People

Faculty Members

Portrait of Dylan Losey

Dylan Losey

Dylan is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech.
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Graduate Students

Portrait of Benjamin Christie

Benjamin Christie

Ben is a PhD student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He is supported in part by the US Army Engineering Research and Development Center.
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Portrait of Robert Ramirez Sanchez

Robert Ramirez Sanchez

Robert is a PhD student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He is interested in robots that reason over vision and language.
Portrait of Yinlong Dai

Yinlong Dai

Yinlong is a PhD student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He is interested in the intersection of robotics, vision, and machine learning.
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Portrait of Mohammad Bararjanianbahnamiri

Mohammad Bararjanianbahnamiri

Mohammad is a PhD student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He is interested in robot control and learning.
Portrait of Jaewoo Cho

Jaewoo Cho

Jaewoo is a PhD student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He is interested in multi-agent systems.
Portrait of Iain Mischel

Iain Mischel

Iain is an MS student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He is interested in assistive technology and jellyfish.
Portrait of Sarah Bradshaw

Sarah Bradshaw

Sarah is an MS student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She is interested in animatronics and human-robotic interaction.
Portrait of Brage Gundersen

Brage Gundersen

Brage is an MS student in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He is interested in mechatronics.

Undergraduate Students

Portrait of Daniel Evans

Daniel Evans

Daniel is an undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
Portrait of Ethan Xu

Ethan Xu

Ethan is an undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Portrait of Moses Wang

Moses Wang

Moses is an undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
Portrait of Sam Iyer-Singh

Sam Iyer-Singh

Sam is an undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
Portrait of Arhan Sethi

Arhan Sethi

Arhan is an undergraduate student in the Computer Science Department.
Portrait of Andre Keyser

Andre Keyser

Andre is an undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Portrait of Ryan Jeronimus

Ryan Jeronimus

Ryan is an undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Phd & Postdoc Alumni

Portrait of Sagar Parekh

Sagar Parekh

PhD Student, 2021-2026 (Next - Fujitsu)
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Portrait of Shahabedin (Shahab) Sagheb

Shahabedin (Shahab) Sagheb

PhD Student, 2022-2026 (Next - The Boeing Company)
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Portrait of Shaunak Mehta

Shaunak Mehta

PhD and MS Student, 2021-2025 (Next - Fujitsu)
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Portrait of Heramb Nemlekar

Heramb Nemlekar

Postdoctoral Scholar, 2024-2025 (Next - Assistant Professor at CSUN)
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Portrait of Ananth Jonnavittula

Ananth Jonnavittula

PhD Student, 2020-2024 (Next - Foundation)
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Portrait of Soheil Habibian

Soheil Habibian

PhD Student, 2020-2024 (Next - Apple)
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Other Alumni

Keone Leao

Undergraduate Student, 2025-2026 (Next - APCO Technologies)

Grace Brotherson

Undergraduate Student, 2025-2026 (Next - PhD Student at University of Michigan)

Brandon Franco

Undergraduate Student, 2024-2026 (Next - M.C. Dean)

Casey Grothoff

Undergraduate Student, 2025 (Next - Caterpillar)

Maya Keely

MS Student, 2023-2025 (Next - Eldor Corp.)

Joshua Hoegerman

MS Student, 2022-2024 (Next - The Boeing Company)

Emily Paul

High School Student, 2023 (Next - Undergrad at Georgia Tech)

Forrest Meng

Undergraduate Student, 2023 (Next - Grand Charter)

Soham Gandhi

Undergraduate Student, 2023 (Next - Texas Instruments)

Neema Ahmadian

Undergraduate Student, 2022 (Next - PhD Student at Virginia Tech)

Ritish Shailly

MS Student, 2021 - 2022 (Next - Amazon)

Naman Seth

Undergraduate Student, 2021 (Next - Torc Robotics)

Sounak Chakrabarti

Undergraduate Student, 2020-2021 (Next - MS Student at Virginia Tech)

James Mullen Jr.

Undergraduate Student, 2020-2021 (Next - PhD Student at University of Maryland)