Team

Our Leadership

Portrait of Shirley Dyke

Shirley Dyke Purdue University Institute Director

Portrait of Karen Marais

Karen Marais Purdue University Resilience Team Leader

Portrait of Ilias Bilionis

Ilias Bilionis Purdue University Awareness Team Leader

Portrait of Justin Werfel

Justin Werfel Harvard University Robotics Team Leader

Portrait of Ali Bazzi

Ali Bazzi University of Connecticut

Faculty and Staff

Portrait of Mohsen Azimi

Mohsen Azimi Mississippi State University Faculty

Portrait of Amir Behjat

Amir Behjat Purdue University Post Doc

Portrait of Antonio Bobet

Antonio Bobet Purdue University Faculty

Portrait of Dan Bruder

Dan Bruder Harvard University Post Doc

Portrait of Dave Cappelleri

Dave Cappelleri Purdue University Faculty

Portrait of George Chiu

George Chiu Purdue University Faculty

Portrait of Ashwin Dani

Ashwin Dani University of Connecticut Faculty

Portrait of Song Han

Song Han University of Connecticut Faculty

Portrait of Chuck Hoberman

Chuck Hoberman Harvard University Faculty

Portrait of Mohammad Jahanshahi

Mohammad Jahanshahi Purdue University Faculty

Portrait of Xiaoyu Liu

Xiaoyu Liu Purdue University Post Doc

Portrait of Jie Ma

Jie Ma Purdue University Research Scientist

Portrait of Nathan Melenbrink

Nathan Melenbrink Harvard University Post Doc

Portrait of Arturo Montoya

Arturo Montoya UT at San Antonio Faculty

Portrait of Hyunjin Park

Hyunjin Park Purdue University Post Doc

Portrait of Paul Parsons

Paul Parsons Purdue University Faculty

Portrait of Julio Ramirez

Julio Ramirez Purdue University Faculty

Portrait of Christian Silva

Christian Silva Purdue University Research Scientist

Portrait of Jiong Tang

Jiong Tang University of Connecticut Faculty

Portrait of Dawn Whitaker

Dawn Whitaker Purdue University INSGC Director

Portrait of Rob Wood

Rob Wood Harvard University Faculty

Portrait of Davide Ziviani

Davide Ziviani Purdue University Faculty

Students

Portrait of Ilina Adhikari

Ilina Adhikari Purdue University BS

Portrait of Bernardo de Araujo Alvarenga

Bernardo de Araujo Alvarenga Purdue University BS

Portrait of Achintya Bairat

Achintya Bairat University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Aaron Barket

Aaron Barket Purdue University BS

Portrait of Rounak Bhattacharya

Rounak Bhattacharya University of Connecticut PhD

Portrait of David Bombara

David Bombara Harvard University PhD

Portrait of Neel Chakravartty

Neel Chakravartty University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Leila Chebbo

Leila Chebbo University of Connecticut PhD

Portrait of Mohan Chi

Mohan Chi Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Meredith Clark

Meredith Clark Purdue University BS

Portrait of Noah Colarusso

Noah Colarusso Purdue University BS

Portrait of Laura Collazo

Laura Collazo Purdue University MS

Portrait of Audrey DeKoninck

Audrey DeKoninck Purdue University BS

Portrait of Siya Deshpande

Siya Deshpande Purdue University BS

Portrait of Francesca Irish Esperida

Francesca Irish Esperida University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Luke Fabian

Luke Fabian Purdue University BS

Portrait of Luis David Fernandez

Luis David Fernandez Purdue University MS

Portrait of Oscar Forero

Oscar Forero Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Moritz Graule

Moritz Graule Harvard University PhD

Portrait of Muhammed Ali Gultekin

Muhammed Ali Gultekin University of Connecticut PhD

Portrait of Vrithik Guthikonda

Vrithik Guthikonda University of Connecticut MS

Portrait of Jonas Hansen

Jonas Hansen Harvard University BS

Portrait of Kairui Hao

Kairui Hao Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Takaharu Igarashi

Takaharu Igarashi Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Tharun Jagannathan

