Scholar
Mrunal Sarvaiya
Google Scholar ID: 94c8OJQAAAAJ
UC Berkeley
Citations & Impact
Citations
9
H-index
2
i10-index
0
Publications
4
Co-authors
2
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Apr 2025: Received the 2025 ECE Dr. Li Annual ECE Publication Award at NYU
- Nov 2024: First research paper accepted to IEEE RA-L
- Feb 2025: Paper 'Optimal Trajectory Planning for Cooperative Manipulation with Multiple Quadrotors Using Control Barrier Functions' accepted to ICRA
- Mar 2025: Follow-up work ES-HPC-MPC on HPA-MPC published on arXiv
- Aug 2024: Awarded Ernst Weber Fellowship from NYU ECE
- Aug 2023: Awarded SoE PhD Fellowship from NYU ECE
- May 2018: 2nd place as lead presenter for Illini Motorsports’ sales presentation at FSAE Michigan (80 teams) and Lincoln (60 teams)
- Mar 2018: Awarded GM/Philip W. Leistr (incomplete information)
Background
- Robotics Scientist and Engineer
- Research interests include integrating Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Reinforcement Learning for aerial transportation systems
- Focused on developing deep learning methods for agile navigation of aerial systems in unstructured environments
- Emphasizes bridging the gap from 90% success rate in lab settings to 99.99% reliability required in the messy real world
- Combines strong research capabilities with practical engineering expertise, enabling seamless transitions between roles of research scientist and robotics engineer
