Postdoctoral Fellows
- Sheng Cheng (2021– present)
- Yanbing Mao (2019 – present)
- Aditya Gahlawat (2018 – present)
- Hunmin Kim (2018 – present)
- Pan Zhao (2018 – present)
Graduate Students
- Sambhu Harimanas (MS student, expected graduation 2023)
- Christophe Hiltebrandt-McIntosh (MS student, expected graduation 2023)
- Ran Tao (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2026)
- Christoph Aoun (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2026)
- Sitao Zhang (MS student, expected graduation 2022)
- Ziyao Guo (Ph.D student, expected graduation 2026)
- Vivek Sharma (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2026)
- Min Jun Sung (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2026)
- Erin Swansen (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2025)
- Yuliang Gu (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2025)
- Lin Song (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2025)
- Jing Wu (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2024)
- Chuyuan Tao (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2024)
- Yikun Cheng (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2024)
- Hyungsoo Kang (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2024)
- Zhuohuan Wu (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2023)
- Wenbin Wan (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2023)
- Neng Wan (Ph.D. student, expected graduation 2022)
Undergraduate Research Assistants
- Fred Kehang Chang (ECE, UIUC)
- Francisco Canillas Negrete (Polytechnic University of Valencia, exchange student)
- Sameer Sharma (Math, UIUC)
- Jad Faraj (MechSE, UIUC)
- Chenghao Duan (ECE, UIUC)
- Mrunal Sarvaiya (MechSE, UIUC)
Visiting Scholars
- Janne Koivumaki, Tampere University of Technology, Finland (2018 – present)
Former Ph.D. Students
- Venanzio Cichella (May 2018, Dissertation “Cooperative Autonomous Systems: Motion Planning and Coordination for Multi-Vehicle Missions”), currently on faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa city, IA
- Hanmin Lee (May 2017, Dissertation “L1 Adaptive Control for Nonlinear and Non-square Multivariable Systems”), currently employed by Korean Ministry of Defense, Seoul, South Korea
- Syed Bilal Mehdi (April 2017, Dissertation “Collision Avoidance for Multi-vehicle Cooperative Missions”), currently employed by General Motors, MI
- Ronald Choe (November 2016, Dissertation “Distributed Cooperative Trajectory Generation for Multiple Autonomous Vehicles using Pythagorean Hodograph Bézier Curves”), currently working on his startup company
- Evgeny Kharisov (August 2013, Dissertation “L1 Adaptive Output Feedback Control Architectures”), currently employed by Seagate, MN
- Hui Sun (July 2013, UIUC, Dissertation “L1 Adaptive Control with Quantization and Delay”), currently employed by Marvell Semicondutor, Inc., CA
- Zhiyuan Li (July 2013, UIUC, Dissertation “Guidance, Control and Estimation of Autonomous Vehicles”), currently employed by DJI, CA
- Enric Xargay (May 2013, UIUC, Dissertation “Time-Critical cooperative Path-Following Control of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”), currently working on his startup company
- Dapeng Li (March 2011, UIUC, Dissertation “Closed-Loop Analysis and Feedback Design in the Presence of Limited Information”), currently employed by JD, CA
- Jiang Wang (February 2009, Virginia Tech, Dissertation “Verifiable Adaptive Control Solutions for Flight Control Applications”), currently employed by Apple, CA
- Amanda Dippold (May 2009, Virginia Tech, Dissertation “Vision-based Obstacle Avoidance of Multiple Vehicles Performing Time-critical Missions”), currently employed as adjunct faculty by Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
- Vahram Stepanyan (August 2006, Virginia Tech, Dissertation “Vision based Guidance and Flight Control in Problems of Aerial Tracking”), currently employed as senior research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center
