Team
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Principal Investigator
 Bo ChengKenneth K. and Olivia J. Kuo Early Career Professor Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering buc10@psu.edu 228 Reber BLDG Curriculum Vitae Google Scholar Profile |
PhD Students
 Nathaniel Werner (Website)(2016 Spring – present) nhw103@psu.edu 013 Reber Building Dynamics and stability of leading edge vortex in revolving & flapping wings |
 Hankun Deng(2019S – present) hxd202@psu.edu 013 Reber Building Flapping wings in unsteady flow environment and MUBot project leader |
 Md. Zafar Anwar (Website)(2019F – present) mxa1010@psu.edu 013 Reber Building Hummingbird flight control and maneuverability |
 Donghao Li(2019F – present) dpl5368@psu.edu 013 Reber Building Physical modeling and simulation of MUBot |
 Kundan Panta(2020 F – present) kqp5516@psu.edu 013 Reber Building Underwater robot perception and swimming |
 Bryan Habas(2020 U – present) bvl5211@psu.edu 013 Reber Building Robot Inverted Landing |
 Suyash Agrawal(2019F – present) ska5623@psu.edu 013 Reber Building Hummingbird flight control and maneuverability |
Master Students
| Colin Nitroy (2021 F – present) 013 Reber Building MUBot and Rumen robot Co-advised with Dr. Shashank Priya |
| Mathew Kurian (2021 F – present) 013 Reber Building Hummingbird flight stabilization |
| Alexander Yaskolko (2021 U – present) 013 Reber Building Quadcopter inverted landing |
| Wesley Huff (2021 U – present) 013 Reber Building Quadcopter inverted landing |
| Zhiyu Zhang (2020 S – present) 013 Reber Building Wall detection via force feedback in flapping flight |
Undergraduate Students
 Andrew Wentz(2020U – present) 013 Reber Building MUBot |
| Ethan Rothermel (2021 U – present) 013 Reber Building Hummingbird flight stabilization |
Alumni
PhD
Shih-Jung (Phil) Hsu (2014 F – 2019 F )
Now at MathWorks
Research Topics: MAGLEV flight mill, insect forward flight, visual control & wing flexibility
PhD Thesis: Experimental Investigation of Insect Flight Aerodynamics and Control
Pan Liu (2015 F – 2021 S ) (website)
Postdoc Researcher at Intel Labs
Research Topics: Insect & robotic landing, flight dynamics & control, reinforcement learning
PhD Thesis: Rapid Maneuvers in Insects and Hummingbirds And Their Applications to Robots
Yağız Efe Bayız (2016 S – 2021 F ) (website)
Now Roboticist/Systems Engineer at Johnson & Johnson
Research Topics: Modeling, optimization & robot learning of flapping flight
PhD Thesis: Wing Trajectory Optimization and Modelling for Flapping Flight
Master
Yixi Shan (2017 S – 2018 U )
Master Thesis: Efficient Thrust Generatoin in Fish Caudual Fins with Reinforcement Learning
Hojae Chung (2015 F – 2017 S)
Now Aerospace Engineer at Hanwha Aerospace
Master Thesis: Vorticity Dynamics in the Leading Edge Vortex on Revolving Wings
Matthew Ng (2019 S – 2020 F)
Now Mechatronics Design Engineer at ASML
Master Thesis: Optimization of Central Pattern Generator Parameters In a Biomimetic Undulatory Fish Robot
Bader Al-Attar(2020 S – 2020 F)
Now Software Engineer at Anduril Industries
Master Thesis: Investigating Biologically Inspired Inverted Landing Strategies in a Nano-Quadcopter
Patrick Burke (2019 F – 2020 F) (website)
Now Software Engineer at Anduril Industries
Master Thesis: Hardware Design of a Modular Undulatory Robotic Fish With Linear Electromagneitc Actuators
Kevin Dean (2020 F – 2021 F) (website)
Now at Lockheed Martin Space
Master Thesis: Frequency Response in a Simulated Undulatory Swimming Robot
Visiting Students
Now at Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, China
Undergraduate Students
Brian Davis (2020S- 2021 S) – Schreyer Scholar, Now at NASA
Honor Thesis: Landing Mechanism Design and Analysis for Small Scale Biomimetic Quadrotors
Yanran Cao (2019U – 2020 U) Now graduate student at U Penn
Yixian Li (2019U – 2020 U) Now graduate student at Stanford
Aaron Aguiles (S 2018 – F 2019)
Ciera Quinn McFarland (F 2017 – F 2019) Millennium Scholar
Anthony Nguyen (F 2018 – S 2019) – MNE Scholar
Huzefa Saifee (F 2018 – S 2019) – COE CERI
Yano Shade-Alexander (U 2018 – S 2019)
Dan Beckman (S 2016 – S 2019) – Schreyer Scholar
Honor Thesis: Optimizing the Swimming Pattern of a Robotic Fish Using Policy Search
Ryan Andes (S 2016 – S 2019) – Schreyer Scholar
Honor Thesis: A Lateral Line Inspired Approach to Underwater Sensing with a Pressure Sensor Array
Elizabeth Seber (F 2017 – S 2018) – COE CERI
Daniel Yeung (U 2015 – S 2018) – MNE Scholar; – Schreyer Scholar
Honor Thesis: Flight Mechanics of Landing Manuevers in Fruit Flies
Magdalena Nevett (F 2016 – F 2017) – COE CERI
Sohum Kaushal (S 2015 – F 2017)
Neel Thakur (S 2015 – S 2017) – Schreyer Scholar; – COE CERI
Honor Thesis: Studying Forward Flight Mechanics in Blue Bottle Flies Using a Magnetically Levitated Flight Mill
Xingyu (Leo) Wang (S 2016 – S 2017) – Schreyer Scholar
Honor Thesis: Flight Mechanics of Landing Maneuvers in Bluebottle Flies
Carl Delacato (F 2014 – S 2015) – Schreyer Scholar
Honor Thesis: Magnetically Levitated Insect Flight Mill for Forward Flight Control Analysis
Tensaye Dagnacew (S 2015 – F 2015) – COE CERI
Rachel Perini (F 2014 – S 2015) – MNE Scholar