ARA Lab Faculty
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Dr. Hung (Jim) La
ARA Lab Director, Associate Professor
ARA Lab Director, Associate Professor
PhD2011, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
Postdoc 2011-2012: Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Research Interest:
Robotics, Mobile Sensor Networks, Control Systems
Office Phone: (775) 682-6862
Lab Phone: (775) 682-5490
Email: hla@unr.edu
Email: hla@unr.edu
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Collaborator
PhD2008, Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Research Interest:
Robotics, Smart chair for disable people
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Robotics, Smart chair for disable people
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Dr. Leaman joined ARA Lab in Jan. 2015 to work on the iChair project
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PhD Students
An Duy Nguyen
MS2022, Information Communication Technology, Soongsil University, Korea
Research Interest:
Automation, Navigation, Vision
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Chuong Le (SMART Scholar)
BS2021, Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, USA
Research Interest:
Autonomous Structural Inspection Robot, Multi-robot Systems, Deep Learning, Vision
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
BS2023, Control Engineering and Automation, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Research Interest:
Control Systems, Robotic Systems, Motion planning, Optimization
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Gaurav Srikar
MS2023, Computer Science and Engineering, UNR
Research Interest:
Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Hoang-Loc La (Co-advising with Prof. Phuong Ha, UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
MS2021, Computer Science, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Research Interest:
Database Systems, Neural Networks
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
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Master Students
Cole Wheeler
BS2024, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Research Interests: Robotic Systems, Motion Planning
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Research Interests: Robotic Systems, Motion Planning
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Pratik Walunj
BS2022 Computer Science and Engineering, Pimpri Chinachwad College of Engineering and Research
Research Interests: Robotics, UAVs, AI, Machine Learning
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Research Interests: Robotics, UAVs, AI, Machine Learning
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
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Undergraduate Students
Kai Hart
Mechanical engineering, UNR
Research Interest: Autonomous Structural Inspection Robot
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Alumni
Annette Mcdonough
Annette (UNR CSE undergrad student) joined ARA lab in Summer 2022 for NSF REU site
Computer Science and Engineering, UNR
Research Interest: Robotics, AI
Russell Keith
MS Fall 2024, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Research Interests: autonomous robot manipulation, path planning, and artificial Intelligence.
Research Interests: autonomous robot manipulation, path planning, and artificial Intelligence.
Yongyi Zhou
BS Spring 2022, Computer Science, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Research Interest:
Deep learning, Artificial Intelligence
Deep learning, Artificial Intelligence
Tamjid Hossain
PhD Spring 2024, Computer Science and Engineering, UNR
Current: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M SA
Research Interest:
Cyber-physical System Security and Privacy, Adversarial Machine Learning and Federated Learning
Son Nguyen
PhD Spring 2023, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Current: Research Engineer at Missouri University of Science and Technology
Research Interest: Robotics, Automation, Control
Research Interest: Robotics, Automation, Control
Nicholas Ward
BS Spring 2022, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Joined ARA lab in Summer 2021 for NSF REU site
Current: Data Science Intern (Gigafactory) at Tesla
Research Interest: Robotics, Deep Learning, Computer Vision
Tamanna Yasmin
MS Fall 2022, Thesis, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Current: TBA
Research Interest: Robotics, Adversarial Machine Learning
Current: TBA
Research Interest: Robotics, Adversarial Machine Learning
PhD Fall 2022, Dissertation, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Current: Pipline TD at SPIN VFX, Canada
Research Interest:
Deep Learning, Autonomous Mobile Robots, Computer Vision
Anh Pham
Mr. Pham joined ARA Lab in March 2019 as a visiting scholar to research on robotics
Current: Lecturer at Duy Tan University, Vietnam
Andrew Washburn
MS Spring 2022, Thesis, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Current: Software Engineer at ITS Logistics
Research Interest:
Robotics, Perception, Sensing
Robotics, Perception, Sensing
Habib Ahmed
PhD Fall 2022, Dissertation, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Current: Assistant Professor at GIK Institute, Pakistan
Research Interest:
Robotics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Robotics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Kripash Shrestha
MS Spring 2022, Thesis, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Current: Amazon Robotics Research
Research Interest: Multi-agent Coordination, SLAM, Computer Vision, Robotics
Ashutosh Singandhupe
PhD Fall 2021, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
Current: B Garage
Research Interest:
Robotics, SLAM, Computer Vision, UAV navigation , UAV security
Robotics, SLAM, Computer Vision, UAV navigation , UAV security
Cadence Motley
MS Spring 2021, Thesis PDF, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Current: Process Design Engineer at Panasonic North America, Telsa
Research Interest: Robotics, Machine Design
Hoang-Dung Bui
MS Fall 2020, Thesis PDF
Computer Science and Engineering, UNR
Current: PhD student at George Mason University
Research Interest: Robotics, Motion Planning
Umme-Hafsa Billah (Co-advisor: Dr. Ali Tavakkoli)
MS Summer 2020, Thesis PDF
Computer Science and Engineering, UNR
Current: PhD Student at University of Texas, Arlington
Research Interest: Machine Learning, Computer Vision
Zach Young
MS Spring 2020: Thesis PDF, Video
Computer Science and Engineering, UNR
Current: Software Integration Administrator at Sierra Shadows
Research Interest:
Robotics, Reinforcement Learning
Robotics, Reinforcement Learning
Nicholas Harris (Co-advised with Dr. Sushil Louis)
MS Fall 2019: Thesis PDF
Computer Science & Engineering, UNR
Research Interest: Robotics, Software Engineering
MS Spring 2019: Thesis PDF
Computer Science & Engineering, UNR
Current: PhD student at ARA lab and Software Engineer, CareWear Corp, Reno, NV
Research Interest: Deep Learning, Autonomous Mobile Robots, Computer Vision
Chuong Le
Research Interest: Robotics and SLAM.
