Group Members

Principal Investigator

Kaiyan Yu received her BS degree in Intelligent Science and Technology from Nankai University in China in 2010 and her PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Rutgers University in 2017. She joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at Binghamton University in 2018. Her current research interests include autonomous robotic systems, motion planning and control, mechatronics, automation science and engineering, with applications to nano/micro particle control and manipulation, Lab-on-a-chip, and biomedical systems.

Kaiyan Yu is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). She is a recipient of the 2022 US NSF CAREER Award. She has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers in the areas of robotics, mechatronics, and automation science and engineering. Her paper was selected as a finalist for the Best Student Paper Award at the 2014 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), and her paper won the Best Student Paper Award at the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).

Since 2019, Kaiyan Yu has served as an Associate Vice President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Media Services Board. She is also an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, IFAC Mechatronics, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Conference Editorial Board, as well as the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division Conference Editorial Board since 2018. She actively reviews for highly reputed journals, including IEEE Transactions, ASME journals, and peer-reviewed conference proceedings.

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Current PhD Students

Alumni

• Kyle T Olstein (4+1 master student, Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, 2020 Summer-2021 Spring)
• Arron J Danehy (4+1 master student, Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, 2020 Summer)

Undergraduate research assistant/intern mentoring

• Summer Training Experience in Engineering Research (STEER): Barry Sevalia (Summer 2019, Physics/ Mechanical Engineer, Xavier University of Louisiana)
• Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR): Vishnu. Veeraraghavan (Spring 2019, Mechanical Engineering), Raj Barath Ezhilavanco (Fall 2024 - Spring 2025, Computer Science)
• Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement Microelectronics Workforce Development Program (SCALE): Hans Li (Spring 2024, Computer Science)
• Binghamton University Projects for New Undergraduate Researchers (BUPNUR): Jack Bonfiglio (Spring 2024, Computer Engineering, Mathematical Sciences) and David Ramirez (Spring 2024, Mathematical Sciences)
• Undergraduate student engaging: Alvina Prabhu (2024 Summer - Present, Biomedical Engineering), Jeffrey Jun (2024 Summer - Present, Mechanical Engineering), Zhongxian Sim (2024 Summer - Present, Mechatronic Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), John Lim (2024 Summer - Present, Mechanical Engineering), John Harrison (2023 Fall - 2024 Fall, Mechanical Engineering), Tyler Zierer (2023 Fall - 2024 Spring, Mechanical Engineering), John Pforte (2023 Fall - 2024 Spring, Mechanical Engineering), Julia Kuster (2023 Fall - 2024 Spring, Biomedical Engineering), Neha Viju (2023 Fall - 2024 Spring, Biomedical Engineering), Nathaly Molina Fonseca (2023 Spring - 2023 Fall, Mechanical Engineering), Casey Ruth Anderson (2020 Fall-2021 Spring, Mechanical Engineering/Electrical and Computer Engineering), Tonglu Gao (2020 Spring - 2020 Summer, Mechanical Engineering), Jiangnan Xing (2020 Summer - 2020 Fall, Mechanical Engineering), Yu Tian (2019 Fall - 2020 Spring, Mechanical Engineering), Lijing Yang (2019 Spring - 2020 Spring, Electrical and Computer Engineering)