- Finalist for Best Systems Paper Award at the 2023 HRI conference
- Work featured in Medium, USC Viterbi, and WIRED
Research Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
- Postdoctoral Associate, Collaborative Robotics Lab (Collab) at Virginia Tech (VT), directed by Dr. Dylan Losey
- Founded the Collaborative & Autonomous Robotics Research (CARE) lab
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Southern California (USC), advised by Stefanos Nikolaidis, collaborated with Satyandra K. Gupta
- M.S. in Robotics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), under Zhi (Jane) Li
Background
Research interests: robots learning from human interactions for assistive, healthcare, and manufacturing applications. Develops human-robot interfaces and learning algorithms that enable everyday users to seamlessly interact with assistive robots. Research spans mechatronics, machine learning, and human-robot interactions.