People

Current Group Members

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Xiaoshan Zhou

Ph.D. Pre-Candidate 

Email: xszhou@umich.edu  

Research Topic: Shared-Control Robotics  

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Yifan Xu

Ph.D. Pre-Candidate 

Email: yfx@umich.edu 

Research Topic: Shared-Control Robotics 

Qianwei (Robin) Wang

Undergraduate Student Researcher 

Email: qweiw@umich.edu 

Research Topic: Assistive Robotics

Ziming Luo

Master's Student Researcher 

Email: luozm@umich.edu 

Research Topic: Assistive Robotics 


Zahraa Bazzi

Master's Student Researcher 

Email: bazzizf@umich.edu   

Research Topic: Assistive Robotics

Xingqiao Zhu

Master's Student Researcher 

Email: xingqiao@umich.edu    

Research Topic: Construction Robotics

Vedanth Kallakuri

Undergraduate Student Researcher 

Email: vkallaku@umich.edu 

Research Topic: Construction Robotics 

Former Ph.D. Students and Post-Doctoral Scholars

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Hongrui Yu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech 

Research Topic: Human-Robot Physical Collaboration

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Somin Park, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, University of Texas Arlington 

Research Topic: Human-Robot Natural Interaction

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Xi Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University 

Research Topic: Robot Digital Twinning 

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Ci-Jyun (Polar) Liang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University 

Research Topic: Robot Imitation Learning 

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Kurt Lundeen, Ph.D.

Research Engineer in Robotics, Ford Motor Company

Research Topic: Adaptive Robotics 

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Lichao Xu, Ph.D. 

SLAM Engineer, Flexiv Robotics 

Research Topic: Robotic Scene Understanding 

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Chen Feng, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, New York University 

Research Topic: Robot Pose Estimation

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Suyang Dong, Ph.D.

Software Engineer, Google

Research Topic: Augmented Reality 

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Yong Xiao, Ph.D.

Lucid Motors

Research Topic: Geometric Modeling 

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Jeong-Hwan Kim, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Scholar

Research Topic: Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction

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Manu Akula, Ph.D.

[Deceased] Formerly, Practice Manager, Enovio Consulting

Research Topic: Context-Aware Computing

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Ihab Ismail, Ph.D.

President and CEO, Enovio Consulting 

Research Topic: Financial Cash Flow Determinants of Company Failure in Construction 

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Ehsan Rezazadeh Azar, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research Topic: Equipment Monitoring 

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Sanat Talmaki, Ph.D.

Marketing Analytics Manager, IGT 

Research Topic: Real-Time Visualization

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Hyounseok Moon, Ph.D. 

Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Construction Technology

Research Topic: Human Motion Modeling  

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Fei Dai, Ph.D.

Visiting Ph.D. Scholar

Associate Professor, West Virginia University

Research Topic: Photogrammetry 

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Hiam Khoury, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor, American University of Beirut
Research Topic: Context Aware Computing

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Amir Behzadan, Ph.D.

Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

Research Topic: Outdoor Augmented Reality 

Former Master's Research Students

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Sumukha Udupa

MSE (Robotics) Researcher  

Research Topic: Shared Control in Assistive Robots 

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Chao-Chung (Jason) Yang 

Visiting Research Scholar

Research Topic: Building Information Modeling

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Zhiyuan Zuo 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Robotics 

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Steve Chapel 

Research Scholar

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Nick Fredricks 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Robot Navigation  

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Aakash Mittal 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Varsha Venkatesh 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Pedestrian Tracking 

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Alireza Golabchi, Ph.D. 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Building Information Modeling  

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Lin Liu 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Facilities Management Using BIM 

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Srinath Sridhar, Ph.D.

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Computer Vision 

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Shen Wang

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Earned Value Analysis Using BIM 

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Souha Alameddine
Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Sustainability Aspects of Steel Construction 

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Jin Lee

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Automated Pavement Condition Assessment 

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Matthew Weber

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Modular Construction Techniques

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Chachrist Srisuwanrat, Ph.D.
Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: As-Built Product Models

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Laila Badran

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: CIMSTEEL Integration Standard (CIS/2)

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Donald Klokkenga

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: From BIM to buildingSMART

Former Undergraduate Research Students

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Jack Kosaian 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Gabriel Bartosiewicz 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Brendan Hart 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Jiannan Huang 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Sumayya Atmeh 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Reid Rossberger 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Tracey Lo 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Crystal Fletcher 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Ritika Mehta 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control  

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Bradley Hecht 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Malia Taqbeem 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Augmented Reality

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Karan Veer Singh 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Augmented Reality 

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Joshua Rios 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

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Brian Timm
Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topics: Augmented Reality and Visual Simulation


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Raghav Grover 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Construction Robotics 

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Yinzhen Jin 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Visualization of Object Flow in Flood Waters 

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Swetha Viswanatha 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Visualization for Process Design 

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Akash Garg

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Automated Concrete Segment Production 

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Chelsea Woods 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Excavation Safety

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Asif Iqbal

Undergraduate Student Researcher Research Topic: Augmented Reality “Magic Book”