People
Dr. Paul OhBackground: Paul Oh is a Drexel University mechanical engineering professor and DASL Lab Director. His interests include sensor suites for unmanned systems and robots. Awards and recognitions include Faculty Fellowships at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (2002) and the Office of Navy Research (2003), a National Science Foundation CAREER (2004), Boeing Welliver Fellow (2006) and SAE Teetor Award for Engineering Education Excellence (2006). Prof. Oh currently co-chairs the IEEE Technical Committee on Aerial Robots and UAVs, and serves on editorial boards like the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems.
Email: paul@coe.drexel.edu
URL to personal page: mem.drexel.edu/pauloh.html
Unmanned Systems
Current Students (Click a Student name to expand their info)
James T. Hing (PhD Candidate - MEM)
Area of research: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control and
Simulation/Training
Email: jth23(a.t)drexel(d.o.t)edu
URL to personal page: dasl.mem.drexel.edu/Hing
Utilizing motion feedback technology for
use as a test bed to study UAV pilot performance, create training programs,and
ultimately a platform to avoid UAV accidents.
Area of research: UAV Sensor Suite Development
Email: kws23@drexel.edu
URL to personal page: www.pages.drexel.edu/~kws23
Characterizing the performance of UAV sensors
in real-world environments. Investigating novel means for testing and
evaluating sensor hardware and software.
Area of research: Computer Vision and Unmanned Cargo Transport
Email: nk752@drexel.edu
URL to personal page: http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~nk752
Use of computer vision and LIDAR for autonomous
vehicle control, including autonomous helicopter cargo transport and landing
zone detection.
Alumni
William Green (PhD June 2007 - MEM)
Area of research: Visually Servoed Aerial Robots
for Situational Awareness
URL to personal page: www.pages.drexel.edu/~weg22
Bills work enables flying robots to perform missions autonomously.
Area of research: Human-in-the-Loop Visual Servoing
URL to personal page: prism2.mem.drexel.edu/~rares/rares.htm
Rares work augmented human camera operators with applications like broadcasting and situational awareness.
Area of research: Mobile Inverted Pendulums
Email: ttl28@drexel.edu
URL to personal page: www.pages.drexel.edu/~ttl28
Using Lego Mindstorms NXT robotics kit to
develop a self-balancing mobile inverted pendulum as a platform for mechatronics
education in control theory.
Area of research: Remote deployment of VTOL-UAV
Email: jc359@drexel.edu
URL to personal page: http://dasl.mem.drexel.edu/~jasonCollins/html/Jason_Collins_Index.html
Develop mobile VTOL-UAV launch platform
to be transported to launch location by teleoperated UGV system. Launch platform
must shield and cushion the aircraft in transport, and provide a level surface
for launch.
Humanoid Robotics
Current Students (Click a Student name to expand their info
Robert W. Ellenberg (PhD Student – MEM)
Area of research: Humanoid Robotics and Control
Email: rwe24@drexel.edu
URL to personal page: dasl.mem.drexel.edu/RobertEllenberg
Applying principles of machine learning
and artificial intelligence to humanoid robots to improve human interaction
skills and environmental awareness.
Area of research: Humanoid Robotics
Email: dml46@drexel.edu
URL to personal page: http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dml46/index.html
Area of research: Humanoid Robotics
Email: yj55@drexel.edu
URL to personal page: http://dasl.mem.drexel.edu/~youngbumJun
Area of Research: Humanoid Robotics
E-mail: rjg48@drexel.edu
URL: http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~rjg48/
Area of Research: Humanoid Robotics
E-mail: bdk29@drexel.edu
URL: http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~bdk29/
Area of Research: LabVIEW Autonomous Soccer and Humanoid Robotics
E-mail: cmcneil@forwardtech.org
URL: www.forwardtech.org
Using National Instrument's LabVIEW as a means of autonomously
controlling multiple robots to achieve a common goal, i.e.
play soccer agianst human compeitiors.
Area of research: Multi-robot Teaming
Email: rs429@drexel.edu
URL to personal page: www.pages.drexel.edu/~rs429
Developing a platform for experimentation
into multi-robot coordination towards a static goal in a dynamic environment
(specifically, to play soccer).
Area of research: Humanoid Robotics
Email: dc367@drexel.edu
URL to personal page: http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dc367
Alumni
