Postdoctoral Scientists
Dr. Radu Robotin
Radu received his Ph.D in Automation from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2010. His current research focuses on developing autonomous capabilities for a tracked hybrid mobile robotic platform.
E-mail: robotin@gwu.edu
PhD Students
Paul Moubarak
Paul received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 2007. He is currently a Ph.D. student and is working on the development of a new modular and reconfigurable multi-robotic mobile modules for search and rescue operations.
Research Title: Design and development of omni-directional robotic modules with self-reconfigureable mobility and manipulation
E-mail: paul4@gwmail.gwu.edu
Zhou Ma
Zhou received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Science and Technology, Beijing. He is currently a Ph.D. student whose research currently focuses on robotics, embedded systems and haptic devices.
Research Title: Design and development of embeded hardware architecture for autonomous robots and haptic interfaces
E-mail: mazhou@gwmail.gwu.edu
Will Rone
Will Rone received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University in 2010. He is currently a Ph.D. student with research interests in design and control of autonomous mobile robots.
Research Title: Modeling, Analisys and Development of Cooperative Continuum Robotic Manipulation
E-mail: wsrone@gwmail.gwu.edu
Anil Kumar
Anil received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2010. He is currently a Ph.D. student and is working on the development of vision guided autonomous micro-robotic systems. His research interests are in robotics, computer vision, and biomedical signal/image analysis.
Research Title: Vision guided micro-scale locomotion and manipulation in Biorobotics
E-mail:anilinfotek@gwmail.gwu.edu
Masters Students
Chad Gilman
Chad received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University in 2005. He is currently a Masters student focusing in Design of Mechanical Engineering Systems.
Research Title: Medical Robotics – Human Joint Assist Robot
E-mail: cvgilman@gwmail.gwu.edu
Spencer Anderson
Spencer Anderson received his B.A. degree in Mathematics in 2011 from the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He is currently a Masters student focusing his research in robotics.
Research Title: New modeling and analysis modalities for robotics applications
E-mail: sa_nd_5@gwmail.gwu.edu
Visiting Professors
Dr. Jae-Weon Choi
Prof. Choi received his Ph.D. degree from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea in 1995. He is a Professor in Pusan National University, Korea. He came to visit the Robotics and Mechatronics Lab as a Visiting Professor. His areas of research and academic interests are focused on Navigation, Guidance, and Control for Autonomous Vehicles.
E-mail: choijw@gwu.edu
Visiting Research Scholars
Dr. Arif Ankarali
Dr. Arif Ankarali received his Ph.D. degree from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey in 1997. He is an Assistant Professor from Selcuk University, Turkey. His areas of research and academic interests are focused on Mathematical modelling of Mechanical Systems, Mechanical Vibrations, and Controls.
E-mail: ankarali@gwu.edu
Undergraduate Students
Jeffrey Phillips
Jeffrey Phillips is a senior undergraduate student studying for a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. His current research activities are focused on continuum robotics.
E-mail: jeffrey.d.phillips.jr@gmail.com
Jimmy Gomez
Jimmy Gomez is a senior undergraduate studying for his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. His research activities are concentrated in the area of robotic exoskeleton devices for augmenting wrist movement and grip function in debilitated patients.
E-mail: jgomez11@gwmail.gwu.edu
Eric Alvarez
Eric Alvarez is a rising junior undergraduate studying for his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering with a Robotics Option. His research activities are concentrated in the areas of robotics and computer-aided design.
E-mail: eric228@gwmail.gwu.edu
Danielle Barsky
Danielle Barsky is a senior undergraduate student working toward her B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. Her current research activities focus on computer-aided design.
E-mail: danib@gwmail.gwu.edu
Alumni
Dr. Xianxin Ke (Postdoctoral Scientist, Feb. 2010 - Feb. 2011)
Dr. Xianxin Ke received his masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jiangsu University in 1998, and Ph.D. in Mechatronics from Shanghai University in 2005 . His research was on dynamic mobility analysis of omni-directional robotic locomotion.
E-mail: xxke@gwu.edu
Gustavo Ruiz (Engineer Intern, Oct. 2010 - Dec. 2010)
Mr. Gustavo Ruiz arrived from the Polytechnic University of Chiapas in Mexico to GWU and completed a semester-long internship in RML. Mr. Ruiz holds a bachelors in Mechatronics Engineering. He worked with Prof. Ben-Tzvi on Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations for mechatronic systems.
E-mail: gustavors88@gmail.com
Dr. Samer Charifa (Postdoctoral Scientist, Nov. 2009 - June. 2010)
Dr. Samer Charifa received his Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina A & T State University in 2009. He holds B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering. His research was on extraction of 3D images using pitch-actuated 2D laser range finder for robotic vision.
E-mail: samer@gwu.edu
Mike Zhuk (Senior Ungergraduate Intern, January - April 2010)
Mike Zhuk was an intern from the University of California, Irvine where he is a senior undergraduate student working towards his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. His research focused on developing a real-time dynamic model and virtual prototype platform for mobile robotic systems using ADAMS and MATLAB. E-mail: mzhuk@uci.edu
Dr. Getachew Befekadu (Visiting Research Scholar, Oct. 2009 - Jan. 2010)
Dr. Befekadu received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, in 2006 with emphasis in Applied Mathematics and Control System Engineering. His research was on decentralized control and optimization of interconnected systems with applications to multiple robots coordination.