Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Research Faculty
Kinsey Herrin
Senior Research Scientist
Taryn Harvey
Research Engineer
Keya Ghonasgi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Doctoral Students
Jennifer Leestma
Robotics
Co-advised by Sawicki
NSF GRFP Fellow
NSF ARMS Fellow
Keaton Scherpereel
Robotics
Co-advised by Inan
NSF GRFP Fellow
NSF ARMS Fellow
Jairo Maldonado
Robotics
Ford Foundation Fellow
NSF ARMS Fellow
Justine Powell
Robotics
GEM Fellow
UCEM Fellow
Christoph Nuesslein
Robotics
NDSEG Fellow
Dongho Park
Robotics
Carlos Carrasquillo
Robotics
Co-advised by Mazumdar
NDSEG Fellow
UCEM Fellow
Sixu (Jason) Zhou
Mechanical Engineering
Ethan Schonhaut
Mechanical Engineering
X Scholar
UCEM Fellow
Hanjun Kim
Mechanical Engineering
Ryan Casey
Robotics
Co-advised by Mazumdar
Sidd Nathella
Mechanical Engineering
Co-advised by Ting
GTME Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship
Yash Mhaskar
Robotics
Kyle Kaveny
Mechanical Engineering
Research Teams
We conduct research in our lab with the help of fantastic research teams made up of non-thesis Master’s and undergraduate students that work with our graduate students. All students below participate in our lab through the Georgia Tech VIP Program unless otherwise noted (MS: non-thesis Master’s, other fellowships). For more information about how to get involved with our research group, check out our Joining the Lab page.
Human Balance Augmentation
Mentor: Jenny Leestma
Christopher Meier
Snehil Mathur
Vibha Iyer (PURA)
Alixandra Rubin
Aryan Tadwalkar
August Menard (also on Knee Exo)
Multi-Objective Optimization of Torque Assistance
Mentor: Po Chuan Chen
Jishnav Kohli
Hyun Soo Kim
Aleksandar Boskovic
Knee Exoskeleton
Mentors: Sidd Nathella
Farinaz Zahiri
Brett August Menard
Emily Rice
Alexandra Mitchell
Tara Kimiavi (B.S. Thesis)
Activity-Invariant Human Augmentation
Mentors: Ethan Schonhaut
Aya Samadi
Abhiram Ghanta
Erin Kelly
Ella Lawrence
Prosthesis
Mentors: Jairo Maldonado, Christoph Nuesslein, Jason Zhou, Hanjun Kim
Rosario Reyes
Jason Miller
Gwyneth O’Sullivan
Andrew Chen
Elliot Huang
Ayush Baweja
Cole Johnson
Olivia Starkey
Hetaben Sutaria
Jeongwoo Cho (MS)
Ian Knight
Generalized Robotic Assistance for Handling And Manipulation (GRAHAM)
Mentors: Christoph Nuesslein, Ryan Casey
Kenneth Donahue
Devasena Sitaram
Colton Sui Chiu Yee
Sarasit Sirawattanakul
Shreya Terala
Amanda Dias
Guatam Ramesh (MS)
Pranav Sharma (MS)
Hip Exoskeleton
Mentors: Dongho Park, Yash Mhaskar
Jimin An
Ryan Emadi
Sunho Park
Melodie Walla
Ethan Torone
Michael Rodyushkin
Bryan Lugo-Capula
Kaushal Labba
Lab Alumni
| Lab Member | Degree | Year | Where They Went Next | |
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Ben Shafer |
Ph.D. Robotics |
2023 |
ESTAT Actuation (Entrepreneurial Post-Doctorate Researcher) |
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Kendra Dawson |
M.S. Biomedical Engineering |
2023 |
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Aakash Bajpai |
Ph.D. Robotics |
2023 |
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (Senior Professional Staff) |
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Dean Molinaro |
Ph.D. Robotics |
2023 |
Boston Dynamics AI Institute (Applied Scientist) |
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Sujay Kestur |
M.S. Bioengineering |
2023 |
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Biomedical Engineer in EACE) |
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Dawit Lee |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering |
2023 |
Stanford University (Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering) |
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Ian Cullen |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2022 |
Ossur (Mechanical Engineer) |
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Reese Peterson |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2022 |
IHMC Robotics (Exoskeleton Controls Developer) |
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Emily Upton |
M.S. Bioengineering (Thesis) |
2022 |
Dynocardia (Algorithm Development Engineer) |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
2021 |
Northeastern University (Assistant Professor) |
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Amy Pan |
Postdoctoral Fellowship |
2021 |
OMRON Robotics (Robotics & Control Systems Engineer) |
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Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering |
2021 |
GameChanger Analytics (Algorithm Development Engineer) |
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Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering |
2021 |
MIT (Postdoctoral Fellow in Brain & Cognitive Sciences) |
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Ph.D. Robotics |
2021 |
Facebook Reality Labs (Visiting Research Scientist) |
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Pooja Moolchandani |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2021 |
KPMG (Data, Analytics, and AI Consultant) |
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Jared Li |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2020 |
IHMC Robotics (Mechanical Engineer) |
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Pratik Kunapuli |
M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering (Thesis) |
2020 |
University of Pennsylvania (CIS Ph.D. Student in GRASP Lab) |
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Jeff (Hsiang) Hsu |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2019 |
May Mobility (Embedded Engineer) |
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Trent Rankin |
M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2019 |
Apple (Software Engineer) |
Research Collaborators
At Georgia Tech
| Name | Affiliation |
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Greg Sawicki |
Mechanical Engineering and Biological Sciences |
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Ani Mazumdar |
Mechanical Engineering |
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Frank Hammond |
Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering |
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Jun Ueda |
Mechanical Engineering |
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Omer Inan |
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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Michael Mayo |
Georgia Tech Research Institute |
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Court Bevins |
Georgia Tech Research Institute |
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Hong Yeo |
Mechanical Engineering |
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Matthew Gombolay |
Interactive Computing |
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Ye Zhao |
Mechanical Engineering |
Outside of Georgia Tech
| Name | Affiliation |
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Aaron Ames |
California Institute of Technology |
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Elliott Rouse |
University of Michigan |
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Xiangrong Shen |
University of Alabama |
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Nick Fey |
University of Texas - Austin |
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Eric Ambrose |
California Institute of Technology |
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Rachel Gehlhar |
California Institute of Technology |
Clinical Collaborators
| Name | Affiliation |
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Geza Kogler, MSPO |
Kennesaw State University |
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Lee Childers, PhD, CP, CO, CFI |
Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center |
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Benjamin Rogozinski, DPT |
Emory University |
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Erin Eggebrecht, DPT |
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta |
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Kelly Moore, DPT |
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta |
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David Westburry, MD |
Shriners Hospital for Children |
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Trisha Kesar, PT, PhD |
Emory University |