People

Principal Investigator

Yan Chen

Assistant Professor

Engineering, The Polytechnic School

Dr. Chen’s research interests include design, modeling, estimation, control, optimization, and safety of dynamic systems, specifically for connected and automated vehicle, multi-agent mobile, energy, and mechatronic systems.

Ph.D. Students

Mingzhe Liu

Ph.D. Student

Systems Engineering

Gang Wang

Ph.D. Student

Systems Engineering

Shi Lu

Ph.D. Student (co-advise)

Electric Engineering

Jialin Wan

Ph.D. Student (co-advise)

Computer Engineering

Shaowei Wang

Ph.D. Student

Systems Engineering

Thalia Alicia Morel Otazú

Visiting Ph.D. Student

Systems Engineering

Repeat this section for masters and undergrad students

Harsh Gangwar

M.S. Student

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Rohan Khaire

M.S. Student

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Rohit Menon

M.S. Student

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Trevor Wild

Undergraduate Student

Barret The Honors College

Shuhao Yang

Undergraduate Student

Engineering

Shani Spector

High School Student

Herberger Young Scholars Academy

DSCL Alumni

Post-doc Researchers

• Dr. Yue Shi, 2018-2019, Senior Engineer at WBTL.

Ph.D. Graduates

• Dr. Ao Li, Ph.D. Fall 2023, joined General Motors as Research Engineer after graduation.
• Dr. Yiwen Huang, Ph.D. Spring 2021, joined XPeng Motors as Senior Motion Control Engineer after graduation.
• Dr. Fengchen Wang, Ph.D. Spring 2020, joined MathWorks as Senior Software Engineer after graduation.

M.S. Graduates

• Mr. Kaushik Kumar Gujarathi, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Summer 2022, joined Toyota North American after graduation.
• Mr. Thiagarajan Chidambareswaran, M.S. in Electric Engineering, Spring 2019, joined General Motors R&D after graduation.
• Mr. Vaishakh Nair, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2019, joined Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC. after graduation.
• Mr. Yue Zhao, M.S. in Engineering, Summer 2018, joined ASM America Inc. after graduation.
• Mr. Hongru Xu, M.S. in Engineering, Summer 2018, joined ASM America Inc. after graduation.
• Mr. Satya Vamshi Pattela, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2018, joined Tenshon LLC. after graduation.
• Ms. Nikita Deshpande, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2018, joined TruStop Inc. after graduation.
• Mr. Kaushik Munusamy Kabilan, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2017, joined Honda R&D Americas after graduation.
• Ms. Nitharshini Sivakumar, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Fall 2017, joined PAL Robotics after graduation.

B.S. Graduates

• Mr. Brandon Dunn, B.S. Spring 2019, joined Arizona State University as a graduate student after graduation.
• Mr. Sam Deadrick, B.S. Spring 2019, joined Carnegie Mellon University as a graduate student after graduation.