Current Members
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PhD Students
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Manaswin Oddiraju
Ph.D. Student
moddiraj@buffalo.edu
Education: MS, Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo, USA, 2021
Research Areas: Inverse Design of Metamaterial Structures, Multi-Fidelity Optimization and Finite Element Analysis
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Nathan Maurer
Ph.D. Student
namaurer@buffalo.edu
Education: BS, Computer Engineering, University at Buffalo, USA, 2017
Research Areas: Neuroevolution, Reinforcement Learning, Neuromorphic Computing
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Prajit Krisshna Kumar
Ph.D. Student
prajitkr@buffalo.edu
Education: M.S., Engineering Science(Robotics), University at Buffalo, 2021
Research Interest: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Swarm Robotics.
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MS Students
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Sharan Vijai
Msc Student
sharanvi@buffalo.edu
Education: M.Sc. Robotics, University at Buffalo, 2023
Research Areas: Multi-Agent Reinforcement learning, Localisation using sparse data and Computer vision.
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BS Students
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Hanvit(Henry) Cho
B.Sc. Student
hanvitch@buffalo.edu
Education: B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, expected graduation 2023
Research Interest: Robotics, Swarm intelligence, Bio-inspired mechanics
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Nishanth Gopinath
B.Sc. Student
ngopinat@buffalo.edu
Education: BS, Computer Science, December 2023
Research Areas: Swarm Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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Achintya Upadhyay
B.Sc. Student
aupadhya@buffalo.edu
Education: B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, expected graduation May 2025
Research Areas: Multi-robot systems, Mobility and navigation systems, Autonomous robots, Adaptation and self-learning systems
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Lab Alumni
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PhD Students
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Payam Ghassemi
Ph.D. Student
payamgha@buffalo.edu
https://www.PayamGhassemi.com
Education: M.S., Mechtronics Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
Research Area: Multi-agent / Multi-Robot Systems, Swarm Systems, Decentralized Task Allocation, Surrogate Modeling and Multi-fidelity Optimization, UAV Noise Mitigation
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Amir Behjat
Ph.D. Student
amirbehj@buffalo.edu
Education: M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Sharif Institute of Technology, Iran
Research Areas: Neuroevolution, Lifelong Autonomy (for UGVs and UAVs), Evolutionary and Developmental Robotics, Topological Optimization of Metamaterials
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Chen Zeng
Ph.D. Student
czeng2@buffalo.edu
Education: M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2018
Research Areas: Transitioning Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Aerodynamic Shape Optimization, Encoding of Modular System Configuration and Topology, Particle Swarm Optimization
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MS Students
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Jhoel Witter
M.S. Student
jhoelwit@buffalo.edu
Education: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2021
Research interests: ML, AI, Robotics
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Gerald Kalloor Antony
M.S. Student
geraldka@buffalo.edu
Research Interest: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Robotics.
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Sharat Chidambaran
M.S. Student
sharatpa@buffalo.edu
Education: B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, 2016
Research Areas: Energy-Autonomous UGV, Ground Robot Path Planning, Neuroevolution, Open AI Benchmarking
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Sumeet S. Lulekar
M.S. Student
sumeetsa@buffalo.edu
Education: B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Vellore institute of technology, India, 2016
Research Areas: Bio-inspired Fluid Dynamics, Passive Flow Control, CFD (batch processing w/ OpenFOAM), Parallel Computing
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Kaige Zhu
M.S. Student
kaigezhu@buffalo.edu
Research Project: Optimal Surrogate And Neural Network Modeling For Day-ahead Forecasting of The Hourly Energy Consumption of University Building
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Divya Vani
M.S. Student
divyaram@buffalo.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/divya-vani-b967164b/
Research Project: Computational Investigation of Passive surface flow control features for Aerodynamic Efficiency
I Graduated with Masters in Aerospace Engineering. I was previously working in a Manufacturing company - Reliance Industries for 2 years in India. I did my undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (V.J.T.I), India.
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Chenrui Guo
Graduate Student
chenruig@buffalo.edu
Research Project: Optimal Online Path Planning with Multi-Obstacles Avoidance for Autonomous Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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BS Students
![Tingyu Guo : B.Sc. Student]() |
Tingyu Guo
B.Sc. Student
Research Projects: Multi-robot task allocation with integer programming
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![David Depauw : B.Sc. Student]() |
David Depauw
B.Sc. Student
Research Projects: Calibration and experimental verification of swarm-based task allocation
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![Mark Balazon : B.Sc. Student]() |
Mark Balazon
B.Sc. Student
Research Projects: Swarm robotic environments
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![Cameroon Minarovich : B.Sc. Student]() |
Cameroon Minarovich
B.Sc. Student
Research Projects: UAV simulation and flight learning
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Christian Closs
B.Sc. Student
Research Projects: Quadcopter experiments and spiking neural networks
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Andrew Hoffman
B.Sc. Student
Research Projects: Inter-agent communication & evaluation of swarm-bots.
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