People
Daniel M. Aukes, PhD
danaukes@asu.edu CV Calendar Daniel M. Aukes is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, and is the Principal Investigator of the IDEAlab. His research investigates the nexus of design, manufacturing, and data-driven decision-making towards the development of robots that can operate in niche environments, with a focus on affordability and accessibility. He is a former Technology Development Fellow at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and completed post-doctoral research in the Harvard MicroRobotics Lab with Rob Wood, developing manufacturing planning software for origami-inspired robots.
Current Students


Yuhao Jiang
Yuhao is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at ASU. His research interest mainly lies in controls, robotics, and dynamic systems. Prior to joining IdeaLab, he received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Florida, supervised by Dr. Prabir Barooah, studying controls and system identifications of smart buildings. Before that, he received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Donghua University.
PhD
Roozbeh Khodambashi
I am a Mechanical engineer by education and an Electrical engineer by practice. Before I join the Systems engineering Ph.D. program at ASU, I was a masters student at Georgia Tech working in the area of prosthetics and human augmentation for musical applications under Prof. Weinberg. I received an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology focusing the area of tactile sensing in robotics and minimally invasive surgery under Prof. Najarian. My B.Sc. is in Mechanical engineering from Shahrekord University.
PhD
Shawn (Donging) Li
Dongting Li is a Systems Engineering Ph.D. student and joined IDEAlab in 2018 fall. His research focuses on robot modeling and locomotion inside granular media. He received his bachelor's degree in 2018.
PhDLab Alumni
Wade Adams
Masters
Sheena Benson
FURI Undergraduate
Drew Carlson
FURI UndergraduateClint Ewell
Masters
Vipul Gadekar
MastersAlia Gilbert
FURI UndergraduateSudhanshu Katarey
Masters
Jacob Knaup
FURI Barrett KEEN Undergraduate
Guston Lighthouse
FURI Barrett Undergraduate
Frank Ononye
Barrett UndergraduateChien-Wen Pan
PhDHebellyn Quezada
Barrett Undergraduate
Mannat Rana
FURI Undergraduate
Dante Roush
Barrett Undergraduate
Taha Shafa
KEEN Masters
Mohammad Sharifzadeh
PhD