Principal Investigator
Joo Hyun Kim, Ph.D.
- 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
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.
- Research Areas: (a) Servomotor Modeling (b) Bipedal Balance Stability (c) Conditional Constraints in Trajectory Optimization
Hyunjong Song (Ph.D. Candidate; joined 09/2019)
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
- Research Engineer, ROBOTIS Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea (2012-2017).
- DARPA Robotics Challenge: Control software engineer for Team THOR in Trial (2013) and Team ROBOTIS in Final (2015).
- Research Areas: (a) Humanoid Control for Walking and Lifting (b) Energy-Based Robot Control
Stacy Ashlyn (Ph.D. Candidate; joined 01/2022)
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
- B.S. (Grosshans Hirsch Applied Math Scholarship, Pi Mu Epsilon Honor Society, Dean’s List), Mathematics: Applied and Computational with Physics Minor, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA.
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (Current), Principal Investigator For Smithsonian Festival Exhibit (FSU), Chair of Honors Graduate Student Conference (FSU)
- Research Areas: (a) Penguin Locomotion (b) Penguin-Inspired Robot Design and Control
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
Sam Bodmer (Ph.D. Student; joined 09/2023)
- M.S., Mechatronics and Robotics, New York University.
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
- Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager, Schold Manufacturing, Chicago, IL (2018-2023).
- Research Areas: (a) Robot Control for Stability (b) Robot Control for Efficiency
M.S. Students (for Thesis Only)
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
M.S. Students for M.S. Project Credits
Undergraduate Students for Summer Undergraduate Research Program and Academic Years
High-School Students for Summer K-12 Research Program (ARISE)