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Gregory Scott Chirikjian

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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