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Spencer Folk Defends Dissertation on Real Time Local Wind Inference for Robust Autonomous Navigation
Defenses / PhD

Spencer Folk Defends Dissertation on Real Time Local Wind Inference for Robust Autonomous Navigation

Posted on: January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Spencer Folk has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Real Time Local Wind Inference for Robust Autonomous Navigation,” completed under the guidance of Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean and […]

Li Yuan Defends Dissertation on Self-Assembly of 2D Materials
Defenses / PhD

Li Yuan Defends Dissertation on Self-Assembly of 2D Materials

Posted on: December 1, 2025December 1, 2025

Li Yuan has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), marking the culmination of a journey that carried him from uncertainty during the […]

Yucong Hua Defends Dissertation on Pneumatic Actuation in Soft Robotic Systems
Defenses / PhD

Yucong Hua Defends Dissertation on Pneumatic Actuation in Soft Robotic Systems

Posted on: October 13, 2025October 13, 2025

Yucong Hua has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Pneumatic Actuation in Soft Robotic Systems,” under the supervision of Jordan Raney, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics […]

Yasaman Moharrer Defends Dissertation on How YAP & TAZ Drive Load-Induced Bone Adaptation
Defenses / PhD

Yasaman Moharrer Defends Dissertation on How YAP & TAZ Drive Load-Induced Bone Adaptation

Posted on: October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

Yasaman Moharrer has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “The Role of YAP and TAZ in Regulating Load-induced Bone Adaptation and Osteocyte Mechanosensing,” under the guidance of Joel Boerckel, […]

Gregory Campbell Defends Dissertation on Elastomeric Strain Limitation for Design of Soft Pneumatic Actuators
Defenses / PhD

Gregory Campbell Defends Dissertation on Elastomeric Strain Limitation for Design of Soft Pneumatic Actuators

Posted on: July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Gregory Campbell has succesfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Elastomeric Strain Limitation for Design of Soft Pneumatic Actuators” under the guidance of Mark Yim, Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical […]

Yiding Zhang Defends Master’s Thesis on Computational Modeling of C. elegans
Defenses / Master's

Yiding Zhang Defends Master’s Thesis on Computational Modeling of C. elegans

Posted on: May 21, 2025May 21, 2025

For many students, the path to a graduate degree is a journey of self-discovery, and for Yiding Zhang, his journey has been one of academic evolution and unexpected […]

Brian Acosta Defends Dissertation on Real-Time Locomotion Control for Bipedal Robots
Defenses / PhD

Brian Acosta Defends Dissertation on Real-Time Locomotion Control for Bipedal Robots

Posted on: May 12, 2025May 12, 2025

Brian Acosta has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Real-Time Perception and Mixed-Integer Footstep Control for Underactuated Bipedal Walking on Rough Terrain” under the guidance of Michael Posa, Assistant […]

Victoria Edwards Defends Dissertation on Multi Robot Task Assignment in Dynamic Environments
Defenses / PhD

Victoria Edwards Defends Dissertation on Multi Robot Task Assignment in Dynamic Environments

Posted on: April 29, 2025April 30, 2025

Victoria “Torrie” Edwards has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Macroscopic Ensemble Methods for Multi Robot Task Assignment in Dynamic Environments” under the guidance of M. Ani Hsieh, Associate […]

Christopher Kim Defends Dissertation on Impedance-Driven Self-Sensing Actuators
Defenses / PhD

Christopher Kim Defends Dissertation on Impedance-Driven Self-Sensing Actuators

Posted on: February 26, 2025February 26, 2025

Christopher Kim has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Leveraging Impedance-Related Properties for Free Self-Sensing in Actuators for Compact Robots,” under the guidance of Cynthia Sung, Associate Professor in […]

Xiaoheng Zhu Defends Dissertation on Bio-Inspired Design
Defenses / PhD

Xiaoheng Zhu Defends Dissertation on Bio-Inspired Design

Posted on: February 17, 2025February 17, 2025

Xiaoheng Zhu has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Bio-inspired Architected Materials/structures with Enhanced Failure Characteristics,” working under the guidance of Jordan Raney, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and […]

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