ngravish@ucsd.edu
CV:I am interested in movement dynamics in biology and robotics. I am driven by developing new methods for analysis and generation of locomotion using tools from robotics, computer vision, and physics.
Education
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Emily is co-advised by Prof. Tolley. She is working on developing new soft-robotic technologies for robot mobility on granular and real-world substrates.
jelynch@eng.ucsd.edu
James is studying the interaction between aerodynamic forces and compliant actuators in a dynamically scaled flapping wing robot.
wez237@eng.ucsd.edu
Wei is working on the design of low-mass legged robots for collective exploration in extreme environments.
s7chopra@eng.ucsd.edu
Shivam is working on self-excited piezoelectric actuators for robust and multi-modal (swimming, running, flying) locomotion in insect scale robots.
mij032@eng.ucsd.edu
Jason (Minsong) Jiang is developing new laminate-based technologies for bio-inspired robots.
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iwidjaja@ucsd.edu
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qyu@ucsd.edu
(Post-doc)
Currently: Assistant Professor University of Portland
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Glenna worked in the lab for three years studying legged locomotion of ants on complex, three-dimensional terrain.
(Masters)
Thesis: Virtual leg compliance improves swing-phase collision response when walking on uneven ground
(Masters)
Thesis: Design and analysis of a kirigami-based two-finger micro-gripper
Currently: Masters student CMU
(Masters)
Thesis: Automated Three-Dimensional Body Orientation Reconstruction And Motion Tracking With Two Views During Avoidance Maneuver of Bumblebee
(Masters)
Thesis: A Voice Coil Based Vibration Platform for Micro Robots Application
Currently: Engineer Wavemaker labs
(Masters)
Thesis: Locomotion performance of hexapod robots on rough substrates and the influence of leg compliance
(Masters)
Thesis: A three-axis force platform design for cockroach incline climbing analysis
(Masters)
Thesis: Study of Hexapod Locomotion over Uniformly Structured Terrain
(Masters)
Thesis: A Monolithic Fabrication of Pouch Actuated Soft Robots
Currently: PhD student EPFL
(Masters)
Thesis: Angular displacement sensing and joint position localization using stretchable fiber-optic sensors in soft flexo-structures
(Masters)
Thesis: Synchronization through Manipulation - Indirectly Coupled Oscillating Walking Robots
(Masters)
Thesis: Design principles for locomotion synchronization in undulatory robot groups
Currently: PhD student UCLA
(Masters)
Thesis: Soft Robot Actuation Strategies for Locomotion in Granular Substrates
Currently: Engineer at Cymer
(Undergraduate)
(Undergraduate)
Currently: Structural Aerospace Engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center
(Undergraduate)
Currently: PhD student at Johns Hopkins
(Undergraduate)
Currently: Research technician Harvard Medical School
(Undergraduate)
Currently: Technician Scripps Institute underwater robotics
(Undergraduate)
Currently: Engineer at ASML
(Undergraduate)
Currently: PhD Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Undergraduate)
Currently: PhD student at Johns Hopkins
(Undergraduate)
(High-school)
(Lab tech)
Currently: Engineer at Nanocore
Associate Professor, UC San Diego
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Franklin Antonio Hall
Office: Room 3101
Labs: Room 3101
ngravish ATSIGN eng.ucsd.edu
