{"id":16,"date":"2015-10-29T12:53:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T16:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:01:44","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%; font-size: 24px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Faculty<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/sean-andersson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2025\/02\/Sean-1_cropped-1-e1739214033286.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Sean Andersson<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor (ME, SE),<br \/>\r\nDirector of BU Robotics Lab<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/john-baillieul\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"129\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2019\/08\/image001.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">John Baillieul<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Distinguished Professor (ME, SE, ECE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/calin-belta\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2019\/05\/Calin-Belta.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Calin Belta<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor (ME, SE, ECE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/christos-cassandras\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2019\/06\/Christos-Cassandras.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Christos Cassandras<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Professor (ECE, SE),<br \/>\r\nHead of the Division of Systems Engineering<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/alyssa-pierson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"110\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/05\/040-465x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Alyssa Pierson<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Assistant Professor (ME)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/andrew-sabelhaus\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2022\/01\/face-only-sept-2018-ASEE-VCP.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Andrew Sabelhaus<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Assistant Professor (ME)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/roberto-tron\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"148\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2019\/06\/crop_RobertoTron_0049.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Roberto Tron<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Assistant Professor (ME, SE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n<table style=\"width: 100%; font-size: 24px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Graduate Students and Post Docs<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/abdelrahman-abdo-abdelgawad\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2025\/02\/Headshots-38-e1740165145686-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Abdelrahman (Abdo) Abdelgawad<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, SE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/ahmad-ahmad\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"137\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2022\/04\/ahmad-ahmad-1-579x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Ahmad Ahmad<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, SE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/sabbir-ahmad\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"107\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2022\/09\/sabbir_ahmad-455x636.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Sabbir Ahmad<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, SE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/meredith-anderson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"116\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2022\/02\/MeredithAnderson_cropped-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Meredith Anderson<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/brennan-brodt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"119\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2022\/09\/Brennan-Brodt-Headshot-506x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Brennan Brodt<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/isara-cholaseuk\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile_Empty-e1612201953636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Isara Cholaseuk<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">MS Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/akua-dickson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2023\/08\/image.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Akua Dickson<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, SE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/andrew-huss\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile_Empty-e1612201953636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Andrew Huss<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, SE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/ran-jing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"148\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2022\/04\/Ran_Jing_profile_square-629x636.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Ran Jing<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/mehdi-kermanshah\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2023\/02\/sq-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Mehdi Kermanshah<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/danyang-li\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2022\/04\/danyang-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Danyang Li<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/beibei-liu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile_Empty-e1612201953636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Beibei Liu<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, SE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/shuo-liu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2022\/04\/liushuo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Shuo Liu<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/xiaoyu-luo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2025\/02\/WechatIMG93.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Xiaoyu Luo<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Postdoc, SE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/shekinah-newson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile_Empty-e1612201953636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Shekinah Newson<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Master Student, RAS<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/taha-ondogan\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile_Empty-e1612201953636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Taha Ondogan<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/eric-palanques-tost\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile_Empty-e1612201953636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Eric Palanques Tost<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, Bioinformatics<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/priscila-rubio\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile_Empty-e1612201953636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Priscila Rubio<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/xinhuan-sang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"123\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2022\/04\/xinhuan-522x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Xinhuan Sang<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/idris-seidu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2023\/08\/SEIDU-IDRIS-ADEYEMI-PASSPORT.