People
Faculty
Associate Professor, Robotics & Mechanical Engineering
Staff
Clinical Lead of the OSL Project, Robotics
Research Engineer & Lab Manager, Robotics
Community Coordinator, Robotics
Postdoctoral Fellows
Soon-to-be Postdoc, Robotics
Visiting Scholars
PhD Students
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
PhD Student, Robotics
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
PhD Student, Robotics
PhD Student, Robotics
PhD Student, Robotics
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
PhD Student, Robotics
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
Master’s Students
Master's Student, Robotics
Master's Student, Biomedical Engineering
Master's Student, Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Student, Electrical Engineering
Residents
Alumni
Postdocs
Laksh Kumar Punith, 2026, Michigan
Gray Thomas, 2022, Michigan (Research Investigator, University of Michigan)
Varun Joshi, 2021, Michigan (Postdoc, University of Michigan)
Tyler Clites, 2020, Michigan (Assistant Professor, UCLA)
Timothy Reissman, 2016, Northwestern (Assistant Professor, University of Dayton)
Doctoral Students
Nikko Van Crey, Robotics, 2025, Michigan (Postdoctoral Researcher, Vanderbilt)
Christopher Nestani, Robotics, 2025, Michigan (Postdoctoral Researcher, Cleveland Clinic)
Kevin Best – Robotics, 2025, Michigan (Product Designer, Össur)
Ung Hee Lee – Mechanical Engineering, 2022, Michigan (Software Researcher, Nuro)
Amanda Shorter – Mechanical Engineering 2021, Northwestern (Research Engineer, MIT)
Alejandro Azocar – Mechanical Engineering, 2020, Michigan (Biomechatronics Hardware Engineer, Apple)
Master’s Students
Jack Brady – Computer Engineering, 2026, Michigan
Xinyuan (Caesar) Guo – Mechanical Engineering, 2025, Michigan
Isaac Tourner – Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2025, Michigan
Joshua Lian – Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2025, Michigan (MS Student, ETH Zürich)
Nicholas Pett – Mechanical Engineering, 2024, Michigan (Mechanical Engineer, Current Surgical)
Varun Satyadev Shetty – Robotics, 2022, (PhD Student, University of Michigan)
Shengwen Liu – Mechanical Engineering, 2022, Michigan (Mechatronics Engineer, Lam Research)
Maurice (Mo) Miro – Mechanical Engineering, 2022, Michigan (Simulation Engineer, Stellantis)
Andrew Vigotsky – Biomedical Engineering, 2019, Northwestern
Brandon Peterson – Robotics, 2019, Michigan (PhD Student, UCLA)
Hashim Quraishi – Biomedical Engineering, TU Delft (Development Engineer, Evalan)
Rachel Harris – Robotics, 2018, Michigan (Controls Engineer, Dephy)
Chien-Wen (Wayne) Pan – Robotics, 2018, Michigan (PhD Student, Arizona State University)
Alex Wind – Biomedical Engineering, 2018, Northwestern (Medical Student, University of Illinois at Chicago)
Ricki Irwin – Robotics, 2016, Northwestern (Controls Engineer, HDT Robotics)
Jeff Lee – Biomedical Engineering, 2016 (Product Development Engineer, Smith & Nephew)
Claire Melvin – Mechanical Engineering, 2016 (NPI Manufacturing Engineer, Intuitive Surgical)