Principle Investigator
Jun Sheng
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California Riverside
Office: Bourns Hall A311
Lab: Bourns Hall B231
Phone: 951-827-6257
Email: jun.sheng@ucr.edu
Postdoctoral Scholars
Graduate Students
Kyungjoon (Harry) Lee
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2021 - present)
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY (2020)
Research interests: Soft Robots
Research applications: Rehabilitation Robots
Email: klee449@ucr.edu
Boshen Qi
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2021 - present)
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2019)
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (2018)
Research interests: Tendon-driven Robots
Research applications: Neurosurgery Robots
Email: bqi004@ucr.edu
Saeed Rezaeian
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2021 - present)
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (2021)
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (2018)
Research interests: Tendon-driven Robots, Smart Materials
Research applications: MRI-compatible Robots, Surgical Robots
Email: sreza016@ucr.edu
Ryan Deuling
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2023 - present)
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2022)
Research interests: Tendon-driven, continuum robots, MEMS robots
Research applications: Agricultural - harvesting robots
Email: Ryan.Deuling@email.ucr.edu
Arshia Akbari
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2023 - present)
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2022)
Research interests: Tendon-driven, continuum robots, MEMS robots
Research applications: Medical Robots
Email: arshia.akbari@email.ucr.edu
Parmida AfshariNejad
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2023 - present)
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2023)
Research interests: Medical Robots, Soft Robots
Research applications: Wearable Robots
Email: pafsh002@ucr.edu
Seth Gil
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2025 - present)
B.S. Electrical Engineering, California Baptist University, Riverside (2020 - 2023)
Research interests: Soft robotics
Research applications: Medical robotics
Email: seth.gil@email.ucr.edu
Shenglin Yang
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2025 - present)
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2024)
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2022)
Research interests: Tendon-driven Robots, Soft Robots
Research applications: MRI-compatible Robots, Surgical Robots
Email: seth.gil@email.ucr.edu
Undergraduate Students
Steven Vu
B.Sc. Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside (2022 - present)
Research interests: Soft robots, surgical robots
Email: steven.vu003@email.ucr.edu
Leo Hernandez
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2022-present)
Research interests: Soft robots, surgical robots
Email: lhern267@ucr.edu
Annabelle Yang
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2023 - present)
Research interests: Agricultural robots, soft robots
Email: annabelle.yang@email.ucr.edu
Daniel Chow
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2022-present)
Research interests: Soft robot, vine growing robots, agricultural robots
Email: daniel.chow002@email.ucr.edu
Colin Daily
B.Sc. Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside (2022-present)
Research interests: Soft robots, sensing, wearable robots
Email: colin.daily@email.ucr.edu
Jungwon Lee
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2022 - present)
Research interests: Soft robots, wearable robots
Email: jungwon.lee@email.ucr.edu
Conner Wallace
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2022 - present)
Research interests: Tendon Driven Robots, Surgical Robots, and Embodied AI Systems
Email: cwall025@ucr.edu
Matthew Vu
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2021 - present)
Research interests: Surgical robots, Soft robots
Email: matthew.vu@email.ucr.edu
Alumni
Hengjie Chen (Ph.D., 2025, co-advised with Dr. Xiaoping Hu, joining United Imaging Healthcare, China)
Keiju Oda (M.Sc., 2025)
Xinyu Lu (M.Sc., 2025)
Akhil Joshi (M.Sc., 2025)
Vinesh Manian (B.Sc., 2025, joining Dr. Markvicka's group @UNL as a Ph.D. student)
Ethan Hsu (B.Sc., 2025)
Patrick Fong (B.Sc., 2025)
Alyssa Shen (B.Sc., 2025)
Jennifer Zheng (B.Sc., 2025)
Sarvesh Saini (postdoc, 2023-2024, joining University of Miami as a postdoc fellow)
Sophia Sevic (B.Sc., 2024)
Lucas Tian (B.Sc., 2024)
Chandan Sidhu (M.Sc., 2023)
Griffith Gatpandan (B.Sc., 2022)
Chau Minh Giang (B.Sc., 2022)
Shalini Bansal (M.Sc., 2021)
Xinyao Wang (M.Sc., 2021)
Ziqing Yu (M.Sc., 2021)
Le Chen (M.Sc., 2020)
Weihang Zhou (M.Sc., 2020)
Siqu Liu (M.Sc., 2020)
Changhao Ge (B.Sc., 2020)
Yizhi Zhou (B.Sc., 2020)
