Team

Principal Investigator

Junfeng Zhao

Assistant Professor

Engineering, The Polytechnic School

[email protected]
602/496-3386
6155 S Innovation Way West Office 250A Mesa AZ 85212

Dr. Junfeng Zhao is an assistant professor at Arizona State University, where he founded the Battery Electric & Intelligent Vehicle (BELIV) Lab.
https://faculty.engineering.asu.edu/jzhao/

Ph.D. Students

Jingxiong Meng

Hengcong Guo

Steve Rundus

(co-advise)

Haorao Ding

Master Students

Deandre San Agustin

Dheeraj Reddy Pasham

Anirudh Iyer

Andy Tsai

Rakshith Baskar

Undergraduate Students

Myles White

Xiaoxi Wang

Lab Alumni

Mr. Pranav Ramesh Bidare, M.S. (Thesis) Fall 2025, Engineer I, Hitachi Astemo Mobility, USA

Mr. Venkata Seetha Ram Mohan Thota, M.S. (Project) Spring 2025,

Mr. Yoganandam Velamuri, M.S. (Project) Spring 2025, Software Development Engineer, Amazon Robotics, USA

Mr. Yiyang Lin, M.S. (Project) Spring 2025, Electrical Engineer, Advanced Automation Group, USA

Mr. Nithish Kumar Saravanan, M.S. (Thesis) Fall 2024, Robotics Engineer, Bharat Forge, India

Mr. Pranav Rajesh, M.S. (Thesis) Fall 2024, Project Engineer, Strata Innovative Solutions, USA

Mr. Sunder Swaminathan, M.S. (Thesis) Fall 2024, Functional Safety Engineer, SafeLink Innovations, USA

Ms. Sobha Srujana Patri, M.S. (Project) Fall 2024,

Ms. Sudeeksha Chagarlamudi, M.S. (Project) Fall 2024, Co-Founder and Head of Product, Naware, USA

Mr. Krithik Rajavelu, M.S. (Project) Fall 2024, Robotics Control Engineer, Persimmon Technologies Corporation, USA

Mr. Dheeraj Kallakuri, M.S. (Project) Fall 2024, System Engineer, Caterpillar Inc., USA

Mr. Nathan Fahner, M.S. (Project) Fall 2024, Manufacturing Engineer, CNH Industrial, USA

Mr. Shun-Yen Wang, M.S. (Thesis) Fall 2024, Project Engineer, TSMC, USA

Mr. Jiangtao Li, M.S. (Project) Fall 2023, Project Engineer, BYD North America, USA

Mr. Gavin O’Malley, M.S. (Thesis) Fall 2023, Safety Engineer, USA