Team | HDSRL Lab at VT

Principal Investigator

Kaveh Akbari Hamed, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: Decentralized control of agile quadrupedal and bipedal locomotion (Vision 60)

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Ph.D. Student

Vinay R. Kamidi

Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: Intelligent Planning and control of quadrupedal locomotion (Vision 60)

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Ph.D. Candidate

Jeeseop Kim

Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: Agile quadrupedal locomotion with bioinspired robotic tails

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M.S. Student

Randy Fawcett

Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: Decentralized control of cooperative legged locomotion (Vision 60)

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Ph.D. Student

Abhishek Pandala

Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: Nonlinear control of quadruped running (Minitaur)

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M.S. Student

Joseph Martin

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

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International Visitor (M.S. Student), 01/2018-03/2018

Loek J. Trimbach

Mechanical Engineering

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Undergraduate Student

Shengyuan Niu

Mechanical Engineering

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Undergraduate Student

Zihang Zhao

Mechanical Engineering

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Undergraduate Student

Sean Eagen

Mechanical Engineering

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Undergraduate Student

Jiajun Zhang

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K12 Researcher

Neema Ahmadian

Prospective Students

Available PhD Positions (Click to See More)

We are looking for motivated, talented graduate students from all over the world, who wish to undertake Ph.D. research at the cutting edge of control theory and robotics. The desired candidates hold an MS or BS degree in Engineering (preferably ECE, ME, AE), (Applied) Mathematics, Computer science, or related fields. The candidates for these positions should have a strong background in mathematics, programming, and hardware together with hands-on experience. In particular, we are interested in the following skills:

Strong mathematical background on control theory and robotics;
Strong programming skills: C/C++, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, ROS, and Microcontrollers; and
Implementing feedback control in hardware (sophisticated legged machines in the lab).

If interested in this position, please e-mail Dr. Akbari Hamed with a 1) cover letter and 2) resume/CV as PDF attachments. Incomplete applications will not be considered.