Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Research Faculty
Dr. Aaron Young
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Kinsey Herrin
Senior Research Scientist
Taryn Harvey
Research Engineer
Dr. Keya Ghonasgi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Daniel Rodriguez-Jorge
Postdoctoral Fellow
Principal Investigator
Research Faculty
Kinsey Herrin
Senior Research Scientist
Taryn Harvey
Research Engineer
Dr. Keya Ghonasgi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Daniel Rodriguez-Jorge
Postdoctoral Fellow
Doctoral Students
Jairo Maldonado
Robotics
Ford Foundation Fellow
NSF ARMS Fellow
Christoph Nuesslein
Robotics
NDSEG Fellow
Dongho Park
Robotics
Carlos Carrasquillo
Robotics
Co-advised by Mazumdar
NDSEG Fellow
UCEM Fellow
Sixu (Jason) Zhou
Mechanical Engineering
Ethan Schonhaut
Mechanical Engineering
X Scholar
UCEM Fellow
Hanjun Kim
Mechanical Engineering
Ryan Casey
Robotics
Co-advised by Mazumdar
Siddharth Nathella
Mechanical Engineering
Co-advised by Ting
GTME Fellow
NSF GRFP Fellow
Yash Mhaskar
Robotics
NSF GRFP Fellow
Kyle Kaveny
Mechanical Engineering
Matthew Lerner
Mechanical Engineering
Ethan Park
Robotics
Co-advised by Gombolay
Theresa Hardin
Robotics
Co-advised by Sawicki
John Shim
Robotics
Hangyeol Song
Mechanical Engineering
Sofia Arvelo Rojas
Robotics
Co-advised by Sawicki
Masters Students
Research Teams
We conduct research in our lab with the help of fantastic research teams made up of non-thesis Master’s and undergraduate students that work with our graduate students. All students below participate in our lab through the Georgia Tech VIP Program unless otherwise noted (MS: non-thesis Master’s, other fellowships). For more information about how to get involved with our research group, check out our Joining the Lab page.
Human Balance Augmentation
Mentor: Jenny Leestma
Pictured: Jenny Leestma, Ryan Emadi, Aryan Tadwalkar, Vibha Iyer, Snehil Mathur (PURA), Alix Rubin
Pediatric Knee Exoskeleton
Mentor: Siddharth Nathella
Pictured: Siddharth Nathella, Emily Rice, August Menard, Dennis Green, Alexandra Mitchell, Arina Kucinskaja
Activity-Invariant Human Augmentation
Mentor: Ethan Schonhaut
Pictured: Erin Kelly, Aya Samadi, Abhiram Ghanta, Ella Lawrence, Ethan Schonhaut
Prosthesis
Mentors: Jairo Maldonado, Jason Zhou, Hanjun Kim
Pictured: Sixu Zhou, Hanjun Kim, Elliot Huang (PURA), Joseph Walters, Nakailey Jackson, Aparna Srinidhi Jagannathan, Amberlyn Diehl, Aadi Vadhavkar
Not Pictured: Cole Johnson (PURA), Jeongwoo Cho (MS), Ian Knight, Aarnav Sawant
Generalized Robotic Assistance for Handling And Manipulation (GRAHAM)
Mentors: Christoph Nuesslein, Ryan Casey
Pictured: Joophil Jeong, Shreya Terala, Sarasit (Arm) Sirawattanakul, Colton Yee, Christoph Nuesslein, Ryan Casey
Not Pictured: Devasena Sitaram, Kenneth Donahue, Amanda Dias, Guatam Ramesh (MS), Pranav Sharma (MS),
Hip Exoskeleton
Mentors: Dongho Park, Yash Mhaskar
Pictured: Keya Ghonasgi, Jennifer Jiang, Elizabeth Chu, Jimin An, Aleksandar Boskovic, Samar Vora, Audrey Ball, Yash Mhaskar, Dongo Park
Not Pictured: Sunho Park, Melodie Walla, Ethan Torone, Michael Rodyushkin, Bryan Lugo-Capula, Kaushal Labba, Yi Jiang
Lab Alumni
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Ph.D. Robotics |
2024 |
Harvard University (Postdoctoral Fellow) |
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Justine Powell |
M.S. Robotics |
2024 |
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Keaton Scherpereel |
Ph.D. Robotics |
2024 |
Skip – Google X Spinout (Research Scientist) |
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Ben Shafer |
Ph.D. Robotics |
2023 |
ESTAT Actuation (Entrepreneurial Post-Doctorate Researcher) |
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Kendra Dawson |
M.S. Biomedical Engineering |
2023 |
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Aakash Bajpai |
Ph.D. Robotics |
2023 |
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (Senior Professional Staff) |
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Dean Molinaro |
Ph.D. Robotics |
2023 |
Boston Dynamics AI Institute (Applied Scientist) |
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Sujay Kestur |
M.S. Bioengineering |
2023 |
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Biomedical Engineer in EACE) |
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Dawit Lee |
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering |
2023 |
Stanford University (Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering) |
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Ian Cullen |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2022 |
