Recent News
Congratulations to Sebastian Mettes for winning Best Poster at the Future of Work in the Age of Robotics and AI Workshop at IEEE/ASME AIM Conference! (July 15th, 2024) Congratulations to Gwendolyn Wang for getting her journal paper accepted to Optics Letters! (May 28th, 2024) Congratulations to Sebastian Mettes and Joseph Schwalbe for getting their journal paper accepted to IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics! (May 3rd, 2024) Noah Kohls defended his Ph.D. Thesis on “The Design and Application of Soft Electromagnetic Actuators.” Congratulations on graduation! (April 24th, 2024) Gwendolyn Wang defended her Ph.D. Thesis on “Interferometric Diagnostic Techniques for Measuring Optical Properties of High Temperature Gases.” Congratulations on graduation! (April 24th, 2024) Congratulations to Russell McGrath for getting his journal paper accepted to Applications in Energy and Combustion Science! (April 23rd, 2024) Steve Budzinski presented his Master’s Thesis on “Design and Initial Optical Characterization of a Lean, Premixed, Prevaporized Combustor.” Congratulations on graduation! (April 17th, 2024) Congratulations to Andrew Marsh, Alice Kramer, and Kevin Maranto for getting their journal paper accepted to Optics Letters! (March 26th, 2024)
2023 News
Russell Mcgrath presented his Master’s Thesis on “Laser Induced Incandescence for Volume Fraction and Relative Particle Size Measurement in an RQL Jet A Combustor.” Congratulations on graduation! (December 8th, 2023) NASA Deputy Director and two U.S. Congressmen visit the Georgia Tech Combustion Lab to see the NASA ULI rig built by Steve Budzinski, Sam Wonfor, and Jeremiah Juergensmeyer. (August 31st, 2023) Congratulations to Andy Zheng, Russell McGrath, Steve Budzinski, and Matt Christie for getting their papers accepted to AIAA Scitech Conference! (August 25th, 2023) Congratulations to Gwendolyn Wang for getting her journal paper accepted to Physics of Fluids! (July 24th, 2023) Dr. Mazumdar presented an invited talk and Andrew Marsh, Andy Zheng, and Gwendolyn Wang presented posters at the 2023 Gordon Research Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Energy and Combustion Science. (July 14th, 2023) Congratulations to Sebastian Mettes and Justin Bates for winning Best Conference Paper at IEEE/ASME AIM 2023! (June 30th, 2023) Sebastian Mettes and Noah Kohls presented at IEEE/ASME AIM 2023. (June 29th, 2023) Congratulations to Andy Zheng for getting his article onto the cover of Applied Physics B! (May 18th, 2023) Joshua Johnson presented his Master’s Thesis on “Digital Holography for Exploring Instabilities and Breakup of Liquid Jets in Supersonic Crossflow.” Congratulations on graduation! (April 28th, 2023) Congratulations to Noah Kohls for getting his paper accepted to the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics Journal, which he will also present at the IEEE/ASME AIM conference! (April 23rd, 2023) Congratulations to Sebastian Mettes and Justin Bates for getting their conference paper accepted to IEEE/ASME AIM! (April 13th, 2023) Congratulations to Andrew Marsh, Gwendolyn Wang, and Andy Zheng for getting their paper accepted to Combustion and Flame! (April 8th, 2023) Congratulations to Andy Zheng for getting his paper accepted to Applied Physics B! (April 3rd, 2023) Congratulations to Noah Kohls and Roman Balak for getting their paper accepted to Soft Robotics! (March 29th, 2023) Russell McGrath presented at USNCM 2023. (March 21st, 2023) Gwendolyn Wang, Andrew Marsh, Andy Zheng, Joshua Johnson, and Prof. Ellen Mazumdar presented at AIAA Scitech 2023. (Jan. 27th, 2023)2022 News
Congratulations to Russell McGrath for getting his paper accepted to USNCM 2023! (December 1st, 2022) Sebastian Mettes, Noah Kohls, Keith Gibson, and Prof. Ellen Mazumdar presented at AACC MECC 2022. (Oct. 5th, 2022) Congratulations to Gwendolyn Wang, Andrew Marsh, Andy Zheng, Joshua Johnson, Zach D’Ambra for getting their papers accepted to AIAA Scitech Conference! (July 26th, 2022) Congratulations to Sebastian Mettes, Noah Kohls, Keith Gibson, Aaryan Singla, Roman Balak, Amarsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, Bruno Bartolek, and Vishesh Gattani for getting their papers accepted to AACC MECC Conference! (June 30th, 2022) Congratulations to Noah Kohls for being selected for the 2022 ASME DSCD Rising Stars Invited Talks! (June 30th, 2022) Congratulations to Gwendolyn Wang for getting her journal paper accepted to the Optics Letters! (June 17th, 2022) Congratulations to Andrew Marsh and Gwendolyn Wang for being accepted to the 2023 AIAA AMT Rising Stars Program! (May 25th, 2022) Gwendolyn Wang, Andrew Marsh, Andy Zheng, and Prof. Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar presented at AIAA Scitech 2022. (Jan. 3rd-7th, 2022)2021 News
