People of FRC

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Faculty
Portrait of Michael Kaess
Michael Kaess
Assistant Research Professor
Top Research Interests
  • Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
  • Computer Vision
  • Sensing and Estimation
Statement
Perception is a fundamental challenge for mobile robots navigating through and interacting with their environment. My research focuses on 3D mapping a......
Portrait of George A. Kantor
George A. Kantor
Senior Systems Scientist
Top Research Interests
  • Field & Service Robotics
  • Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
Statement
The control of dynamical systems becomes increasingly important as the era of robotics research dominated by quasi-static machines rapidly comes to a......
Portrait of Nathan Michael
Nathan Michael
Associate Research Professor
Top Research Interests
  • Field & Service Robotics
  • Aerial Robotics
  • Robotics for Scientific Discovery and Exploration
Portrait of Sebastian Scherer
Sebastian Scherer
Senior Systems Scientist
Top Research Interests
  • Aerial Robotics
  • Motion Planning
  • AI Reasoning for Robotics
Statement
The availability and advantages of distributed electric propulsion have led to a new design space for flying vehicles. The rise of small multi-copter......
Portrait of Sanjiv Singh
Sanjiv Singh
Research Professor
Top Research Interests
  • Aerial Robotics
  • Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
  • Mining Robotics
Statement
Autonomous Navigation. This theme is developing motion planning, state estimation and real-time control for ground and air vehicles at various scales.......
Portrait of David Wettergreen
David Wettergreen
Research Professor;
Associate Director for Education
and Director of the Ph.D. Program
Top Research Interests
  • Space Robots and Systems
  • Robotics for Scientific Discovery
  • Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
Statement
I am a research professor at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. My research focuses on robotic exploration: underwater, on the s......
Portrait of William (Red) L. Whittaker
William (Red) L. Whittaker
Fredkin University Research Professor
Top Research Interests
  • Field & Service Robotics
  • Industrial Robotics
  • Robotics for Scientific Discovery
Statement
My research interests center on mobile robots in unpredictable environments, such as natural terrain and outdoor worksites, including computer archite......
Post-Docs
Portrait of Yaoyu Hu
Yaoyu Hu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Portrait of Wenshan Wang
Wenshan Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Portrait of Ji Zhang
Ji Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Staff
Portrait of Greg Armstrong
Greg Armstrong
Senior Research Technician
Portrait of Ralph Boirum
Ralph Boirum
Research Associate I
Portrait of Curtis Boirum
Curtis Boirum
Engineer III
Portrait of Katarina Cujic
Katarina Cujic
Software / Robotics Engineer
Portrait of Austin Frownfelter
Austin Frownfelter
Research Assistant
Portrait of Rohit Garg
Rohit Garg
Research Associate I
Portrait of Yafei Hu
Yafei Hu
Research Associate II
Portrait of Ran Ji
Ran Ji
Research Associate II
Portrait of Heather Jones
Heather Jones
Senior Project Scientist
Portrait of Nora Kazour
Nora Kazour
Administrative Assistant II
Portrait of John Keller
John Keller
Software / Robotics Engineer
Portrait of David Kohanbash
David Kohanbash
Principal Systems / Software Engineer
Portrait of Guanrui Li
Guanrui Li
Research Associate II
Portrait of Lynnetta J. Miller
Lynnetta J. Miller
Administrative Assistant II
Portrait of Mohammadreza Mousaei
Mohammadreza Mousaei
Research Associate II
Portrait of Nathan Otten
Nathan Otten
Extern
Portrait of Tanvir Pal Singh Parhar
Tanvir Pal Singh Parhar
Research Associate II
Portrait of Zania Pothen
Zania Pothen
Research Engineer
Portrait of Theresa C. Richards
Theresa C. Richards
Outreach Program Manager
Portrait of Patti Rote
Patti Rote