Tharun Jagannathan University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Harsha Jain

Harsha Jain University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Kshitij Jain

Kshitij Jain Purdue University BS

Portrait of Rashi Jain

Rashi Jain Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Benjamin Krugman

Benjamin Krugman Purdue University BS

Portrait of Harrison Kuszmaul

Harrison Kuszmaul Purdue University BS

Portrait of Juncheng Li

Juncheng Li Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Andrew Lihn

Andrew Lihn Purdue University BS

Portrait of Darin Lin

Darin Lin Purdue University BS

Portrait of Hafdis Magnusdottir

Hafdis Magnusdottir Purdue University BS

Portrait of Arsalan Majlesi

Arsalan Majlesi UT at San Antonio PhD

Portrait of Sreehari Manikkan

Sreehari Manikkan Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Nathaniel Martin

Nathaniel Martin Purdue University MS

Portrait of Kathleen Martinus

Kathleen Martinus Purdue University BS

Portrait of Motahareh Mirfarah

Motahareh Mirfarah Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Liam Mohan

Liam Mohan University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Herta Montoya

Herta Montoya Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Caleb Moore

Caleb Moore Harvard University BS

Portrait of Eliza Mount

Eliza Mount Purdue University MS

Portrait of Nicole Murphy

Nicole Murphy Purdue University BS

Portrait of Jackson Murray

Jackson Murray Purdue University BS

Portrait of Medhi Najarian

Medhi Najarian UT at San Antonio PhD

Portrait of Hasnain Nisar

Hasnain Nisar University of Connecticut PhD

Portrait of Zoe Noble

Zoe Noble Purdue University BS

Portrait of Murali Krishnan Rajasekharan Pillai

Murali Krishnan Rajasekharan Pillai Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Ethan Rathburn

Ethan Rathburn University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Prathyush Ravula

Prathyush Ravula Purdue University BS

Portrait of Seungho Rhee

Seungho Rhee Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Ella Richardson

Ella Richardson Purdue University BS

Portrait of Evan Rittner

Evan Rittner Purdue University BS

Portrait of Hunter Sakiewicz

Hunter Sakiewicz Purdue University MS

Portrait of Manuel Salmeron

Manuel Salmeron Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Adnan Shahriar

Adnan Shahriar UT at San Antonio PhD

Portrait of Thatcher Schechtman

Thatcher Schechtman University of Connecticut PhD

Portrait of Christopher Shieh

Christopher Shieh University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Shantanu Sinha

Shantanu Sinha Purdue University BS

Portrait of Peter Stokes

Peter Stokes University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Nathan Stonitsch

Nathan Stonitsch Purdue University BS

Portrait of Krish Thakkar

Krish Thakkar Purdue University BS

Portrait of Agathiya Tharun

Agathiya Tharun Purdue University BS

Portrait of Emily Testin

Emily Testin Purdue University BS

Portrait of Luca Vaccino

Luca Vaccino Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Rebecca Villanueva

Rebecca Villanueva University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Jiachen Wang