Roman Balak presented his Master’s Thesis on “Design, Sensing, and Control of Soft Multi-axis Fluidic Actuators for Robotic Manipulation.” Congratulations on graduation! (Dec. 9th, 2021) Congratulations to Gwendolyn Wang, Andrew Marsh, Andy Zheng, Zach D’Ambra, and Taylor Hampson for getting their conference papers accepted to AIAA Scitech 2022! (Sept. 17th, 2021) Congratulations to Roman Balak for getting his journal paper accepted to the Robotics and Automation Letters! (August 16th, 2021) Congratulations to Andrew Marsh for winning the Georgia Tech Sloan Fellowship! (August 13th, 2021) Congratulations to Andrew Marsh, Tyrus Evans, and Jaylon Uzodinma for getting their journal paper accepted to the Lasers and Optics in Engineering! (May 27th, 2021) Congratulations to Noah Kohls, Andy Zheng, and Joshua Kim for getting their journal paper accepted to the Journal of Magnetics and Magnetic Materials! (April 19th, 2021) Congratulations to both Gwendolyn Wang and Andrew Marsh on receiving the NSF GRFP Fellowship! (March 23th, 2021) A paper on soft robotic Xenia coral by Noah Kohls and Ibrahim Abdeally has just been featured on IEEE Spectrum Video Friday [link]! (March 12th, 2021) Congratulations to Roman Balak for winning the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Mechanical Engineering! (Feb. 15th, 2021) Andrew Marsh presented at the 2021 International Combustion Symposium. (Jan. 24th, 2021) Gwendolyn Wang, Andrew Marsh, and Prof. Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar presented at AIAA Scitech 2021. (Jan. 12th-15th, 2021)2020 News
Congratulations to Noah Kohls and Ibrahim Abdeally for getting their journal paper accepted to the ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control! (Nov. 14th, 2020) Congratulations to Vishesh Gattani for winning the Presidents Undergraduate Research Award for Spring 2021! (Oct. 30th, 2020) Roman Balak presented at IEEE IROS 2020 (Oct. 26th-29th, 2020) Congratulations to Andrew Marsh and Gwendolyn Wang for getting their journal paper published in the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute [link] ! (October 15th, 2020) Noah Kohls presented his paper at ASME DSCC 2020 (October 6th, 2020) Congratulations Andrew Marsh, Gwendolyn Wang, and Andy Zheng for getting their papers accepted to AIAA Scitech 2021 (August 28th, 2020) Congratulations to Joshua Kim for winning the Presidents Undergraduate Research Award for Fall 2020! (August 17th, 2020) Congratulations to Gwendolyn Wang for being a Finalist for the 2020 OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress Student Paper Prize (August 3rd, 2020) Congratulations to Roman Balak for getting his paper accepted to the 2020 IEEE IROS conference (July 1st, 2020) Congratulations to Noah Kohls and Ibrahim Abdeally for getting their paper accepted to the 2020 ASME DSCC conference (June 9th, 2020) Gwendolyn Wang presented her paper at OSA LACSEA 2020 (June 25th, 2020) Noah Kohls presented his paper at IEEE ICRA 2020 (June 3rd, 2020) Congratulations to Alice Kramer for for winning the Presidents Undergraduate Research Award for Summer/Fall 2020! (March 31st, 2020) Congratulations to Gwendolyn Wang for getting her paper accepted to the 2020 OSA LACSEA conference (March 31st, 2020) Congratulations to both Yaw Mensah and Jaylon Uzodinma for being awarded the NSF GRFP Fellowship! (March 30th, 2020) Congratulations to Andrew Marsh and Gwendolyn Wang for getting their paper accepted to the 2020 Combustion Symposium (March 4th, 2020) Nature Communications has recently published our article “Megahertz-rate shock-wave distortion cancellation via phase conjugate digital in-line holography.” [link] (Feb. 28th, 2020) The College of Engineering at Georgia Tech has posted a new article featuring the robotics work conducted in our lab. [link] (Jan. 27th, 2020) Congratulations Noah Kohls, Beatriz Diaz, and Yaw Mensah for getting a conference paper accepted for IEEE ICRA 2020 (Jan. 21st, 2020) Tyrus Evans and Prof. Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar presented at AIAA Scitech 2020 (Jan. 11th, 2020)2019 News
Congratulations to Beatriz Dias for winning Best Interdisciplinary Capstone Project! [link] (Dec. 3rd, 2019) Congratulations to Ibrahim Abdeally and Aria Amthor for winning the Presidents Undergraduate Research Award for Spring 2020! (Oct. 29th, 2019) Congratulations to Tyrus Evans, Andrew Marsh, and Jaylon Uzodinma for getting their paper accepted to the AIAA Scitech 2020 conference. (August 30th, 2019) Prof. Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar was invited to present at the IEEE RAPID conference. (August 21st, 2019) Mechanical Engineering has posted a new Faculty Profile for Prof. Ellen Mazumdar [link]. (August 6th, 2019) Paper entitled “Comparison of Simulation and Experiments for Multimode Aerodynamic Breakup of a Liquid Metal Column in a Shock-Induced Cross-flow” has been accepted to the Physics of Fluids journal. (July 26th, 2019) Congratulations to Tyrus Evans for winning the ASA Edward A. O’Connor Jr. Founder’s Scholarship! (July 1st, 2019) Prof. Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar gave a Hot Topic talk on Shock-Wave Distortion Cancellation at the Gordon Research Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Energy and Combustion Science in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. (June 23rd, 2019) Congratulations to Tyrus Evans and Roman Balak for winning the Presidents Undergraduate Research Award for Fall 2019! (May 28th, 2019) New conference publication from AIAA Scitech 2019 on “Ultra-high-speed Pulse-burst Phase Conjugate Digital In-line Holography for Imaging Through Shock-wave Distortions” is now available [link]. (Feb 20th, 2019)