energy Engineering, Beihang University, China (2018)
Jikai Ye
PhD student @NUS (jikai.ye@nus.edu.sg)
Research Interests:
Robot Manipulation, Geometric Deep Learning
Education:
B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Peking University, China (2021)
Xiaoli-Wang
PhD student @NUS (wangxiaoli@u.nus.edu)
Research Interests:
Robot imagination, Collision Detection
Education:
M.E. in Biomedical Engineering, NUS (2021)
B.E. in Biomedical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology (2020)
ALUMNI
Yuanfeng (Rick) Han, PhD 2022
Hongtao Wu, PhD 2022
Karen Poblete Rodriguez, 2020
Mengdi Xu, M.S.E. Robotics, 2019
Ting Da, Visiting Student, 2018
Jianzhong Ding, Visiting Student, 2018
Joshua Davis, PhD 2018
Kristopher, L. Reynolds, PhD 2018
Qianli Ma, PhD 2017, Delphi Automotive
Zachariah Goh, MSE 2016
Yuttana (Big) Itsarachaiyot, MSE 2016
M. Kendal Ackerman, Ph.D. 2015, Adjunct Professor, Brown Mackie University, Email: mkackerman@gmail.com
Taosha Fan, MSE 2015
Yunuscan Sevimli, MSE 2015
Hau Sze, MSE 2014, Working in Industry
Yan Yan, Ph.D. 2014, Senior Data Analyst, Amperity
Xiao Li, MSE 2014
Hans Ma, MSE 2013, Working in Industry
Kevin Wolfe, Ph.D. 2012, Research Engineer, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory
Michael Kutzer, Ph.D. 2012, Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy
Matt Moses, Ph.D. 2011, Independent Consultant
Georgios Kaloutsakis, Ph.D. 2010, Started own company in Greece called Medotics
Whitney Hastings, Ph.D. 2010, NIH Tech Transfer Office
Wooram Park, Ph.D. 2008, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
Lan Ngoc Le, MSE 2008, Working in Industry
Kiju Lee, Ph.D. 2008, Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Aris Skliros, Ph.D. 2007, Working in Mathematical Finance
Yan Liu, Ph.D. 2007, Senior Software Engineer at Google
Jin Seob Kim, Ph.D. 2006, Postdoc researcher, Johns Hopkins University
Jay Jeong, Ph.D. (former Post-doc researcher), Assistant Professor, Kookmin University, South Korea
Lauren Mace, MSE 2006, Working in Industry
Yu Zhou, Ph.D. 2004, Assistant Professor, The State University of New York at Stony Brook
Shiyu Zhou, Ph.D. (U. of Michigan), Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Adam Schuyler, Ph.D. 2005, Research Associate, University of Michigan
Moon Ki Kim, Ph.D. 2004, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sangyoon Lee, Ph.D. 2003, Assistant Professor, Konkuk University, South Korea
Keizo Miyahara, Ph.D. 2003, Associate Professor, Osaka University
Jackrit Suthakorn, Ph.D. 2003, Assistant Professor, Mahidol University, Thailand
Yunfeng Wang, Ph.D. 2001, Associate Professor, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)
David Stein, Ph.D. 2001, Vice President of Engineering for all of Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics
Subramanian Ramakrishnan (Subbu), MSE 2001, (Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2007)
Richard Altendorfer, Ph.D. (former Post-doc researcher), Senior Research Associate, Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan
Haleh Ardebili, MSE 1996, (Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2001)
Olivier Chetelat, Ph.D. (former Post-doc researcher), Research Associate, Pusan National University
C. J. Chiang, MSE 1998, Working in Industry
Imme Ebert-Uphoff, Ph.D. 1998, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology (now Adjunct)
Joshua Houck, MSE 1997, Working in Industry
Alexander Kyatkin, Ph.D. (former Post-doc researcher), Working in Industry
David Lees, Ph.D. (former Post-doc researcher), Working in Industry
Satoshi Murata, Ph.D. (former visiting researcher), Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Amit Pamecha, MSE 1995, Working in Industry
Derek Seabury, MSE 1995, Working in Industry