People

Sungmin Kim
Sungmin is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering. He has earned his B.E. at Kyushu University, and M.S. at Purdue University both in Mechanical Engineering. After his degrees, he has worked as a senior researcher at Korea Electric Power Corporation. Now, he is working on an online monitoring system for nuclear facilities with autonomous robots and artificial intelligence.

Stephen Yoo
Stephen Yoo is a Ph.D student in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. He recieved B.S. and M.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Korea. His research interests are in security and safety aspects of nuclear facilities, recently focusing on cyber security issues arousing from digital I&C systems being implemented in NPPs. His recent activities cover the developing resilience strategy using machine learning tools against false data injection attacks targeting critical infrastructures, nuclear power plant in particular.

Kai Tan
Kai Tan is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to this, he received M.S. degree from Tsinghua University in Nuclear Science and Technology. His research focus is on energy system, manufacturing systems, and deep reinforcement learning.

Hojoon Son

Hojoon Son is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), supervised by Dr. Fan Zhang. He received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and electrical and electronic engineering, and the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, in 2017 and 2020, respectively. His master’s thesis topic is “Automated swept path analysis of oversized cargo transportation through deep reinforcement learning.” Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he gained professional experience as a Software Engineer with NEXTLab Company Ltd., from 2020 to 2023. His research interests include knowledge-based systems to retrieve key information from industrial systems and support human decision-making, specifically machine vision, vehicle/robot simulation with reinforcement learning, and decision support systems.

Himanshu Vairagade
Himanshu Vairagade is a Masters student in Robotics, Georgia Institute of Technology. He received B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Design and Manufacturing from IIITDM Kancheepuram, India. Post this he worked with a startup named Vyorius Drones Private Limited as a Robotics Engineer for two years. His recent research interests are in a monitoring systems for nuclear facilities with autonomous robots swarms.

Cheng-Shao Chiang
Cheng-Shao (Hugo) is a Masters student in Robotics, Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Bachelors’ degree in Electronics Engineering from National Chiao Tung University and Master’s Degree in Computer Science from National Taiwan University.He worked with Lilee Systems for two years and Cadence Design System for a year both as a software engineer. His recent research interests are in a monitoring systems for nuclear facilities.

Megan Huang

Megan is a Masters student studying mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. She also received her Bachelor’s degree at Georgia Tech for Mechanical engineering. Her current research topic and interests are centered around vibrations and robotics.

Colin Gold
Colin Gold is a first year Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Undergraduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Current research includes SBOM implementation and best practices for nuclear facilities. Colin plans to work in nuclear fusion field post graduation.

Adolfo Ruiz Padron
Adolfo Ruiz Padron is a second year Computer Engineering Student here at Georgia Tech. He is interested in cybersecurity, specifically industrial cybersecurity and low-level computing. He is currently part of the SBOM team, working to develop tooling for SBOM practices in nuclear facilites. He hopes to research at GTRI in the future.

Avery Skolnick
Avery Skolnick a third year Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate student with a minor in nuclear engineering and Economics. He specializes in Programmable logic controllers, general pressurized water reactor GPWR and flow loops.

Raine Simon
Raine Simon is a first year Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Undergraduate student at Georgia Institute of Technology. She is currently working on R&D of SBOM ecosystem tooling to be used by nuclear facilities. Raine loves nuclear physics, and her research interests include instrumentation and controls. She hopes to eventually conduct fusion research in the future.

Anshul Chelapurath
Anshul Chelapurath is a first year Computer Science Undergraduate student at Georgia Tech. He is interested in IOT devices, cybersecurity, and machine learning. Anshul has represented the US in the Cyber Battle of Estonia and is both CompTIA Network+ and Security+ certified. He is on the network emulation and cyber-attack detection teams.