Lab Personnel

Alumni ( Graduate Students / Visiting Scholars )
	Dr. Wensong Hu Visiting Scholar hws168(at)gmail.com	Nanchang University Assoc. Professor
	Colin Lea B.S. Student colinlea(at)buffalo.edu ---	John Hopkins University Ph.D. Candidate
	Diing-Wen Peng M.S. Student dpeng2(at)buffalo.edu ---	University at Buffalo, NY (SUNY) Ph.D. Candidate
	Luca Carbonari l.carbonari(at)univpm.it --- Visiting Scholar, 2010	Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Dipartimento di Meccanica Ph.D. Candidate
	Leng-Feng Lee lengfenglee(at)kin.umass.edu --- Ph.D., Feb 2011 M.S. (Thesis), Feb 2005	University of Massachusetts Amherst Dept. of Kinesiology Post-Doctoral Research Associate	- Analysis and Design Optimization of In-Parallel Haptic Devices; - Decentralized Motion Planning within an Artificial Potential Framework (APF) for Cooperative Payload Transport by Multi-Robot Collectives
	Sumit Tripathi st69(at)buffalo.edu --- M.S. (Thesis), Sep. 2010	Caterpillar Inc. After-treatment Control Development Engineer	- Role of Symbolic Computation in Linear and Model-based Controller Development
	Prof. Ilya Gartseev gartseev(at)gmail.com --- Fulbright Scholar Aug 2009 - May 2010	Moscow State Institute of Radiotechnics, Electronics and Automation, MIREA, Russia Department of Cybernetics Associate Professor	- Fulbright Scholar Program.
	Hrishi Shah hlshah(at)buffalo.edu --- M.S. (Thesis), Sep. 2010		- Kinematic, Dynamic and Workspace Analysis of a Novel 6-DOF Parallel Manipulator
	Chin Pei Tang chinpei(at)utdallas.edu --- Ph.D., Feb. 2009 M.S. (Thesis), Jun 2004	The University of Texas at Dallas Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science Post-Doctoral Research Associate	- Design and Control Framework for Cooperative Mobile Robot Collectives; - Manipulability-Based Analysis for Payload Transport by Robot Collectives
	Pat Miller patrickmiller(at)ieee.org --- M.S. (Thesis) , Dec 2009	Calspan Corporation Electrical Engineer	-Output Synchronization for Teleoperation of Robot Manipulators
	Kannan Srikanth --- M.S. (Thesis), Sep. 2008	SIMULIA (Dassault Systèmes) Interactive Product Engineer	-Quantitative Analysis of Masticatory Performance in Vertebrates
	Yao Wang --- M.S. (Thesis) , Sep. 2008	Caterpillar Inc. Mechanical Engineer	-Symbolic Kinematics and Dynamics Analysis and Control of a General Stewart Parallel Manipulator
	Hao Su --- M.S. (Thesis) , Sep. 2008	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Program	-Cooperative Control of Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Manipulator Collectives
	QiuShi Fu --- M.S. (Thesis), Sep. 2008	Arizona State University Neural Control of Movement Laboratory Department of Kinesiology Ph.D. Program	-Kinematics of Articulated Wheeled Robot: Exploiting Reconfigurability and Redundancy
	Kun Yu --- M.S. (Thesis), Sep. 2007	Cameron Compression System Design Engineer	-Simultaneous Trajectory Tracking and Stiffness Control of Cable Driven Parallel Manipulator
	Anand P. Naik --- M.S. (Thesis), Feb 2008	Delphi (Delphi Steering: Advanced Product Center) Electric Steering Systems Engineer	-Study of Vehicle Dynamic Modeling Fidelity on Haptic Collaboration in Steer-by-Wire Systems.
	Sophie Gomez --- M.S. Summer Project (Exchange Student)	INSA Toulouse (Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Toulouse) M.S Student	-Optimization of Four-Bar Linkages
	Rajan Bhatt Ph.D, Feb 2007 ----- M.S. (Thesis) Feb 2004	University of Iowa (VSR Project, CCAD) Assistant Research Engineer	-Graph-Theoretic Framework for Robot Collectives Modeling; -Formation Motion Planning for Payload Transport of Multiple Modular -Wheeled Mobile Manipulators;
	Glenn White --- M.S. (Thesis), Jun 2006	General Motors (Fuel Cell Activities) Project Engineer	-Simultaneous Motion and Interaction Force Control of Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulators -Kinetostatic Design of Articulated and Spring-Assist Leg-Wheel System
	Chi-Han Yang --- M.S. (Project), Feb 2006	AIW Alton, Inc Product Manager	-Simulation of Constrained Mechanical Systems using SimMechanics and Visual Nastran
	Michael Del Signore --- M.S. (Thesis), Feb 2006	U.S. Naval Explosive Ordinance Disposal Technology Division Mechanical Engineer	-A Screw-Theoretic Framework for Musculoskeletal System Modeling and Analysis
	Kiran Konakanchi --- M.S. (Project), Feb 2005	VerizonBusiness Middleware developer	-Musculoskeletal Modeling of Smilodon Fetalis for Virtual Functional Performance Testing
	Tao Gan --- M.S. (Project), Feb 2005	Prestolite Electric Ltd. Product Design Engineer	-A Framework for Automated Computer Aided Design (CAD) Model Generation to Improve Engineering Design Process
	Talib Bhabhrawala --- M.S. (Thesis) , Feb 2005	GE Aero. Energy Mechanical Design Engineer	-Shape Recovery from Medical Image Data using Extended Superquadrics -Web-Based Teleoperated Virtual Laboratories
	Chetan Jadhav --- M.S. (Thesis) , Sep 2004	State Street Corporation Market Risk Analyst	-A Low-Cost Framework for Individualized Interactive Telerehabilitation -Automated Computer Aided Design (CAD) Model Generation
	Seung Kook Jun --- M.S. (Thesis), Jun 2004	Samsung Electronics Engineer	-Kinetostatic Design of an Articulated Leg-Wheeled Subsystem -The Smart Car Project: A Case Study in Computer-Mediated Interfaces
	Pravin Nair --- M.S. (Thesis), Feb 2004	Capital One Auto Finance Database Administrator	-Development of Quantitative Measures for Characterization of Upper Limb Dysfunction
	Chris Nowak --- M.S. (Project), Sept 2003		-Wireless Data Acquisition System for In-Flight Acceleration Measurement of a Football
	Daniel Gott --- M.S. (Project), June 2003		-The Smart Car Project: A Case Study in Computer- Mediated Interfaces
	Ajay D'Souza --- M.S. (Project), June 2003	B/E Aerospace Design Engineer	-Virtual Prototyping and Simulation of a Moog Base
	Harpreet Virk --- M.S. (Project), Jun 2003	Boeing (Hydraulic systems and landing gears) Engineer	-Shape Synthesis of a Compliant Mechanisms

