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.

Dr. Vaughn Chambers

Postdoctoral Associate

Vaughn Chambers received his B.S. in Engineering with concentrations in Mechanical and Biomedical from Messiah College and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware, focused on modeling the brain’s involvement in inter-leg coordination during walking. CV

Email: vaughn@udel.edu Website: vaughn-chambers.com

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

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

Shubham Kumbhar

Graduate Student (Ph.D.)

Shubham S. Kumbhar received his dual degree (B.Tech. + M.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) in India, in 2022. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering focused on developing control frameworks for physical human-humanoid collaboration.

Email: shubhamk@udel.edu

Chika Charles Wilfred

Master's in Mechanical Engineering Student

Chika Charles Wilfred received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Design and Manufacturing from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka (Unizik) in Nigeria. He is pursuing a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware and is anticipated to graduate in May 2025.

Email: cwilfred@udel.edu

Alumni

Name and Degree graduated with

Chrysostomos Karakasis, Ph.D. in Mechanicanical Engineering, UD

Camryn Scully, MS in Robotics, UD

Yashwanth Tekumudi, MS in Robotics, UD

Jensen Gaither, BS in Mechanical Engineering, UD

Emiliano Quinones Yumbla*, Ph.D. in Mechanicanical Engineering, ASU

Matthew Cavorsi*, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Harvard

Zachary The, MS in Robotics, UD

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

Justin Hunt*, Ph.D. in Mechanicanical Engineering, ASU

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

Masood Nevisipour*, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, ASU

Robert Holgate*, 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

Johnson & Johnson

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Mesodyne

University of Puerto Rico

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W. L. Gore & Associates

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Globus Medical

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Salesforce

Sol Robotics, Nikon

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

Seismic

Bringham Young University – Idaho

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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