People

Panos Artemiadis

Director, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

partem@udel.edu

Panos Artemiadis received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece, in 2009. Then he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Mechanical Engineering Department, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He worked as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Arizona State University since 2011, and then as an associate professor until 2019 when he joined the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware, where he is currently an Associate Professor. He is the recipient of the 2014 DARPA Young Faculty Award and the 2014 AFOSR Young Investigator Award.

Bradley Hobbs

Graduate Student (Ph.D.)

Bradley Hobbs received his B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering from Middle Tennessee State University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering focused on modeling post-stroke hemiparetic gait for improved robot-assisted neuro-rehabilitation

Email: bwh@udel.edu

Chrysostomos Karakasis

Graduate Student (Ph.D.)

Chrysostomos Karakasis received his Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece, in 2019. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering focused on developing controllers for humanoids and lower-limb prostheses to achieve locomotion over compliant surfaces. CV

Email: chryskar@udel.edu

Vaughn Chambers

Graduate Student (Ph.D.)

Vaughn Chambers received his B.S. in Engineering with concentrations in Mechanical and Biomedical from Messiah College. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering focused on modeling the brain’s involvement in inter-leg coordination during walking. CV

Email: vaughn@udel.edu

Charikleia Angelidou

Graduate Student (Ph.D.)

Charikleia Angelidou received her Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and her MSc in Autonomous Systems and Robotics from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece. She has worked in the field of Robotic Process Automation as a software developer from 2020 – 2021. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering on the performance analysis of an ankle-foot prosthesis with controllable impedance in dynamic environments.

Email: cangelid@udel.edu

Jesus Orozco

Graduate Student (Ph.D.)

Jesus Orozco received his B.S. and M.Eng. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University. He also worked in the Flight Dynamics Facility at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in support of Launch Vehicles, Human Space Flight, and various on-orbit spacecraft. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering focused on electroencephalographic feedback on subject engagement in infants with the use of a robotic swarm.

Email: jaon@udel.edu

Stergios E. Bachoumas

Graduate Student (Ph.D.)

Stergios E. Bachoumas received his Diploma in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 2019. He also received his M.Sc. in Autonomous Systems and Robotics from NTUA in 2022. His research is focused on creating multimodal interfaces for the interactions between human operators and swarms of robots.

Email: stevbach@udel.edu

Robert Salati

Undergraduate Student

Robert Salati is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, along with a master’s degree in robotics from the University of Delaware. He is expected to graduate with a master’s degree in 2023. His research focuses on simulating the locomotion of a humanoid robot over compliant surfaces.

Email: rsalati@udel.edu

Zachary The'

Undergraduate Student

Zachary The’ is in the junior year of his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware and is working towards graduating with a master’s degree in 2023. He is working on analyzing the changes in human gait while on a variable stiffness treadmill and methods to create standardized references for motion.

Email: thezach@udel.edu

Angela Kuczykowski

Undergraduate Student

Angela Kuczykowski is currently working towards her bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware and is anticipated to graduate in May 2022. She is also working towards minors in both Mathematics and Integrated Design. Her research is on the analysis of human gaze when interacting with a swarm of robotic agents.

Email: kuczang@udel.edu

Madison Johnson

Undergraduate Student

Madison Johnson is a junior Mechanical Engineering Major currently pursuing her Bachelor’s. She is minoring in Mathematics and Integrated Design. She anticipates graduating in May 2024. Her project is on the analysis of human gait and metabolic cost on compliant surfaces.

Email: mmjohnso@udel.edu

Jensen Gaither

Undergraduate Student

Jensen Gaither is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware with an anticipated graduation year of 2024. His research focuses on creating a new variable stiffness treadmill for experimentation with human gait patterns over variable terrain.

Email: wgaither@udel.edu

Alumni

Name and Degree graduated with

Rob Samuelson, MS in Robotics, UD

Jack Swift, BS in Mechanical Engineering, UD

Sydney Przywara, BS in Mechanical Engineering, UD

Michael Rosen, BS in Mechanical Engineering, UD

Ajitesh Singh, MS in Robotics, UD

Carly Thalman, Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, ASU

Allysa Mae Tuano, BS in Mechanical Engineering, UD

Lynsey Lehmann, BS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Enoch M. O’Neal, BS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Michael Drolet, BS in Computer Science, MA Mathematics, ASU

Daniel Lee, BS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Alexander Fulginiti, BS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Brandon Dubbs, BS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Harsh Lal, MS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Junxin Wang, MS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Ruby Obeng, MS in Biomedical Engineering, ASU

Linda Fou, MS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Bryan Whitsell, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

George Konstantinos Karavas, MS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Jeffrey Skidmore, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Shreya Udupa, BS with Honors in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Andrew Barkan, BS with Honors in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Daniel Larsson, MS in Aerospace Engineering, ASU

Mark Ison, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Alison Gibson, BS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Elena Whitton, BS with Honors in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Yuting Wang, MS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Chris Antuvan, MS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Harshil Patel, MS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Eric Yanez, BS with Honors in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Gerald O’Neill III, BS with Honors in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Vincent Bevilacqua, BS with Honors in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Jennifer Megan Mincieli, BS with Honors in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Dillon Card, BS with Honors in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Akshat Baveja, MS in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Ryan Frost, MSE in Mechanical Engineering

Jeremy Johnson, BSE in Mechanical Engineering

Xavier Vargas, BSE in Mechanical Engineering

Stephen Warren, BSE in Mechanical Engineering

William Lee, BSE in Mechanical Engineering

Taylor Cerchie, BSE in Mechanical Engineering

Brad Shoemaker, BSE in Mechanical Engineering

Jonathon Houda, BSE in Mechanical Engineering

Where they are now

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Globus Medical

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Salesforce

Apple

ASML

pursuing PhD in ASU

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Intel

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pursuing Ph.D. in ASU

Honeywell Aerospace

Peraton Labs

SoftWear Automation, Inc

Research Scientist, Ohio State University

Virgin Orbit

pursuing Ph.D. in University of California Berkeley (NSF Graduate Fellow)

pursuing Ph.D. in Georgia Tech

Abelee

SpaceX (NSF Graduate Fellow)

US Navy

Intel Corporation

Biofourmis

Progressive Machine and Design

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SaaS Operations at Shotzoom Software / CoachNow

ViaSat Inc

SpaceX

Amazon

pursuing Ph.D. in Boston University

Honeywell Aerospace

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Philips

Intel Corporation

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ON Semiconductor

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