Director
Current Graduate Students
PhD
Edwin Rachmawan
Edwin is a PhD student under Prof. Tsao. His current research is related to the advanced
controls of linear motors.
PhD
Han Wang
Han Wang received his B.E. degree from Tsinghua University, China in Mechanical Engineering and is now a PhD student under Prof. Tsao at the University of California: Los Angeles.
MS
Lily Clay
Lily Clay received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA in 2021, and is now pursuing a MS in Mechanical Engineering.
PhD
Mia Reyes
Mia received her B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from UCLA in 2020 and is now pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering under Professor Tsao.
PhD
Omar Curiel
Omar is pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering under Professor Tsao at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests include dynamics and control of MIMO systems.
PhD
Yuchen (Charles) Li
Yuchen(Charles) received his B.S. degree from Fudan University in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He is currently a PhD student in MAE Department at UCLA.
PhD
Kevin Lai
Kevin Lai is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering under Prof. Tsao.
Previous Post Doctoral Appointments
- Néstor O. Pérez Arancibia (2007–10)
- B.S. Kim (2001–02)
- K. Matsubara (1997–98), Faculty at Kyoto University, Japan
- C.T. Choi (1997–98), Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (RIST), Pohang, South Korea
- R.D. Hanson (1996–97)
Previous Graduate Students
- Abdulaziz Alawadhi, PhD (2022)
- Pengkang Yu, PhD (2022)
- Shahin Rouhani, PhD (2021)
- Yao Su, PhD (2021)
- Tyler McCown, MS (2021)
- Lecheng Ruan, PhD (2020)
- Matt Gerber, PhD (2019)
- Yu-Hsiu (Martin) Lee, PhD (2019)
- Cheng-Wei Chen, PhD (2018)
- Sandeep Rai, PhD (2018)
- Niloufar Esfandi, PhD (2017)
- James Simonelli, PhD (2017)
- Chris Kang, PhD (2015)
- Grant Cavalier, MS (2015)
- Yen-Chi Chang, PhD (2014)
- Kuo-Tai “Clyde” Teng, PhD (2014)
- David Luong, PhD (2013)
- Herrick C. Chang, PhD (2012)
- Stephen W. Prince, PhD (2012)
- Jason T. Wilson, PhD (2011)
- Christopher Lim, PhD (2011)
- Kevin C. Chu, PhD (2011)
- Shalom Ruben, PhD (2010)
- Yi-Gang Wang, PhD (2010)
- Dwight D. Norton, MS (2009)
- Chi-Ying Lin, PhD (2008)
- Xiaoyong Wang, PhD (2008)
- Néstor O.P. Arancibia, PhD (2007)
- Pawel K. Orzechowski, PhD (2007)
- Jungqing Wang, PhD (2006)
- K. Keishnamoorthy, PhD (2005)
- John C.H. Hu, MS (2005)
- Chun Tai, PhD (2002)
- B.S. Kim, PhD (2001)
- Z.X. Sun, PhD (2000)
- A. Babinski, PhD (2000)
- A. Stubbs, MS (2000)
- S.H. Lee, MS (2000)
- J.W. Li, PhD (1999)
- D.M. White, MS (1999)
- A.J. Hanson, MS (1999)
- C. Tai, MS (1999)
- R.J. McNab, PhD (1997)
- D.H. Kim, PhD (1997)
- J.K. McLaughlin, PhD (1997)
- Z.X. Sun, MS (1997)
- M.D. Anderson, MS (1997)
- M.A. Flores, MS (1997)
- M. Jacobsen, MS (1997)
- R.D. Hanson, PhD (1996)
- A. Prell, MS (1996)
- D.M. Alter, PhD (1994)
- Min Ling, MS (1994)
- J.B. Ditman, MS (1993)
- D.H. Kim, MS (1993)
- E.A. Snider, MS (1993)
- M. Nemani, MS (1993)
- J.D. Rasmussen, MS (1993)
- D.J. Ariano, MS (1992)
- S.T. Pang, MS (1992)
- P.J. Ruiz-Suarez, MS (1992)
- K.C. Pong, MS (1991)
- G.A. Levand, MS (1991)
- J.A. Burke, MS (1991)
Previous Visiting Scholars
- J. Madariaga (2013), IK4-Tekniker, Spain
- A. Pesterev (2000), Senior Researcher at Russia Institute for Systems Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences
- W. Zhang (1995–96)