Alumni (Undergraduate Students)
	Vanina Ficaja Summer Exchange Student B.S. Candidate	ENSEA ( French engineering school of electronics and applications) Undergraduate.
	Shajan Thomas B.S. June 2008 Zimmer Scholar
	John Amend B.S. June 2008 UB Graduate School
Annapurna Reddy	Arizona State University MBA Program	Virtual Prototyping of a Sabertooth Cat (Senior Design Project)
Leng-Feng Lee		Web-Based Virtual Prototyping Tutorials for Planar Mechanism Design (Senior Design Project)
Jonathan Westcott		Web-Based Virtual Prototyping Tutorials for Planar Mechanism Design (Senior Design Project)
Philana Owusu		Virtual Prototyping of a Wheeled Mobile Robot (Freshman Summer Internship Program)
Swee Lei Pang		Virtual Prototyping of the Suspension System of an All-Terrain Vehicle (Senior Design Project)
Kok-Kuan Leong	Intergreen Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. Sales Engineer	Virtual Prototyping of the Suspension System of an All-Terrain Vehicle (Senior Design Project)
Neexon Khoo	HPMT Industries Sdn. Bhd. Production Engineer	Virtual Prototyping of the Suspension System of an All-Terrain Vehicle (Senior Design Project)
Arturo Machuca		Virtual Prototyping of the Suspension System of an All-Terrain Vehicle (Senior Design Project)
Sara Forde		Virtual Prototyping of a RF Truck (Freshman Summer Internship Program)
Rachel Ibaugh		Design and Implementation of a Wheeled Mobile Robot (Senior Design Project)
Mike Sleasman		Design and Implementation of a Wheeled Mobile Robot (Senior Design Project)
Damon Knapp		Design and Implementation of a Wheeled Mobile Robot (Senior Design Project)

Students
	Madusudanan S. Narayanan Ph.D. Candidate ms329(at)buffalo.edu --- M.S. (Thesis), Sep. 2008	Xiao Bo Zhou Ph.D. Candidate xzhou9(at)buffalo.edu ---
	Seung Kook Jun Ph.D. Candidate seungjun(at)buffalo.edu --- M.S. (Thesis). Jun 2004	Suren Kumar Ph. D. Candidate surenkum(at)buffalo.edu ---
	Priyanshu Agarwal Ph.D. Candidate priyansh(at)buffalo.edu	Aliekabar Alamdari Ph. D. Candidate aalamdar(at)buffalo.edu ---
	Yuvaraj Naikavde M.S. Thesis yuvrajra(at)buffalo.edu ---
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