- Kwang-Ki Kim (2009-2010, UIUC, moved to MIT in fall of 2010), currently postdoctoral fellow at KAUST
- Mohammad Naghnaeian (2010-2011, moved to a different group), currently postdoctoral fellow at MIT
- Aditya Paranjape (2007-2009, VT, UIUC) currently employed as lecturer in Imperial College, London, UK
Former MS Students
- Ziyao Guo (MS student, spring 2021, non-thesis), currently pursuing Ph.D. at UIUC
- Pulkit Rustagi (MS student, spring 2021, non-thesis)
- Chuyuan Tao (MS student, spring 2020, non-thesis, UIUC), currently pursuing Ph.D. at UIUC
- Jing Wu (MEng, spring 2020, independent project “Visual and Auditory Based Model for Emotion Detection”) currently pursuing D. program in UIUC
- Gabriel Haberfeld Barsi (MS, fall 2017, Dissertation “Design and Control of a Compact Aerial Manipulation System with a Delta-Type Parallel Robot”), currently pursuing Ph.D. at UIUC
- Andrew Patterson (MS, spring 2017, Dissertation “System Identification for Development of Distributed Electric Propulsion Vertical Take-off Vehicles”), currently pursuing Ph.D. at UIUC
- Robert Mitchell Jones (MS, spring 2017, Dissertation “Aerial Manipulation for Indoor Applications”), currently with GreenSight Agronomics, Boston, MA
- Arun Lakshmanan (MS, fall 2016, Dissertation “Piecewise Bezier Curve Trajectory Generation and Control of Quadrotors”), currently pursuing Ph.D. at UIUC
- Charles Orozco (MS, fall 2016, non-thesis, UIUC), currently with Fermilab of Department of Energy
- Joseph Cottrell (MS, fall 2015, non-thesis, UIUC), currently with Baker Hughes, Houston, TX
- Jan Vervoorst (MS, spring 2016, IESE UIUC, Dissertation “A Modular Simulation Environment for the Improved Dynamic Simulation of Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”), currently with Ascending Technologies, Munich, Germany
- Wu Xiong (MS, spring 2015, non-thesis, AE UIUC), currently with robotics startup, San Francisco, CA
- Mohammad Aneeq Zaman (MS, summer 2015, UIUC, Dissertation “An Efficient Way for Path Planning of Cooperative Autonomously Soaring Gliders”), currently pursuing Ph.D. at UIUC
- Mustafa Mukadam (MS, summer 2014, AE UIUC, non-thesis), currently pursuing Ph.D. at Georgia Tech
- Thidarat Chongvisal (MS, spring 2014, UIUC, Dissertation “Pilot-in-the-loop simulated flight tests of a Loss-of-Control Prediction and Prevention System for NASA’s Transport Class Model”), currently with Schlumberger, Houston, TX
- Kasey Ackerman (MS, summer 2014, UIUC, Dissertation “Flight Simulator Development for Pilot-in-the-Loop testing using NASA’s Transport Class Model”), currently Ph.D. student in UIUC
- Steven Pelech (MS, spring 2013, UIUC, Dissertation “Integration of the GTM T2 Model into a Full Sized Simulator for Human-in-the-Loop Testing”), currently with Raytheon, Tuscon, AZ
- Syed Bilal Mehdi (MS, fall 2012, UIUC, Dissertation “Simulink Toolbox for L1 Adaptive Control Theory”), currently Ph.D. student in UIUC
- Brian Jamison (MS, summer 2012, UIUC), currently with The Boeing Co.
- Justin Vanness (MS, spring 2012, UIUC, Dissertation “Two Extensions to L1 Adaptive Control Theory”), currently with Sandia National Labs, Oakland, CA
- David Caballero (MS, spring 2012, UIUC), currently pursuing Ph.D. degree at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Alan Gostin (MS, spring 2010, UIUC, Dissertation “A MatLab Based Toolbox for the Simulation and Design of L1 Adaptive Controllers”), currently with NASA Goddard
- Tyler Leman (MS, fall 2009, UIUC, Dissertation “L1 Adaptive Control Augmentation System for the X-48B Aircraft”), currently employed by IntelinAir
- Riju John (MS, fall 2009, Virginia Tech, non-thesis option)
- Amanda Young (MS, spring 2006, Virginia Tech, Dissertation “Adaptive Control of Nonaffine Systems with Applications to Flight Control”: awarded William Preston Society MS Thesis award, one award per year for the University in sciences and engineering)
- Amir Ajami (MS, fall 2005, Virginia Tech, Dissertation “Adaptive Flight Control in the Presence of Input Constraints”), currently with the Boeing Co.
