Doctoral Student Profiles

Jayam is a graduate student in Robotics Engineering and working on Human-Swarm Interaction in NEST Lab. He completed his MS in Robotics in May 2016 and BEng. in Electronics and Communication in May 2012. His previous research interests and experiences have been in Assistive Robotics, Internet of Things and Home Automation. His passion is to teach and wants to remain in academia for his life. Along with academia, he loves gaming and listening to music. He is well connected to his spiritual side and practices Reiki and Tarot Card Reading.

Michael obtained a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island in 2016, and he began his PhD in Robotics Engineering at WPI in January 2017. Michael is a Research Engineer at Delsys Inc., and his research focuses on motor control strategies. Prior to his academic study, Michael served as a Hospital Corpsman in the United States Navy for 8 years, and deployed twice with the United States Marines Corps in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He currently serves as a Chief Hospital Corpsman in the United States Navy Reserve.

Marek was born and raised in Portland, Maine and completed a B.S. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at The University of Connecticut. He also has an M.S. Automation and Control Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. Marek is a PhD student in the Robotics Engineering department and his research interests include robotic control systems applied to medical technologies and image guided therapy. His current work is developing MRI compatible robots for prostate cancer biopsies.

Benzun P. Wisely Babu, Soohwan Kim, Zhixin Yan, Ren Liu "sigma-DVO: Sensor Noise Model Meets Dense Visual Odometry" In Proc. of ISMAR 2016, 15th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Merida, Mexico, September 2016. Benzun P. Wisely Babu, David Cyganski, James Duckworth “Gyroscope assisted scalable visual simultaneous localization and mapping” In Proc. of UPINLBS 2014, Ubiquitous Positioning Indoor Navigation and Location Based Service, Corpus Christi, November 2014. Benzun P. Wisely Babu, Christopher Bove, Michael A. Gennert, “Tight Coupling between Manipulation and ...

Pablo is an aviation business development professional who has created business opportunities in over 70 countries. Pablo is currently a Vice President at Zephyrus Aviation Capital that specializes in aircraft leasing. He manages the data science and pricing team. In addition to this Pablo is responsible for covering the Americas for the commercial team. Prior to joining Zephyrus, Pablo worked at Omni Air International for 10 years and served in various roles. His responsibilities included the oversight of the functional areas of marketing, business development, and data science. Pablo has a ...

Timothy Clancy is Founder & CEO of Dialectic Simulations Consulting, LLC and a researcher focused on reducing the violence and instability. Prior to attending WPI Timothy enjoyed a 25 year career as a consultant to Fortune 100 and government agencies, including two years spent in Afghanistan supporting counter-roadside bomb analysis and retrograde for the Department of Defense. 

Jim is pursuing an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Business Innovation and Complex Systems Modeling. His research is focused on system dynamics models and simulations for policy and decision making in technology firms. A particular interest is in improving technology innovation in healthcare and medtech. Jim has over 30 years of experience in R&D developing and managing complex technology for medical devices, military systems, computer storage devices, and manned/unmanned air vehicle systems. Jim presently is an R&D Digital Strategy Lead in the Data Sciences Institute (DSI) at Takeda ...

Avery is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences & Technologies Ph.D. program, advised by Erin Ottmar and Ivon Arroyo. Originally from Virginia, Avery received her B.A. from the University of Richmond where she studied cognitive psychology. After teaching English as a Second Language for a couple years, she joined the LS&T program at WPI. In 2019, Avery completed her M.S. degree and received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to pursue her doctoral research related to perception, embodiment, and the use of educational technologies for mathematics. In addition to her research, ...

Fadi is first year PhD student in Business- Information Technology. Fadi works with his advisor Professor Eleanor Loiacono. His research focuses on Business and Social Media Analytics.

Sahar Ebrahimi Bajgni is a Ph.D. candidate with a passion for developing sustainable supply chain network models and exploring the transformative potential of blockchain technology. Her research focuses on investigating the challenges of adopting blockchain technology in supply chains plagued by counterfeit issues. She designs supply chain networks to simulate real-world scenarios and examines how cooperation between supply chain participants can sustain blockchain technology as a profitable solution.In addition to her work on blockchain technology, Sahar is conducting empirical research aimed ...