Mentorship
My awesome students and their projects!
PhD Students
Xiao Liang, CSE, UCSD, 2021-now
- Topic: Reconstruction of 4D lung motionu using neural-ODE integration
- Achievement: Published papers at TBME/IROS 2023, submitted papers to ICRA 2024
Yu Huan, BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, 2018-2019
- Topic: Design and control of flexible minature surgical tools (continuum robot)
- Achievement: Published papers at IEEE TBME/TMECH
Master Students
Yutong Zhang, CSE, UCSD, 2021-now
- Topic: Simulator using position-based dynamics for various objects (rigid, cloth, deformable), and rendering with libIGL/OpenGL
- Achievement: Submitted papers to ICRA 2024
Chung-Pang (Ben) Wang, CSE, UCSD, 2023-now
- Topic: SE(3)-Equivariant mappings for data-efficient learning of robot trajectory planning
Kaiyuan Wang, CSE, UCSD, 2023-now
- Topic: A robust long-term deformation tracking and reconstruction framework for endoscopic videos
Wangyi Liu, ECE, UCSD, 2022-2023
- Topic: SE(3)-Equivariant mappings for data-efficient learning of robot trajectory planning
- Achievement: Working on a paper for IEEE-RAL
Alexander Luke, MAE, UCSD, 2021-2023
- Topic: Motion control and calibration of a steerable continuum robotic catheter with clinical trials
- Achievement: Demos with animals trials
Chong He, MAE, UCSD, 2021-2022
- Topic: Shape reconstruction of catheter robot using monocular images
- Achievement: Drafted a paper for IEEE-RAL
Yunhai Han, MAE, UCSD, 2021-2022
- Topic: Deformable objects simulation framework using constraints-based solver
- Achievement: Published paper at ICRA 2021/IROS 2021
Entong Su, ECE, UCSD, 2021-2022
- Topic: Simulation and control of rope-like objects using position-based dynamics
- Achievement: Published paper at IEEE-RAL
Harleen Singh, ECE, UCSD, 2020-2021
- Topic: Modeling of the catheter continuum robot for position and orientation motor control
- Achievement: Demos with live animals trials
Zihan Li, ECE, UCSD, 2020
- Topic: Registration method for real-to-sim transfer applications of deformable tissue manipulation
- Achievement: Published a paper at ICRA 2021
Jingbin Huang, ECE, UCSD, 2020
- Topic: Modeling and control of surgical tool for suction based simulation of blood fluid
- Achievement: Published a paper at ICRA 2021
Undergraduate Students
Neelay Joglekar, ECE, UCSD, 2021-now
- Topic: Dynamic model of rope-like objects using cosserat rod theory and surgical thread reconstruction
- Achievement: Published a paper at ICRA 2023
Tina Li, Mathematics, UCSD, 2023-now
- Topic: Learning an intrinsic neural mappings from mesh to point cloud for registration of soft tissue
- Achievement: Submitted a paper to ICRA 2024
Bryan Yuan, ECE, UCSD, 2021-2022
- Topic: Backward gradients computation and validation for position-based dynamics constraints
- Achievement: Integration in our PBD simulator
Nemanja Babic, Research Internship, University of Ottawa/INSA de Lyon, 2021-2022
- Topic: Simulation of haptic systems using CHAI3D
- Achievement: Demos with simulation in CHAI3D
High School Students
Ayaan Haque, Saratoga High School, California, 2021
- Topic: Simulated data generation through algorithmic force coefficient estimation
- Achievement: Published a paper at IEEE ACIRS 2021
Sajiv Shah, Mathematics, UCSD, 2023-now
- Topic: Simulated data generation through algorithmic force coefficient estimation
- Achievement: Published a paper at IEEE ACIRS 2021