FIRST Program Outreach Manager
Portrait of Abhisesh Silwal
Abhisesh Silwal
Project Scientist
Portrait of George Skoptsov
George Skoptsov
Senior Research Engineer
Portrait of Joshua Spisak
Joshua Spisak
Research Assistant
Portrait of James Teza
James Teza
Senior Research Engineer
Portrait of Warren Whittaker
Warren Whittaker
Senior Field Robotics Specialist
Portrait of Steven Willits
Steven Willits
Field Test Engineer
Portrait of John Yao
John Yao
Principal Systems / Software Engineer
Portrait of Dapeng Zhao
Dapeng Zhao
Research Associate II
Students
Portrait of Montiel Abello
Montiel Abello
PhD Student
Portrait of Vasu Agrawal
Vasu Agrawal
MSR Student
Portrait of Daniel Arnett
Daniel Arnett
MRSD Student / Research Assistant
Portrait of Joseph Bartels
Joseph Bartels
PhD Student
Portrait of Harjatin Singh Baweja
Harjatin Singh Baweja
MSR Student
Portrait of Rogerio Bonatti
Rogerio Bonatti
PhD Student
Portrait of Alberto Candela Garza
Alberto Candela Garza
PhD Student
Portrait of Ellen Cappo
Ellen Cappo
PhD Student
Portrait of Matthew Collins
Matthew Collins
MSR Student
Portrait of Micah Corah
Micah Corah
PhD Student
Portrait of Arjav Ashesh Desai
Arjav Ashesh Desai
PhD Student
Portrait of Eugene Fang
Eugene Fang
PhD Student
Portrait of Runbo Guo
Runbo Guo
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Portrait of Ming Hsiao
Ming Hsiao
PhD Student
Portrait of Azarakhsh Keipour
Azarakhsh Keipour
PhD Student
Portrait of Suhit Kodgule
Suhit Kodgule
MSR Student
Portrait of Cong Li
Cong Li
MSR Student
Portrait of Zimo Li
Zimo Li
MSR Student
Portrait of Hanyue Liang
Hanyue Liang
MSR Student
Portrait of Siri Maley
Siri Maley
Graduate Research Assistant
Portrait of Daniel Maturana
Daniel Maturana
PhD Student
Portrait of Derek Mitchell
Derek Mitchell
PhD Student
Portrait of Anjana Kakecochi Nellithimaru
Anjana Kakecochi Nellithimaru
MSR Student
Portrait of Cormac O'Meadhra
Cormac O'Meadhra
PhD Student
Portrait of Kevin Pluckter
Kevin Pluckter
MSR Student
Portrait of Travers Rhodes
Travers Rhodes
MSR Student
Portrait of Aaron Roth
Aaron Roth
MSR Student
Portrait of Kumar Shaurya Shankar
Kumar Shaurya Shankar
PhD Student
Portrait of Shawn (Weizhao) Shao
Shawn (Weizhao) Shao
MSR Student
Portrait of Alvin Chunmok Shek
Alvin Chunmok Shek
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Portrait of Paloma Sodhi
Paloma Sodhi
PhD Student
Portrait of Alexander Spitzer
Alexander Spitzer
PhD Student
Portrait of Sudharshan Suresh
Sudharshan Suresh
MSR Student
Portrait of Srinivasan Vijayarangan
Srinivasan Vijayarangan
Senior Research Programmer / Analyst
Portrait of Vaibhav (Vai) Viswanathan
Vaibhav (Vai) Viswanathan
MSR Student
Portrait of Eric Westman
Eric Westman
PhD Student
Portrait of Molly Whittaker
Molly Whittaker
Graduate Research Assistant
Portrait of Himanshi Yadav
Himanshi Yadav
MSR Student / Teaching Assistant
Portrait of Jack (Yi) Yang
Jack (Yi) Yang
MSR Student
Portrait of Michael Yang
Michael Yang
MRSD Student / Research Assistant
Portrait of Xuning Yang
Xuning Yang
PhD Student
Portrait of Andrew Zhang
Andrew Zhang
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Portrait of Chun Ming Jeffrey Zhang
Chun Ming Jeffrey Zhang
Robotics Additional Major / Research Assistant
Portrait of Hengrui Zhang
Hengrui Zhang
Robotics Additional Major
Visitors & Affiliates
Portrait of Meghan Chandarana
Meghan Chandarana
PhD Student
Portrait of Huixuan Fu
Huixuan Fu
Visitor
Portrait of Mirko Gschwindt
Mirko Gschwindt
Visitor
Portrait of Akshay Hinduja
Akshay Hinduja
PhD Student
Portrait of Spencer Krause
Spencer Krause
Visitor
Portrait of Stephen T. Nuske
Stephen T. Nuske
Adjunct Faculty
Statement
Full publication list and research information can be found at my personal website. My research interests are with the design of computer vision sy......
Portrait of Xiangwei Wang
Xiangwei Wang
Visitor
Portrait of Zhang Yanfu
Zhang Yanfu
Visitor
Portrait of Jiamin Ye
Jiamin Ye
Visitor
Portrait of Huai Yu
Huai Yu
Intern
Portrait of Weikun Zhen
Weikun Zhen
PhD Student