{"id":45,"date":"2015-09-01T06:08:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T06:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-12-27T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T00:37:10","slug":"people-old","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/birth\/people-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-45\" class=\"panel-layout\">\n<div id=\"pg-45-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\">\n<div id=\"pgc-45-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<h3 id=\"panel-45-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-slider panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\"><strong style=\"font-size: revert; background-color: var(--bs-body-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);\">Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pg-45-1\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div id=\"pgc-45-1-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<div id=\"panel-45-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><u><br \/>\n<em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-581 \" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/birth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2015\/09\/shapeimage_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"169\" \/><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Hamid Marvi<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<br \/>\nFulton Entrepreneurial Professor<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:hmarvi@asu.edu\">hmarvi@asu.edu<\/a><a href=\"mailto:qwang101@asu.edu\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/izsejzdkqikej1x9t1tb3\/CV.pdf?rlkey=at2pwfs0a2t13lhj2tv5nsxfl&amp;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full CV<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Ph.D. Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Morteza Ghiyasi<br \/>\nMechanical Engineering (Magnetic medical robots)<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:mrghiyasiv@gmail.com\">mghiyasiv@asu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Abdulhamid Mathkur<br \/>\nRobotics and Autonomous Systems (Magnetic medical robots)<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:amathkur@asu.edu\">amathkur@asu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Master&#8217;s Students\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Vamsikrishna Kurakalva<br \/>\nRobotics and Autonomous Systems (Bio-inspired robotic inspection systems)<\/p>\n<p>Maharshi Shukla<br \/>\nMechanical Engineering (Magnetic medical robots)<\/p>\n<p>Aman Singh<br \/>\nComputer Science (Magnetic medical robots)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Students\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Surya Erramilli<br \/>\nComputer Science (Ferrofluidic robots)<\/p>\n<p>Aydin Kabir<br \/>\nElectrical Engineering (Octopus-inspired suction cups)<\/p>\n<p>Noah Layos<br \/>\nMechanical Engineering (Octopus-inspired suction cups)<\/p>\n<p>Kamron Nazarov<br \/>\nMechanical Engineering (Bio-inspired robotic inspection systems)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pg-45-2\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\">\n<div id=\"pgc-45-2-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"0.33333333333333\">\n<div id=\"panel-45-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div 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rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rjahmed@asu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mahdi Ilami<\/strong>: Mechanical Engineering, (Magnetic medical robots;\u00a0 Now at Intel) &#8211; <a target=\"_new\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">milami@asu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hosain Bagheri<\/strong>: Mechanical Engineering, (Locomotion on extreme terrain; Now at Georgia Tech) &#8211; <a target=\"_new\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hbagheri@asu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrew Thoesen<\/strong>: Mechanical Engineering, (Granular Helical Scaling Laws; Now at Arizona Public Service) &#8211; athoesen@asu.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Visiting Scholars<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Zhong Huang<\/strong>: Ph.D. Student at Tianjin University, Tianjin, China &#8211; <a target=\"_new\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">zhuan147@asu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Borhan Beigzadeh<\/strong>: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, (Magnetic medical robots) &#8211; bbeigzad@asu.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Master&#8217;s Students<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Emil Roy<\/li>\n<li>Manoj Rudraboina<\/li>\n<li>Nihar Masurkar<\/li>\n<li>Teresa McBryan<\/li>\n<li>Marko Green<\/li>\n<li>Prajwal Wanjari<\/li>\n<li>Drake Morris-Sjolund<\/li>\n<li>Salaheddin Ahmadi<\/li>\n<li>Tabsheer Ali Askari<\/li>\n<li>Siddharth Rohit Jain<\/li>\n<li>Ankit Das<\/li>\n<li>Karthik Ramagiri<\/li>\n<li>Vivek Ajjampur<\/li>\n<li>Abir Kumar Deb (Now at Intel)<\/li>\n<li>Sriravali Kamthamraju<\/li>\n<li>Vrushali Manka<\/li>\n<li>Sunil Mate (now at\u00a0Vantage Corporation)<\/li>\n<li>Ranga Rayudu<\/li>\n<li>Sujal Tipnis<\/li>\n<li>Qing Wang<\/li>\n<li>Peng Wei\u00a0(now a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech University)<\/li>\n<li>Vishwarath Taduru (Test engineer intern at Otterbox)<\/li>\n<li>Sachin Panchal<\/li>\n<li>Vijay Senthilkumar<\/li>\n<li>Ankur Verma<\/li>\n<li>Queen Nyemekye<\/li>\n<li>Vidu Jayanetti (Now at USC)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Gendt (Now at NXP Semiconductor)<\/li>\n<li>Dakota Edwards (Now at DEKA)<\/li>\n<li>Jalpesh Bhadra (Now at DEKA)<\/li>\n<li>Anant Gogate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Undergraduate Students<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Benjamin Bethke<\/li>\n<li>Darwin Mick (Now at CMU)<\/li>\n<li>Joey Shitamoto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kathleen Paige Farrell<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Fisher (Now at Honeywell)<\/li>\n<li>Shaopeng Han<\/li>\n<li>Carolyn Harvey (now at Orbital ATK)<\/li>\n<li>Mercedes Herreras Mart\u00ednez<\/li>\n<li>Alicia Magann (now a Ph.D. student at Princeton University)<\/li>\n<li>David McKenna<\/li>\n<li>Sierra Ramirez<\/li>\n<li>Leo Lin<\/li>\n<li>Mason Keck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pgc-45-2-1\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"0.33333333333333\">\n<div id=\"panel-45-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<ul>\n<li>Daniel Sanchez (now at\u00a0Trax International)<\/li>\n<li>Andre Apostol<\/li>\n<li>Michael Bejarano<\/li>\n<li>Douglas Elson<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Lee<\/li>\n<li>John Millard<\/li>\n<li>Ivana Ninkovic<\/li>\n<li>Isaac Charcos<\/li>\n<li>Brendan Mance<\/li>\n<li>Michael Kintscher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pgc-45-2-2\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"0.33333333333333\">\n<div id=\"panel-45-2-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<ul>\n<li>Alex Petras (Now at Raytheon Technologies)<\/li>\n<li>Brendon Fisher<\/li>\n<li>Erskine\u00a0Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Sachin Subramanian (Now a Ph.D. student at UT Austin)<\/li>\n<li>Hailey Burch (Now at Intel)<\/li>\n<li>Megan Householder<\/li>\n<li>Andrew\u00a0Sweeney<\/li>\n<li>Edward\u00a0Faillace<\/li>\n<li>Anna Hu<\/li>\n<li>Clayton Brenner (Now at Intel)<\/li>\n<li>Joy Arnold<\/li>\n<li>Christian Sclafani (Now at UC Berkeley as a graduate student)<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Xue<\/li>\n<li>Tiffany Hertzell<\/li>\n<li>Shawn White (Now at Northrop Grumman)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-2\">Principal Investigator Dr. Hamid Marvi Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Fulton Entrepreneurial Professor Contact: hmarvi@asu.edu Full CV Ph.D. Students Morteza Ghiyasi Mechanical Engineering (Magnetic medical robots) Contact: mghiyasiv@asu.edu Abdulhamid Mathkur Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Magnetic medical robots) Contact: amathkur@asu.edu Master&#8217;s Students\u00a0 Vamsikrishna Kurakalva Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Bio-inspired robotic inspection systems) Maharshi 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