Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Research Faculty
Doctoral Students
Ben Shafer
Robotics
Co-advised by Sawicki
NSF ARMS Fellow
Aakash Bajpai
Robotics
Co-advised by Mazumdar
NDSEG Fellow
NSF ARMS Fellow
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
Sixu (Jason) Zhou
Mechanical Engineering
Ethan Schonhaut
Mechanical Engineering
X Scholar
Hanjun Kim
Mechanical Engineering
Ryan Casey
Robotics
Co-advised by Mazumdar
Sidd Nathella
Mechanical Engineering
Co-advised by Ting
GTME Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship
Master's Thesis Students
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 (PURA)
Haritaa Mourougassamy
Snehil Mathur
Vibha Iyer
Alixandra Rubin
Aryan Tadwalkar
Rapid Operator Awareness via Mobile Robotics (ROAMR)
Mentors: Carlos Carrasquillo, Aakash Bajpai
Fardeen Khimani
Eddy Wang
Christopher Semali
Knee Exoskeleton
Mentors: Dawit Lee, Sidd Nathella, Kendra Dawson
Mari Cagle Lockhart
Sanghyub Lee
Ophelia Winslett
Maya Sethuraman
Alexandra Mitchell
Luan Le (PURA)
Tara Kimiavi (B.S. thesis)
Activity-Invariant Human Augmentation
Mentors: Keaton Scherpereel, Ethan Schonhaut
Aya Samadi
Richard Weng
Abhiram Ghantta
Multi-Objective Optimization of Torque Assistance
Mentor: Ben Shafer
Caroline Adkins
Richard So
Kaitlyn Tung
Ariel Sauer
Kylie Liu
Ryan Brown
Kiandra Peart
Po Chuan (MS)
Generalized Robotic Assistance for Handling And Manipulation (GRAHAM)
Mentors: Christoph Nuesslein, Ryan Casey
Kenneth Donahue
Devasena Sitaram
Shreya Terala
Sarasit Sirawattanakul
Amanda Candido Braz Dias
Sathvik Vangavolu
Alex Mitchell (MS)
Gautam Ramesh (MS)
Pranav Sharma (MS)
Hip Exoskeleton
Mentors: Dongho Park, Dean Molinaro, Justine Powell
Rommel Montayre
Ethan Torone
Ryan Ha
Risako Nonaka
Michael Rodyushkin
Varun Mehotra
Jimin An
Kaushal Labba
Ryan Emadi (PURA)
Audrey Ball
Prosthesis
Mentors: Jairo Maldonado, Christoph Nuesslein, Jason Zhou, Sujay Kestur, Hanjun Kim
Ian Knight
Savannah Patenaude
Rosario Reyes
Andrew Chen
Jason Miller
Donggeon Kim
Saketh Chaluvadi
Cole Johnson
Jeongwoo Cho (MS)
Lab Alumni
| Lab Member | Degree | Year | Where They Went Next | |
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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 |
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Dawit Lee |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering |
2023 |
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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 |