Former Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Staff
- Hamidreza Jafarnejadsani (2019, January – August), currently on faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Haboken, NJ
- Donghwan Lee (2017-2018), currently working at CSL, UIUC
- Dr. Enric Xargay (2013-2015), currently working on his startup company in Spain
- Dr. Xiaofeng Wang (2009-2012), currently on the faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern Carolina
- Dr. Chengyu Cao (2004-2008), currently on the faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut
- Dr. Lili Ma (2005-2008), currently on the faculty of Department of Electronics & Mechanical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology
- Dr. Amol Sasane (2003-2004), currently on the faculty of London School of Economics
- Dr. Ilhan Tuzcu (2003-2004) (postdoctoral fellow), currently on the faculty of University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
- Dr. Konda Reddy (2005-2006), currently with UTRC
- Dr. Vijay Patel (2006-2007), currently in India
Former Visiting Scholars
- Shengye Zhu (George Washington University, USA, 05/16/2021-08/15/2021)
- Han Hua (MechSE, ZJU-UIUC, 03/03/2020 – 07/15/2020)
- Sibylla Hong (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 06/01/2020-08/31/2020)
- Zhouzhenyan Hong, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (07/01/2020-09/30/2020)
- Jinglan Li, Zhejiang University, China (11/01/2018 – 11/01/2019)
- Jiaojiao Fan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (07/01/2019-12/01/2019)
- Yanbing Mao, Binghamton University – State University of New York (10/01/2018 – 01/31/2019)
- Weichen Dai, Zhejiang University, China (10/25/2018 – 1/25/2019)
- Janne Koivumaki, Tampere University of Technology, Finland (May 2018 – November 2018)
- Francisco Canillas Negrete(Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, September 2017 – May 2018)
- Asensio Lorenzo Sempere (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, September 2017 – May 2018)
- Kristian Sloth Lauszus (Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, August-December 2016)
- Yinglong Sun (Rice University, Houston, TX)
- Jens Dodenhöft (Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2015-2016)
- Lucas de Silva Moreira (University of Texas El-Paso, USA)
- Ya-Yen Tsai (University of Melbourne, Australia)
- Sijia Liu (Beijing Jiaotong University, China, 2014-2015)
- Tao Chao (Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2013-2014)
- Magnus Bichlmeier (Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2012-2014)
- Nikolas Tekles (Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2012-2014)
- Danyong Li (Beijing Jiaotong University, China, 2012-2013)
- Dianwei Qian (North China Electric Power University, 2012-2013)
- Jie Ma (Beijing Information Science & Technology University, China, 2013)
- Helena Vogel (MS student, Stuttgart University, Germany, 2012)
- Hessam Mahdianfar (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2012-2013)
- Giulio Avanzini (Professor, University of Salento, Italy, 2012)
- Michael Christensen (MS student, Technical University of Denmark, 2012)
- Marinho Thiago (MS student, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France, 2011)
- Markus Geiser (MS student, Munich Institute of Technology, Germany, 2010)
- Sung-Jin Yoo (postdoctoral fellow, Korea, 2009-2010)
- Irene Piacenza (MS student, Politechnic of Turin, Italy, 2009-2010)
- Elisa Capello (Ph.D. student, Politechnic of Turin, Italy, summer –fall 2009)
- Bruno Guerreiro, ISR, IST, Lisbon, Portugal, Spring 2007, 2008 (MS 2008, Dissertation “L1 Adaptive Control for Helicopter”)
- Mikhail Poda-Razumtsev, Munich Technical University, Germany, Fall 2003- Spring 2004 (MS 2004, Dissertation “Analysis of Parameter Convergence in System Identification and Adaptive Control”)
- Michael Buhl, Munich Technical University, Germany Spring 2004 (MS 2004, Dissertation “Investigation of Adaptive Control Strategies”)
- Michael Herrnberger, Munich Technical University, Germany, Fall 2004 (MS 2004, Dissertation “Adaptive Vision-based Flight Control combined with Own-ship Maneuvers for Range Estimation”)