Director of the ARTS Lab
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department at Rice University
Bookout Center at Houston Methodist Hospital
Email: alambeigi@rice.edu
Office: MEB 223
PhD Students
Yash Kulkarni
PhD Candidate (Fall 2022)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: Yash.kulkarni@austin.utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Siddhartha Kapuria
PhD Candidate (Fall 2022)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: skapuria@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Mohammad Rafiee Javazm
PhD Candidate (Summer 2023)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: mr62958@my.utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Omid Rezayof
PhD Candidate (Fall 2023)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: omid.rezayof@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Mobina Tavangarifard
PhD Candidate (Fall 2023)
Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University
Bookout Center at Houston Methodist Hospital
Email: mt216@rice.edu
Daniyal Maroufi
PhD Student (Fall 2025)
Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University
Bookout Center at Houston Methodist Hospital
Email: maroufi@rice.edu
Rahmawati
PhD Student (Fall 2026)
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: rahmafnr@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Undergraduate Students
Rami Hamada
Undergraduate Student
Email: rami.hamada@austin.utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Jerin Andrews
Undergraduate Student
Email: jerin.andrews@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Sonika L Kiehler
Undergraduate Student
Email: slk2592@my.utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Post Dog
Ruby
Post Dog in Texas Robotics
Graduated from Petsmart
Email: rubythecrazyshiba@instagram
Doodi
Just here to annoy her sister!
Hasn’t studied a thing!!
Email: rubythecrazyshiba@instagram
Previous Lab Members
Özdemir Can Kara
PhD Student (Fall 2021)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: ozdemirckara@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Xinyuan Huang
MSc Student (Spring 2024)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: hxydiana@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Tarunraj Govindarajan
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: tarunrajgm@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Ehsan Zobeidi
Post Doc (Spring 2024)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: ehsan.zobeidi@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Susheela (Sheela) Sharma
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Vanderbilt University
Yang Liu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Current Position: Robotics Algorithms and Controls Engineer at Intuitive Surgical
Sarah Go
Undergraduate Student
Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: sarah.go@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Hansoul Kim, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Current Position: Postdoc at UC Berkeley
Jeff Bonyun
MSc Student (Fall 2021)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: jbonyun@utexas.edu
Braden Murphy
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: bradenpmurphy@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Shuojue Yang
PhD Student (Spring 2023)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: ysjue@utexas.edu
Nicholas Strohmeyer
MSc Student (Fall 2022)
Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: nstrohmeyer@utexas.edu
Yuewan Sun
PhD Student (Fall 2021)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: yuewansun@utexas.edu
Nethra Venkatayogi
Undergraduate Student (Spring 2021)
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Email: venkatayoginethra@utexas.edu
Jiaqi (Scott) Xue
MSc Student (Fall 2022)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Email: jiaqixue@utexas.edu
Morgan Parker
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Email: morgan.parker@utexas.edu
Alexander Cohen
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Current Position: R&D Engineer at Apollo Endosurgery
Kunal Nalamwar
MS Student (Spring 2019)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Robotics Engineer at Monogram Orthopedics
Uksang Yoo
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: PhD Student at Carnegie Mellon University
MS Student (Fall 2021)
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Texas Robotics at UT Austin
Current Position: Biomedical Engineer at Neuralink
Undergraduate Student (Fall 2021)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: drewconyers@utexas.edu
Office: AHG
Integrated BSME/MSE Student (Spring 2021)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: seniru.nk@gmail.com
Office: AHG
Seungbeom Ha
Undergraduate Student (Spring 2020)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pedro Naranjo
Undergraduate Student (Spring 2020)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ji Hwan Park
Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: jihwanpark98@utexas.edu
Office: AHG 2.302
Aly Guerra
Undergraduate Student (Fall 2020)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Katka Durcanska
Undergraduate Student (Fall 2020)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jesse M Wilson
Undergraduate Student (Fall 2019)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Minhyuk (Danny) Cho
Undergraduate Student (Fall 2019)
Department of Mechanical Engineering