People

Hongrui Yu

Ph.D. Candidate 

Email: yhongrui@umich.edu   

Research Topic: Human-Robot Physical Collaboration 

Somin Park

Ph.D. Candidate 

Email: somin@umich.edu 

Research Topic: Human-Robot Natural Interaction 

Yifan Xu

Ph.D. Pre-Candidate 

Email: yfx@umich.edu 

Research Topic: Shared-Control Robotics 

Xiaoshan Zhou

Ph.D. Pre-Candidate 

Email: xszhou@umich.edu  

Research Topic: Shared-Control Robotics  

Xingqiao Zhu

Master's Student Researcher 

Email: xingqiao@umich.edu    

Research Topic: Construction Robotics

Qianwei (Robin) Wang

Undergraduate Student Researcher 

Email: qweiw@umich.edu 

Research Topic: Assistive Robotics

Vedanth Kallakuri

Undergraduate Student Researcher 

Email: vkallaku@umich.edu 

Research Topic: Construction Robotics 

Xi Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University 

Research Topic: Robot Digital Twinning 

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

Research Fellow, NIOSH 

Research Topic: Robot Imitation Learning 

Kurt Lundeen, Ph.D.

Research Engineer in Robotics, Ford Motor Company

Research Topic: Adaptive Robotics 

Lichao Xu, Ph.D. 

SLAM Engineer, Flexiv Robotics 

Research Topic: Robotic Scene Understanding 

Chen Feng, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, New York University 

Research Topic: Robot Pose Estimation

Suyang Dong, Ph.D.

Software Engineer, Google

Research Topic: Augmented Reality 

Yong Xiao, Ph.D.

Lucid Motors

Research Topic: Geometric Modeling 

Jeong-Hwan Kim, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Scholar

Research Topic: Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction

Manu Akula, Ph.D.

[Deceased] Formerly, Practice Manager, Enovio Consulting

Research Topic: Context-Aware Computing

Ihab Ismail, Ph.D.

President and CEO, Enovio Consulting 

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

Ehsan Rezazadeh Azar, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research Topic: Equipment Monitoring 

Sanat Talmaki, Ph.D.

Marketing Analytics Manager, IGT 

Research Topic: Real-Time Visualization

Hyounseok Moon, Ph.D. 

Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Construction Technology

Research Topic: Human Motion Modeling  

Fei Dai, Ph.D.

Visiting Ph.D. Scholar

Associate Professor, West Virginia University

Research Topic: Photogrammetry 

Hiam Khoury, Ph.D. 

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

Amir Behzadan, Ph.D.

Professor, Texas A&M University

Researhc Topic: Outdoor Augmented Reality 

Sumukha Udupa

MSE (Robotics) Researcher  

Research Topic: Shared Control in Assistive Robots 

Chao-Chung (Jason) Yang 

Visiting Research Scholar

Research Topic: Building Information Modeling

Zhiyuan Zuo 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Robotics 

Steve Chapel 

Research Scholar

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Nick Fredricks 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Robot Navigation  

Aakash Mittal 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Varsha Venkatesh 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Pedestrian Tracking 

Alireza Golabchi, Ph.D. 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Building Information Modeling  

Lin Liu 

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Facilities Management Using BIM 

Srinath Sridhar, Ph.D.

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Computer Vision 

Shen Wang

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Earned Value Analysis Using BIM 

Souha Alameddine
Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Sustainability Aspects of Steel Construction 

Jin Lee

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Automated Pavement Condition Assessment 

Matthew Weber

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Modular Construction Techniques

Chachrist Srisuwanrat, Ph.D.
Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: As-Built Product Models

Laila Badran

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: CIMSTEEL Integration Standard (CIS/2)

Donald Klokkenga

Graduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: From BIM to buildingSMART

Jack Kosaian 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Gabriel Bartosiewicz 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Brendan Hart 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Jiannan Huang 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Sumayya Atmeh 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Reid Rossberger 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Tracey Lo 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Crystal Fletcher 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Ritika Mehta 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control  

Bradley Hecht 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Malia Taqbeem 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Augmented Reality

Karan Veer Singh 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Augmented Reality 

Joshua Rios 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Machine Control 

Brian Timm
Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topics: Augmented Reality and Visual Simulation

Raghav Grover 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Construction Robotics 

Yinzhen Jin 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Visualization of Object Flow in Flood Waters 

Swetha Viswanatha 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Visualization for Process Design 

Akash Garg

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Automated Concrete Segment Production 

Chelsea Woods 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Topic: Excavation Safety

Asif Iqbal

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