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Idris Seidu<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/zexin-sun\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/01\/Zexin_Sun-e1612154611405-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Zexin Sun<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, SE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/kamran-vakil\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2023\/04\/kamran-636x636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Kamran Vakil<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/eric-wendel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2021\/02\/Profile_Empty-e1612201953636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Eric Wendel<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">PhD Student, SE<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/robotics\/people\/dawei-zhang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/robotics\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_1232-e1566874260402-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Dawei Zhang<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Postdoc, ME<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n<table style=\"width: 100%; font-size: 24px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Alumni<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container  bu_collapsible_open\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2026<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" ><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peter Crowley<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container  bu_collapsible_open\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2025<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" ><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tom (Liangting) Wu<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mela Coffey<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andres Chavez Armijos<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jonas Hall<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zili Wang<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container  bu_collapsible_open\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2024<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" ><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wenliang Liu<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wenliang-liu-155503180\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marc Mitjans<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marc-m\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yancheng Zhu<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zycjerry\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Andres Chavez Armijos<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andreschavezarmijos\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carter Berlind<\/strong>, MS, Mechanical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carter-berlind\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2023<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Suhail Alsalehi<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/suhailalsalehi\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Max Cohen<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/max-h-cohen\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erfan Aasi<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/erfan-aasi\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kasra Ghasemi<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ksra\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lile Zhang<\/strong>, MS, Mechanical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lilez\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asbel Fontanez<\/strong>, MS, Mechanical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/asbel-fontanez\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2022<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mahroo Bahreinian<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mahroo-bahreinian\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yuhe Chang<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yuhe-chang-0aa313231\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ye Lin<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/clara-lin\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ziqi Yang<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zy259\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2021<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arman Karimian<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, Thesis: &#8220;Resilient Visual Perception for Multiagent Systems&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/armankarimian\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bee Vang<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: &#8220;Attitude control on manifolds via optimization and contractions with automatic gain tuning&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bee-vang-robotics\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Samuel Pinto<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: &#8220;Persistent Monitoring of Targets with Uncertain States&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wei Xiao<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, Thesis: &#8220;Optimal Control and Learning for Safety-critical Autonmous System&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wei-xiao-0220581b2\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shirantka Welikala<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shirantha27\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arian Houshmand<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/arian-houshmand\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fatemeh Sharifi<\/strong>, MS, Mechanical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fatemehsharifi\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yanyu Zhang<\/strong>, MS, Mechanical Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yanyu-zhang-506b5218b\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feiyang Kang<\/strong>, MS, System Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fykang\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2020<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Guang Yang<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, Thesis: &#8220;Motion Planning and Control for Safety-critical Systems&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/gyang101\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Noushin Medhipur<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering, Thesis: &#8220;Resilience for Satisfaction of Temporal Logic Specifications by Dynamical Systems&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/noushin-mehdipour-627a36103\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zachary Serlin<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: &#8220;Distributed Formal Methods and Sensing for Autonomous Systems&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zacharyserlin\/\">Linkedin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xiao Li<\/strong>, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: &#8220;A Formal Methods Approach to <span>Interpretability<\/span>, Safety and <span>Composability<\/span> For Reinforcement Learning&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xiao-li-644a09173\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Francisco Penedo<\/strong>, Ph.D., Systems Engineering,<span> Thesis: \u201cFormal Methods for Partial Differential Equations&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Giuseppe Bombara<\/strong>, Ph.D., Electrical, and Computer Engineering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sean Sanchez<\/strong>, MS, Mechanical Engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2019<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shelia Kang<\/strong>, MS, Mechanical Engineering (now at GlobalFoundries)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harish Sathishchandra<\/strong>, MS, Electrical Engineering (now at NODAR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2018<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Iman Haghighi<\/strong>, PhD, Systems Engineering, Thesis: &#8220;<span>Spatio-temporal logics for verification and control of networked systems\u201d (now at Wayfair)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Junmin Wang<\/b>,<span> PhD, <\/span><span>Bioinformatics, Thesis: \u201cMathematical Models and Modular Composition Rules for Synthetic Genetic Circuits\u201d (now at BioGen)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Demarcus Briers<\/b><span>, PhD, Bioinformatics, Thesis: \u201cMathematical Modeling for Pattern Formation in Networks of Mammalian Cells\u201d (now at ReviveMed)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Sadra Sadraddini<\/b><span>, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: \u201cFormal Methods for Resilient Control\u201d (now a Postdoctoral Researcher at MIT)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yufal Luo<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical Engineering (now at Juniper Networks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2017<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Xi Yu<\/strong>, PhD, Mechanical Engineering (now Assistant Professor at West Virginia University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2016<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Kevin Leahy<\/b><span>, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: \u201cMulti-Agent Persistent Surveillance under Temporal Logic Constraints\u201d (now at Lincoln Lab, MIT)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Cristian Ioan Vasile<\/b><span>, PhD, Systems Engineering, Thesis: \u201cMotion Planning and Control: A Formal Methods Approach\u201d (now an Assistant Professor at Lehigh University)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trevor Ashley<\/strong>, PhD, 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