Jhon Portella (jportel1@umbc.edu) joined ECLL in January 2022 as a Ph.D. pre-candidate. His research is focused on the design and analysis of nonlinear control techniques, including backstepping, feedback linearization, and differential flatness-based control. Jhon received a master’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 2016 and a bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering from PUCP in 2012.
Parham Oveissi (parhamo1@umbc.edu) joined ECLL in August 2022 and is a Ph.D. pre-candidate. Parham’s research is focused on designing and implementing adaptive control algorithms for high-dimensional and nonlinear flow control problems. Parham received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from K. N. Toosi University of Technology in 2022.
Mohammad Mirtaba (mmirtab1@umbc.edu) will join ECLL in Fall 2023 as a Ph.D. pre-candidate.
Undergraduate Students
Rock Elgharably (relghar1@umbc.edu)
Thi Le (anhthil1@umbc.edu)
Daniel Farley (dfarley1@umbc.edu)
Christopher Appiah (cappiah1@umbc.edu)
Oritseneye Mebaghanje (pj38653@umbc.edu)
Talal Nadeem (talaln1@umbc.edu)
Turibius Rozario (s175@umbc.edu) – Turibius is a sophomore, a Meyerhoff scholar, as well as ECLL’s resident Python and machine learning expert. His research is focused on investigating the theoretical properties of neural networks using extensive numerical experiments.
Nolan Smith (nolans1@umbc.edu) – Nolan is a junior and ECLL’s resident drone pilot. Nolan builds and flies drones and is in charge of lab safety.
Jacob Lombardo (jacobl2@umbc.edu) – Jacob is a junior designing and developing a camera system with precise motion control. Jacob is co-advised by Prof. Liang Zhu.
Alumni
Arjun Trivedi (atrived2@umbc.edu) – Arjun joined ECLL in January 2022, where he worked on adaptive control algorithm integration in a CFD code as well as theoretical analysis of neural networks and contributed to two conference papers during his short stint at ECLL. Arjun is currently at APL.
Julia Michaelson – Julia worked on the design of a hybrid linear controller for the inverted pendulum problem. Julia is currently at APL.
Bryan Chris Ngnaguepa (bryancn1@umbc.edu), Ian-Gaïc Nana Nzouakeu (niangac1@umbc.edu) – Bryan and Ian helped build the indoor flying enclosure and set up the lighthouse positioning system to fly the crazyflie drone in ECLL.
Paul Tsai – Paul joined ECLL in the summer of 2022 and is a research assistant. Paul investigated the effect of time separation in the multi-loop control systems used in UAV autopilots.