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Principal Investigator
Dr. Ming Luo,
Director, Mechanically-Intelligent Autonomous Robotics (MIAR) Robotics Laboratory
Flaherty Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU
Affiliate Assistant Professor, The Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems (CPAAS), WSU
Postdoc: Stanford University, 2020
PhD: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2017
Postdoc scholars:
PhD students:
Justin Allen, ME PhD student starting Fall 2021 (GAANN Fellowship, Madison & Virginia Oliver Endowment, and Harold P. Curtis Scholarship)
Research: Soft Robotic Manipulator
BS: Washington State University, ME, 2021
Email: justin.allen3@wsu.edu
Ryan Dorosh, ME PhD student starting Fall 2022 (Nakahara Tsuyoshi and Mary Fellowship, Robert and Nancy Strong Graduate Fellowship, Harold P. Curtis Scholarship, and Crimson Opportunity Scholarship)
Research: Soft Manipulator in Agriculture
BS: Washington State University, ME, 2022
Email: ryan.dorosh@wsu.edu
Chris Ninatanta, ME PhD student starting Fall 2023 (WSU NRT-LEAD fellow, Harold P. Curtis Scholarship, and Homer J. Dana Memorial Fund Scholarship)
Research: Cyber Physical System in Agricultural Robotics
BS: Washington State University, ME 2023
Email: c.ninatanta@wsu.edu
Ariel Ramos, BSysE PhD student starting Fall 2023 (WSU NRT-LEAD fellow), Co-advised with Dr. Manoj Karkee.
Research: Vision Machine in Agricultural Robotics
BS: Washington State University, ME 2023
Email: ariel.ramos@wsu.edu
Justin Pilgrim, ME PhD student starting Fall 2024 (WSU NRT-LEAD fellow, Delta Scholarship Fund, and Robert and Nancy Strong Graduate Fellowship)
Research: Soft Robotics
BS: Washington State University, ME 2023
Email: justin.pilgrim@wsu.edu
Cole James, ME PhD student starting Fall 2024 (WSU NRT-LEAD fellow and Howard H. and Erna Bradbury Langdon Endowed Scholarship)
Research: Soft Robotics
BS: Washington State University, ME 2021
Email: cole.james@wsu.edu
Alumni:
Dr. Kyle Yoshida, Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (Now: Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA)
Collaborators:
Dr. Manoj Karkee, Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell
Dr. Tahira Probst, Professor, Department of Psychology, WSU
Dr. Soobin Seo, Associate Professor, Hospitality Business Management, WSU Everett
Dr. Matthew Whiting, Professor, Horticulture, WSU.
Dr. Yu Jiang, Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell AgriTech