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Email: khuechuong@gmail.com
Research Interest: Robotics and SLAM.
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Email: khuechuong@gmail.com
Bio: Chuong is an undergraduate student of the University of Oklahoma and joined ARA Lab in Summer 2018 and 2019 to do robotics research under NSF-REU Site program.
Stacey Cubos
Research Interest: Robotics and NDE sensor/Virtual Reality.
Lab Phone:(775) 682-5490
Email: sgtcubos@gmail.com
Email: sgtcubos@gmail.com
Bio: Stacey is an undergraduate student of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and joined ARA Lab in Summer/June 2018 to do robotics research under NSF-REU Site program.
PhD2015, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Dr. Liu joined ARA Lab as a research assistant professor from Jan. 2017 to Dec. 2018 to partially work on the INSPIRE project (with Dr. Sushil Louis)
Current: Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Missouri State University
Research Interest:
Machine Learning, Computational Intelligence
Machine Learning, Computational Intelligence
Huy Pham (Co-advisor: Dr. David Feil-Seifer)
MS, Fall 2018 Thesis PDF
Computer Science & Engineering, UNR
Research Interest:
Robotics, UAVs, Multi-robot systems
Robotics, UAVs, Multi-robot systems
Current: PhD Student at Aarhus University, Denmark
Spencer Gibb
MS, Spring 2018 Thesis PDF
Computer Science & Engineering, UNR
Current: Software Research Engineer at Scientific Games
Research Interest: Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Ashutosh Singandhupe
MS Fall 2017 Thesis PDF
Computer Science & Engineering, UNR
Current: PhD student at ARA Lab
Research Interest:
Robotics, SLAM, Computer Vision, UAV navigation, UAV security
Robotics, SLAM, Computer Vision, UAV navigation, UAV security
Lab Phone: (775) 682-549
Devin Connel
MS, Spring 2017 Thesis PDF
Computer Science & Engineering, UNR
Current: Engineer at Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)
Research Interest:
Robotics, Path Planning, SLAM
Robotics, Path Planning, SLAM
Brian (Tuan) Le
MS Spring 2017. Thesis PDF
Computer Science & Engineering, UNR
Current: PhD Student at Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Research Interest:
Robotics and Mobile Sensor Networks
Robotics and Mobile Sensor Networks
Hannah Huh
Current: Princeton University
Hannah attended Davison Academy and joined ARA Lab in Summer 2015 and left 2017. She was doing robotics SLAM research at ARA Lab. She received the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing, the 2017 National Honorable Mention.
Alexander Woods
MS 2016 Thesis PDF
Mechanical Engineering, UNR
Current: Engineer at Lockheed Martin’s Autonomous Systems group, Denver, CO
Research Interest:
Dynamic System and Control, Mechatronics/Robotics
Dynamic System and Control, Mechatronics/Robotics
Circuit and PCB design, Microprocessor Programming
Ryan Schmid
Project Assistant for ARA Lab: 2017-2018
BS 2017, Mechanical Engineering, UNR
Research Interest:
Dynamic Systems and Controls, Autonomous systems, Robotics
RJ Lowry
Project Assistant for ARA Lab: 2017-2018
BS 2018, Computer Science, UNR
Research Interest:
Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, and Human-Computer Interaction
Logan Falk
Project Assistant for ARA Lab: 2016-2017
BS 2016, Mechanical Engineering, UNR
Research Interest:
Robotic Designs and Autonomous Systems
Robotic Designs and Autonomous Systems
Jesus Sanchez
BS 2015
Current: Mobile Robot Software Developer at Bastian Solutions
Research Interest:
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Other grad/undergrad students (Project assistants)
1. Harpreet Singh (grad: Fall 2020)
2. Hai Nguyen (grad: Fall 2018- Sring2019)
3.Daniel Mendez (grad: Fall 2017-Fall 2018)
4. Luan Nguyen (grad: Fall 2014-Summer 2018)
5. Nhan Pham (grad: Fall 2016-Fall2017)
6. Mohammad Jafari (grad: Fall2015-Spring2015)
High Schooler Interns (Project assistants)
13. Meric Kavlicoglu (Intern: Spring 2024. From Reno High School)
12. Ketan Kandula (Intern: Summer 2023. From Chicago University’s High School)
11. Alex Yun (Intern: Summer 2021. From Reno High School, Reno, NV)
10. Tony Won-Gyu (Intern: Summer 2021. From Reno High School, Reno, NV)
9. Ethan Chang (Intern: Spring & Summer 2021. From Middlesex School, Concord, MA)
8. Alan Zhang (Intern: Spring 2020. From Robert McQueen High School, Reno, NV)
7. Duc La (Intern: Spring 2020, Summer 2021. From Reno High School, Reno, NV)
6. Sean Uz (Intern: Spring 2020. From Reno High School, Reno, NV)
5. Chris Kyrioakou (Intern: Spring 2020. From Reno High School, Reno, NV)
4. Chloe Nixon (Intern: Fall 2019. From Galena High School STEM Academy , Reno, NV)
3. Aditya Krishnamoorthy (Intern: Fall 2019. From Earl Wooster High School, Reno, NV)
2. Sydney Zucco (Intern: Summer 2019. From Edward C. Reed High School)
1. Kaitline White (Intern: Summer 2019. From Coral Academy of Science High School)