Jiachen Wang University of Connecticut PhD

Portrait of Linzhe Wang

Linzhe Wang Purdue University BS

Portrait of Zixin Wang

Zixin Wang Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Thomas Wiegand

Thomas Wiegand Purdue University BS

Portrait of Federico Wiesner

Federico Wiesner Universidad de los Andes BS

Portrait of Chuanyu Xue

Chuanyu Xue University of Connecticut PhD

Portrait of Qian Yang

Qian Yang University of Connecticut PhD

Portrait of Stephanie Yates

Stephanie Yates Purdue University BS

Portrait of Akshay Zaveri

Akshay Zaveri University of Connecticut BS

Portrait of Yang Zhang

Yang Zhang University of Connecticut PhD

Portrait of Zixu Zhang

Zixu Zhang Purdue University PhD

Portrait of Qianyu Zhou

Qianyu Zhou University of Connecticut PhD

Alumni and Former Team Members

Ali Baigelenov, PhD Purdue University

Maharshi Bhattacharya, MDes Harvard University

Nic Carey, Post-Doc Harvard University

Indrani Chattopadhyay, PhD University of Connecticut

Meghan Cilento, MS Purdue University

Hernan Cortez Jr., MS University of Connecticut

Thomas Cusson, BS University of Connecticut

Omar Elshamy, BS Harvard University

Yuguang Fu, Post-Doc Purdue University

Marcus Fuller, BS Purdue University

Dylan Foster, BS Purdue University

Sriram Ganesh, BS Purdue University

Carlos Guttierez, BS Harvard University

Drake Hart, BS Purdue University

Roman Ibrahimov, PhD Purdue University

Advait Jawaji, BS Purdue University

John Kaminski, BS University of Connecticut

Mitchell Kisabeth, BS Purdue University

Rob Kitching, MS Purdue University

Orkan Kurtulus, Post-Doc Purdue University

Junghan Kwon, Post-Doc Harvard University

Jose Lara, BS Purdue University

Joonhaeng Lee, Harvard University

Ali Lenjani, Post-Doc Purdue University

Amanda Lial, MS Purdue University

Alexandra Lohrke, BS Purdue University

Alana Lund, Post-Doc Purdue University

Amin Maghareh, Purdue University

Ramesh Malla, University of Connecticut

Atharva Manjrekar, BS University of Connecticut

Nicholas Masso, BS Purdue University

Eric Mesina, BS Purdue University

Donald McMenemy, PhD University of Connecticut

Sanjay Nayak, MS Purdue University

Susmita Ojha, MS University of Connecticut

CJ Pan, Post-Doc Purdue University

Jaewon Park, MS Purdue University

Marta Pawluczuk, BS Harvard University

Kenneth Pritchard, MS Purdue University

Sterling Reynolds, BS UT at San Antonio

James Roberts, BS University of Connecticut

Ghananeel Rotithor, PhD University of Connecticut

Megan Rush, BS Purdue University

Iman Salehi, PhD University of Connecticut

Diana Sarrico, BS Purdue University

Christian Schirmer, PhD University of Connecticut

Andrew Schroder, BS University of Connecticut

Seungwook Seok, Post-Doc University of Connecticut

Matt Silverman, BS University of Connecticut

Jeffrey Steiner, PhD University of Connecticut

Siddarth Suresh, BS University of Connecticut

Clark Teeple, Post-Doc Harvard University

Corey Tolbert, BS Rice University

Ryan Tomastik, PhD University of Connecticut

Sachin Tripathi, PhD University of Connecticut

Chukwuemeka Ugwu Jr., BS University of Connecticut

Jacqueline Ulmer, MS Purdue University

Sushrut Vaidya, Post-Doc University of Connecticut

Pirouz Vaziri, BS Rutgers University

Ariel Wang, BS Harvard University

Gang Wang, PhD University of Connecticut

Matthew Winkler, BS Purdue University

Ben Wogen, MS Purdue University

Gang Yao, PhD University of Connecticut

Mark Zhang, BS Purdue University

Terry Zhao, BS University of Connecticut

Jake Zuckerman, BS Purdue University

Post-Graduation Employers

Amazon

Astrobiotic Technology

Autodesk

Bixler Manufacturing

Boeing

Eastman Chemical

Emerson Automation Solutions

Engineering Resources Incorporated

GarzaEMC Inc

General Dynamics Electric Boat

General Motors

Governors America Corporation

Lennox

MITRE Corporation

MTU Aero Engines

Northrop Grumman

Raytheon

RightHand Robotics

Sandia Labs

Scalable Robotics

Sikorsky (a Lockheed Martin company)

Simpson, Gumpertz, & Heger

Solli Engineering LLC

Stellar Amenities

UBTech Robotics

U.S. Air Force

Verus Research

Walter P. Moore and Associates

Hanyang University (SK)

Nanyang Technological University (SG)

Pusan National University (SK)

University of Waterloo (CA)