PEOPLE


Faculty

Dr. Donghoon Kim
Director (Fall 2019 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Autonomous System Design & Development
  • Guidance, Navigation, and (Fault-tolerant) Control
  • Failure Detection, Isolation, and Reconfiguration
  • Celestial Mechanics
  • Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
  • Space Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence Applications

Current Researchers

Dr. Daegyun Choi
Postdoctoral Researcher
(Fall 2023 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Failure Detection and Diagnosis
  • Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
Sarah Hudson
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2024 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Space Robotics
  • Autonomous System Control
Diego Quevedo
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2024 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Space Robotics
  • Dynamics and Controls
Magnus Severing
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2025 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation
  • Space Robotics
Zhenyu Shi
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2024 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Resilient Architecture Design
  • Autonomous Systems
Ashmond Tetteh
Graduate Researcher
(Summer 2025 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
  • Optimization
Joseph Flynn
Graduate Researcher
(Summer 2025 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Autonomous Robots
  • Spacecraft Systems and Dynamics
Rajat Chadha
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2025 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Space Robotics
  • Autonomous System Design and Development
Ilyas Malik
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2025 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Space Robotics
  • Autonomous System Design and Development
Ozair Kissana
Undergraduate Researcher
(Fall 2025 - Present)

Research Interests:

  • Astrodynamics and celestial mechanics
  • Space robotics

Researchers on Leave

Sathya Karthikeyan
Graduate Researcher
(Spring 2022 - Spring 2025)

Current Role: To be updated

Former Members (Alumni)

Sungwook Yang
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2019)

Current Role: Ph.D. Student @ Mississippi State University

Prithev Govindasamy
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2020 - Spring 2021)

Current Role: Embedded System Engineer @ Tata Consultancy Services for Ford Motor Company

Kaushik Palani
Graduate Researcher
(Spring 2021 - Summer 2022)

Current Role: AI Engineer @ GOLGIX

Samson Griffin
Undergraduate Researcher
(Summer 2021 - Summer 2022)

Current Role: Aerospace Engineer @ Air Force Research Laboratory

Jashwanth Rao Venepally
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2020 - Fall 2022)

Current Role: Lead Embedded Software Engineer @ Wabtech Corporation

Mukhtar Ahmed
Graduate Researcher
(Spring 2022 - Spring 2023)

Current Role: MS Student @ University of Cincinnati

Anh Nguyen
Undergraduate Researcher
(Summer 2022 - Spring 2023)

Current Role: AI Intern @ Bifrost AI

Jarod Quinlisk
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2022 - Spring 2023)

Current Role: Engineer @ Belcan

Daegyun Choi
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2019 - Summer 2023)

Current Role: Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Cincinnati

Shyam Rauniyar
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2020 - Fall 2023)

Current Role: Control Systems Engineer @ Angel Aerial Systems

Dmitry Mohammad Manasreh
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2020 - Fall 2023)

Current Role: Senior Research Associate @ University of Cincinnati

Sameer Bhalla
Graduate Researcher
(Spring 2022 - Spring 2024)

Current Role: Control Software Engineer @ Gimbal Innovations Inc.

Yuxin Song
Undergraduate Researcher
(Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)

Current Role: Mechanical Engineer @Broad USA

Ruonan Yang
Undergraduate Researcher
(Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)

Current Role: To be updated

Huu Tri Nguyen
Undergraduate Researcher
(Spring 2021 - Spring 2024)

Current Role: PhD Student @ University of Cincinnati

Yashvi Srivastava
Undergraduate Researcher
(Fall 2021 - Spring 2024)

Current Role: SEO Engineer @ Helium SEO

Steven Kraine
Undergraduate Researcher
(Spring 2023 - Spring 2024)

Current Role: To be updated

James Caleb Gilger
Undergraduate Researcher
(Spring 2023 - Spring 2024)

Current Role: UG Student @ University of Cincinnati

Kuan Wen
Graduate Researcher
(Spring 2024 - Summer 2024)

Current Role: To be updated

Jakob Vilinsky
Undergraduate Researcher
(Spring 2024 - Summer 2024)

Current Role: To be updated

Leah Story
Undergraduate Researcher
(Fall 2023 - Summer 2024)

Current Role: Component Design Engineer @ Rolls-Royce

Kaloyan Armoutliev
Undergraduate Researcher
(Spring 2024 - Fall 2024)

Current Role: UG Student @ University of Cincinnati

Shivam Sinay Kharangate
Undergraduate Researcher
(Fall 2024 - Fall 2024)

Current Role: UG Student @ University of Cincinnati

Nitin Vasudevan
Undergraduate Researcher
(Spring 2024 - Fall 2024)

Current Role: UG Student @ University of Cincinnati

Josh Jones
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2024 - Summer 2025)

Current Role: Systems Engineer @ Kaney

Anirudh Chhabra
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2019 - Summer 2025)

Current Role: Postdoctoral Research Associate @ University of Liverpool

Alhim Vera Gonzalez
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2024 - Fall 2025)

Current Role: Machine Learning Engineer @ Voxel51

Aaron Borger
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2024 - Summer 2025)

Current Role: CEO @ Orbital Robotics

Gargi Das
Postdoctoral Researcher
(Spring 2025 - Spring 2026)

Current Role: To be updated

Shurendher Sampathkumar
Graduate Researcher
(Spring 2022 - Spring 2026)

Current Role: Mechatronics Engineer @ Meteora3D

Chun-Kai Yang
Graduate Researcher
(Fall 2025 - Spring 2026)

Current Role: To be updated