Ossur (Mechanical Engineer) |
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Reese Peterson |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2022 |
IHMC Robotics (Exoskeleton Controls Developer) |
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Emily Upton |
M.S. Bioengineering (Thesis) |
2022 |
Dynocardia (Algorithm Development Engineer) |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
2021 |
Northeastern University (Assistant Professor) |
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Amy Pan |
Postdoctoral Fellowship |
2021 |
OMRON Robotics (Robotics & Control Systems Engineer) |
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Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering |
2021 |
GameChanger Analytics (Algorithm Development Engineer) |
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Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering |
2021 |
MIT (Postdoctoral Fellow in Brain & Cognitive Sciences) |
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Ph.D. Robotics |
2021 |
Facebook Reality Labs (Visiting Research Scientist) |
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Pooja Moolchandani |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2021 |
KPMG (Data, Analytics, and AI Consultant) |
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Jared Li |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2020 |
IHMC Robotics (Mechanical Engineer) |
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Pratik Kunapuli |
M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering (Thesis) |
2020 |
University of Pennsylvania (CIS Ph.D. Student in GRASP Lab) |
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Jeff (Hsiang) Hsu |
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis) |
2019 |
May Mobility (Embedded Engineer) |
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Trent Rankin |
M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2019 |
Apple (Software Engineer) |
Research Collaborators
At Georgia Tech
| Name | Affiliation |
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Greg Sawicki |
Mechanical Engineering and Biological Sciences |
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Ani Mazumdar |
Mechanical Engineering |
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Frank Hammond |
Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering |
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Jun Ueda |
Mechanical Engineering |
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Omer Inan |
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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Michael Mayo |
Georgia Tech Research Institute |
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Court Bevins |
Georgia Tech Research Institute |
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Hong Yeo |
Mechanical Engineering |
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Matthew Gombolay |
Interactive Computing |
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Ye Zhao |
Mechanical Engineering |
Outside of Georgia Tech
| Name | Affiliation |
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Aaron Ames |
California Institute of Technology |
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Elliott Rouse |
University of Michigan |
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Xiangrong Shen |
University of Alabama |
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Nick Fey |
University of Texas – Austin |
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Eric Ambrose |
California Institute of Technology |
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Rachel Gehlhar |
California Institute of Technology |
Clinical Collaborators
| Name | Affiliation |
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Geza Kogler, MSPO |
Kennesaw State University |
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Lee Childers, PhD, CP, CO, CFI |
Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center |
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Benjamin Rogozinski, DPT |
Emory University |
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Erin Eggebrecht, DPT |
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta |
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Kelly Moore, DPT |
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta |
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David Westburry, MD |
Shriners Hospital for Children |
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Trisha Kesar, PT, PhD |
Emory University |