Principal Investigator
Joo Hyun Kim, Ph.D., ASME Fellow
- Associate Professor
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University
- Affiliated faculty, Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), New York University
- Affiliated faculty, NYU-KAIST Global Innovation and Research Institute, New York University
- For a short bio-sketch and other details, visit the department faculty website here.
Research Staff and Graduate Students
William Z. Peng, Ph.D. (MAE Visiting Assistant Professor and Affiliated Lab Research Associate)
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, New York University.
- B.S. (with Honors: summa cum laude)/M.S., Mechanical Engineering, New York University.
- 2016 Richard W. Block Award (Valedictorian), NYU Tandon School of Engineering; 2016 Tandon Undergraduate Class Representative, NYU; 2016 Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Excellence Award, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; 2016 University Honors Scholar/Founders’ Day Award, NYU; 2015 Dr. Morris Young Scholastic Award, Dean’s List and Honors Program, 2012-2016.
Sameer Upadhye (Ph.D. Candidate; joined 09/2022)
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
- B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, V.J.T.I, Mumbai, India.
- Mechanical Engineer, TBC-The Boring Company, Pflugerville, TX (2021).
- Project Engineer, L&T Defence, Mumbai, India (2016-2018).
- Research Areas: (a) Robot Control for Stability (b) Robot Control for Efficiency
Layilla Williams (Ph.D. Student; joined 09/2024)
- M.S., Mechatronics, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
- Part-time student
- Research Areas: (a) Robot Trajectory Optimization (b) AI for Factory Automation
Govind Aadithya Rajagopalan (M.S. Student; joined 09/2023)
- M.S., Mechatronics and Robotics, New York University (Expected Graduation: May 2024).
- B.Tech., Mechatronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
- Deputy Manager – R&D (Factory Automation), Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd, Gujarat, India (2018-2022).
- Research Areas: (a) Robot Control Simulation and Experiments (b) Servomotor Energy Consumption
Undergraduate Students for Summer Undergraduate Research Program and Academic Years
High-School Students for Summer K-12 Research Program (ARISE)