Research Group


Research Groups

Kod*lab

Kod*lab

Dan Koditschek

Researchers at the Kod*lab are interested in the application of dynamical systems theory to the invention and construction of intelligent machines and systems, with a particular focus on biologically inspired robotics. Many of them have worked in robotics with emphasis on dynamical dexterity and the management of kinetic energy in designing machines capable of performing useful work on their bodies and environments. Others have worked on more abstract problems of control and coordination with the object of developing new methods of design and analysis toward the construction of such machines.

* Undergraduate researchers are listed on the research group website

Faculty

Dan Koditschek

Alfred Fitler Moore Professor, ESE


Staff

Jeremy Wang

Robotics MSE '16 - Associate Director, PERCH Design and Fabrication Facility


Wei-Hsi Chen

PhD, ESE '22 - Postdoctoral Researcher, ESE


Students

Griffon McMahon

PhD, MEAM - Robotics MSE '22


Timothy Greco

PhD, ESE


Alumni

Aaron Johnson

PhD, ESE '14, Associate Professor - Carnegie Mellon University


Abriana Stewart-Height

PhD, ESE '23 - Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT


Adnan Jafferjee

Robotics MSE '19 - Mechanical Engineer, Formlabs


Aja Carter

PostDoc, ESE '20-'23 - Carnegie Mellon University


Alexander Kearns

Robotics MSE '18


Avik De

PhD, ESE '17- PostDoc, Harvard SEAS and Wyss Institute


Benjamin Bernstein

Robotics MSE '19 - Electromagnetic Engineer, Bresslergroup


Berkay Deniz Ilhan

PhD, ESE '17, PostDoc, ESE '19 - Head of Electronics and Firmware, Ghost Robotics


Cristina Wilson

PostDoc, ESE '18-'22 - Oregon State University


Dan Guralnik

PostDoc, ESE '19


Diedra Krieger

Lab Coordinator - Kod*Lab (2012- 2023)


Diego Caporale

Robotics MSE '19, PhD, MEAM '24


Ethan Musser

Robotics MSE '22


Evelyn Fifi Yeung

Robotics MSE '16 - Software Development Engineer, Amazon Robotics


Feifei Qian

Post Doc, ESE '19 - WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor, University of Southern California


Gabriel Lopes

Visiting Scholar '08 - Delft University of Technology


Garrett Wenger

Robotics MSE '16; Lead Electrical Engineer, Key Tech Inc.


Gavin Kenneally

PhD, MEAM '21 - CPO, Ghost Robotics


Goran Lynch

PhD, ESE '11 - Project Manager at Synapse


Jake Fine

Robotics MSE '19 - Hardware Engineer, Facebook


Jeffrey Duperret

PhD, ESE '19; Principal Engineer, Ghost Robotics


Juncheng Li

Robotics MSE '19 - Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats Institute


Kevin Alcedo

Robotics MSE '16 - Artificial Intelligence Research Manager, Lockheed Martin


Mary Nahill

Robotics MSE '19


Matthew Kvalheim

PostDoc, ESE '22


Mitch Fogelson

Robotics MSE '18 - PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University


Omur Arslan

PhD, ESE '16, PostDoc, ESE '17 - Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology


Paul Reverdy

PostDoc, ESE '17 - Applied Scientist, Amazon


Shai Revzen

PostDoc '12, ESE - Assistant Professor, University of Michigan


Shane Rozen-Levy

PhD, MEAM '23 - Boston Dynamics


Shiv Dalla

Robotics MSE '19


Sonia Roberts

ESE, PhD '21 - Postdoctoral Research Associate at Northeastern University


Thomas (Turner) Topping

PhD, ESE '23 - Ghost Robotics


Vasileios Vasilopoulos

PhD, MEAM '21; PostDoc, ESE '21 - Ghost Robotics


Vincent Pacelli

Robotics MSE '17 - PhD Candidate, Princeton University


Vivek Venkatram

Robotics MSE '18 - icuemotion


Yilin Liu

Robotics MSE '16 - Senior Software Engineer, Beckman Coulter