Team

Meet the researchers and students connecting geometric foundations, computational methods, and experiments in robotics and aerospace engineering.

Lab Director

Taeyoung Lee

Professor and Lab Director

Geometric mechanics, control, estimation, and learning

Postdoctoral Researchers

Beomyeol Yu

Postdoctoral Researcher

2026–present

Geometric reinforcement learning for aerial robotics

Graduate Students

Cheng Liu

Doctoral Student

2024–present

Vision-language models and human–robot interaction

Jingshuo Li

Doctoral Student

2026–present

Physics-aware vision-language-action models for aerial robotics

Undergraduate Students

Jaden Shin

Undergraduate Researcher

2025–present

Unmanned ground vehicles

Mason Huslig

Undergraduate Researcher

2025–present

Unmanned ground vehicles

Samuel Cordova

Undergraduate Researcher

2026–present

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Alumni

Tejaswi K. C.

Former Postdoctoral Researcher

Ph.D., 2023

Lab: 2019–2026

Stochastic hybrid systems and geometric uncertainty propagation

Karl Simon

Research Alumnus

M.S., 2025

Lab: 2022–2025

LiDAR perception and ship-relative UAV navigation

Alex Vasilev

Undergraduate Research Alumnus

Lab: 2024–2025

Unmanned ground vehicles

Zichao Hou

Research Alumnus

Ph.D., 2023

Lab: 2018–2024

Adaptive plasma treatment and learning-based control

Weixin Wang

Research Alumnus

Ph.D., 2022

Lab: 2019–2022

Geometric probability, attitude estimation, and hybrid systems

Kani Gamagedara

Research Alumnus

Ph.D., 2022

Lab: 2016–2022

Geometric control and estimation for maritime UAVs

Allegra Farrar

Undergraduate Research Alumna

Lab: 2018–2020

Human–UAV interaction

Noah Curtiss

Undergraduate Research Alumnus

Lab: 2017–2019

Multirotor UAV development

Carolyn Fisk

Undergraduate Research Alumna

Lab: 2017–2019

CubeSat mission analysis and design

Shankar Kulumani

Research Alumnus

Ph.D., 2018

Lab: 2014–2018

Geometric mechanics and low-thrust space missions

Mahdis Bisheban

Research Alumna

Ph.D., 2018

Lab: 2015–2018

Geometric estimation and control in wind fields

Evan Kaufman

Research Alumnus

Ph.D., 2018

Lab: 2012–2018

Multi-robot probabilistic mapping and exploration

Chris Poole

Undergraduate Research Alumnus

Lab: 2015–2018

Multirotor UAV development

Kuya Takami

Former Postdoctoral Researcher

Lab: 2016–2017

Autonomous aerial exploration

Tse-Huai Wu

Research Alumnus

Ph.D., 2016

Lab: 2011–2016

Geometric attitude control and estimation

Kiren Caldwell

Research Alumnus

M.S., 2015

Lab: 2013–2015

Outdoor UAV control and differential GPS

Farhad Goodarzi

Research Alumnus

Ph.D., 2015

Lab: 2011–2015

Geometric control and cooperative aerial transportation

John A. Dougherty

Research Alumnus

M.S., 2014

Lab: 2012–2014

Laser-guided autonomous UAV landing

Daewon Lee

Former Postdoctoral Researcher

Lab: 2012–2014

Adaptive control for aerial load transportation