DRAIL

DRAIL LAB

Summer 2025

Faculty

Jonathan Hurst

DRAIL Co-Director,
Professor, MIME

Alan Fern

DRAIL Co-Director,
Professor, CoRIS, EECS

Fuxin Li

DRAIL Co-Director,
Associate Professor, EECS

Stefan Lee

DRAIL Co-Director,
Associate Professor, EECS

Senior Faculty Research

Aayam Shrestha

Assistant Professor
Senior Research

Chanho Kim

Assistant Professor
Senior Research

Doctoral Students

Jeremy Dao

PhD Candidate,
Artificial Intelligence

Mohitvishnu Gadde

PhD Candidate,
Robotics & Artificial Intelligence

Ashish Malik

PhD Candidate,
Artificial Intelligence

Pranay Duggar

PhD Candidate,
Artificial Intelligence

Devin Crowley

PhD Candidate,
Artificial Intelligence

Bikram Pandit

PhD Student,
Artificial Intelligence

Skand

PhD Candidate,
Computer Science

Wesley Khademi

PhD Candidate,
Computer Science

Akhil Perincherry

PhD Candidate,
Artificial Intelligence

David Smerkous

PhD Student,
Artificial Intelligence

Hung Nguyen

PhD Student,
Computer Science

Mingqi Jiang

PhD Student,
Computer Science

Pritesh Verma

PhD Student,
Computer Science

Minku Kim

PhD Student,
Robotics

Masters Students

Ashutosh Gupta

Masters Student,
Robotics

Undergraduate Students

Bryan Chen

Bachelors Student,
Computer Science

Collaborators/Research Assistants

Yuxin Peng

Faculty Research Assistant,

Postdoctoral Alumni

Daniel Renjewski, Mechanical Engineering.
Siavash Rezazadeh, Mechanical Engineering.
Alex Sproewitz, Mechanical Engineering.
Behnam Dadashzadeh, Mechanical Engineering.
Huaxin Liu, Mechanical Engineering.

Graduate Alumni

Name	Department	Recruited To
Helei Duan	PhD, Robotics	Agility Robotics
Bart van Marum	Visiting Researcher
Fangzhou Yu	MS, Robotics	Boston Dynamics AI Institute
Kevin Green	PhD, Robotics	Agility Robotics
Ryan Batke	MS, Robotics	Sanctuary AI
Jonah Siekmann	MS, Robotics	Agility Robotics
Lorenzo Bermillo	MEng, Robotics	Duolingo
Patrick Clary	MS, Robotics	Agility Robotics
Mike Hector	MS, Robotics	Embedded Resources Group
Brian Layng	MS, Robotics	Edwards Vacuum
Jesse Rond	MS, Robotics	Vicarious
Taylor Apgar	MS, Robotics	Agility Robotics
Andy Abate	PhD, Robotics	Agility Robotics
Pavel Zaytsev	MS, Robotics	Imagination International
Mikhail Jones	MS, Robotics	Cofounded Agility Robotics
Christian Hubicki	PhD, Robotics	Postdoc at Georgia Tech
Hamid Vejdani	PhD, Robotics	Postdoc at Brown University
Andrew Peekema	MS, Robotics	Honeybee Robotics
Jesse Grimes	MS, Robotics	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kevin Kemper	MS, Robotics	Meka Robotics
Devin Koepl	MS, Robotics	Hewlett-Packard
Brent Piercy	MS, Robotics	Ekso Bionics

Undergraduate Alumni

Name	Department
Yesh Godse	Computer Science
John Warila	Computer Science
Jonah Siekmann	Computer Science
Pedro Morais	Computer Science
Andrew Sanders	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mitch Bernards	Mechanical Engineering
Ryan Domres	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ross McCullough	Mechanical Engineering
Ryan Van Why	Math & Computer Science
Soo-Hyun Yoo	Computer Science
Nathan Berge	Mechanical Engineering
Fred Berthelsdorf	Mechanical Engineering
Justin Blumer	Mechanical Engineering
Michael Dexter	Mechanical Engineering
Jacob Espinosa	Mechanical Engineering
Nick Hansen	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Allison Joyner	Mechanical Engineering
Jonathan Luc	Mechanical Engineering
Jonathan Mick	Mechanical Engineering
Ethan Shepard	Mechanical Engineering
Eric Bortvedt	Civil Engineering
Joe Colett	Mechanical Engineering
Mitchell Daniels	Mechanical Engineering
Drew Gabler	Mechanical Engineering
Dylan Haney	Mechanical Engineering
Aidan Lance	Computer Science
Kaitlin Perdue	Music
Alex Sheehan	Mechanical Engineering
Kit Morton	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ryan Skeele	Mechanical Engineering