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Adaptive Robotics & Technology Lab

ART Lab

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

People

Faculty

Dr. Kiju Lee

Director of ART Lab @ TAMU

Associate Professor of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution (ETID) and Mechanical Engineering (MEEN)

Office: FERM 005B (TWR) | MEOB 219 (MF)

Telephone: 979-458-6479

Email: kiju.lee@tamu.edu

Dr. Kiju Lee is a professor jointly appointed in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She is the Director of the Adaptive Robotics and Technology (ART) Lab, where she leads an interdisciplinary research program focused on swarm robotics, autonomous systems, and novel robotic mechanisms.
Her research explores intelligent coordination of unmanned ground vehicles, advanced sensor fusion with inertial measurement units, and autonomous navigation across complex and dynamic environments such as agricultural fields and flat terrains. Dr. Lee’s recent work extends to mobile platforms, robot operating systems, and multi-agent collaboration, advancing the frontier of adaptive and resilient robotic systems.
Dr. Lee earned her B.S.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, and her M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Her publications span a wide range of topics, including swarm robotics, mobile robot design, 3D printing for robotic prototyping, and human–robot interaction.

Doctoral Students

Abdulaziz Farhan Alharbi

 

 

 

  • Doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering, F2023 – present
  • Research topic: Multi-robot systems and virtual-physical hybrid simulations
    Email: afalhar3@tamu.edu
    Personal Page

Marissa Kruse

  • Doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering, F2025 – present
  • Research topic: TBD
    Email: marissa_kruse@tamu.edu

Sanghyeon Nam

  • Doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering, F2025 – present
  • Research topic: Networked multi-robot manipulation, robust MPC, and live digital-twin co-execution for virtual–physical testing

    Email: snam@tamu.edu

    Personal Page

 

Neha Vemula

 

 

 

  • Doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering, F2022 – present
  • Research topic: Multi-robot systems and virtual-physical hybrid simulations
    Email: nv54@tamu.edu
    Personal Page

Masters Students

Haseeb Bajwa

  • MS Student in ETID

Shrikrishna Gad

  • MS student in Mechanical Engineering

Soumya Mohanty

 

 

  • MS Student in MEEN

    Email: mohantysoumya@tamu.edu

Alumni

Case Ashton

  • MS Student in ETID
  • Thesis topic: “Robotic Automation of Synbio Research Labs”
  • Co-advised by Dr. Arum Han, EECE

Xiangyi Cheng

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, May 2022
  • Dissertation title: Interactive e-Cube games for cognitive assessment
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Ohio Northern University

Elisabeth Ford

elisabethsageford@tamu.edu

  • MS in Engineering Technology, December 2022
  • Research Topic: e-Cube games for cognitive assessment

Matthew Hammond

  • MS in Engineering Technology, December 2022
  • Research Topic: ARMoR: Amphibious Robot for Mobility in Real World

Hayyam Tariq Iqbal

hayyam.iqbal@tamu.edu

  • Doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering, F2023 – present
  • Research topic: Robots for critical infrastructure inspection and monitoring

Annalisa Jarecki

  • MS in Mechanical Engineering, 2023
  • Research topic: Robotic manipulation in agriculture

Vishnu Kalyanram

  • MS in Mechanical Engineering, May 2022
  • Thesis title: Vision-based stair detection for multi-terrain mobile robots

Kangneoung Lee

eehoa12@tamu.edu

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, May 2024
  • Dissertation Title: “Advanced Autonomous Algorithms for Versatile Terrain Navigation and Multirobot Coverage Control”

Ricardo Munoz Castillo

  • MS in Engineering Technology, August 2022
  • Thesis title:  Integration of research and education on ROS-interfaced industrial robots and implementation of a soft robotic gripper 

Siddharth N Sane

  • MS in Mechanical Engineering, May 2021
  • Thesis title: Design optimization of wheel-and-leg transformable robot with passive actuation

Yuan Wei

weiyuan1996@tamu.edu

Chuanqi Zheng

chuanqi.zheng@tamu.edu

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, December 2022
  • Dissertation topic: Swarm robotics; swarm decision-making algorithms; swarm robotic platform design and development.

Previous Members

Kevin Airis

  • Graduate research assistant (F2021-S2022)

Jenna C Horn

  • Undergraduate project assistant (S2020 – F2021)

Sohil Parsana

  • Graduate research assistant (S2020)

John Waterworth

  • Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering

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