People

Faculty Members

Dylan Losey

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

Graduate Students

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.

Robert Ramirez Sanchez

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

Yinlong Dai

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

Iain Mischel

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

Undergraduate Students

Daniel Evans

Daniel is an undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Sam Iyer-Singh

Sam is an undergraduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Ethan Xu

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

Arhan Sethi

Arhan is an undergraduate student in the Computer Science Department.

Andre Keyser

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

Ryan Jeronimus

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

Phd & Postdoc Alumni

Sagar Parekh

PhD Student, 2021-2026

Shahabedin (Shahab) Sagheb

PhD Student, 2022-2026 (Next - The Boeing Company)

Shaunak Mehta

PhD and MS Student, 2021-2025 (Next - Fujitsu)

Heramb Nemlekar

Postdoctoral Scholar, 2024-2025 (Next - Assistant Professor at CSUN)

Ananth Jonnavittula

PhD Student, 2020-2024 (Next - Foundation)

Soheil Habibian

PhD Student, 2020-2024 (Next - Apple)

Other Alumni

Keone Leao

Undergraduate Student, 2025-2026

Grace Brotherson

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

Brandon Franco

Undergraduate Student, 2024-2026

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)