Principle Investigator

 

Jun Sheng
    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

 

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    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

 

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  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

 

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   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

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   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

 

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   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

 

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   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

 


Undergraduate Students

 

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  Steven Vu
  B.Sc. Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside (2022 - present)
   

 

 
   Research interests: Soft robots, surgical robots
   Email: steven.vu003@email.ucr.edu

 

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  Leo Hernandez
  B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2022-present)
 

 

 

   Research interests: Soft robots, surgical robots
   Email: lhern267@ucr.edu

 

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  Annabelle Yang
  B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside (2023 - present)
 

 

 

   Research interests: Agricultural robots, soft robots
   Email: annabelle.yang@email.ucr.edu

 

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  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

 

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  Colin Daily
  B.Sc. Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside (2022-present)
 

 

 

   Research interests: Soft robots, sensing, wearable robots
   Email: colin.daily@email.ucr.edu

Alumni

Hengjie Chen (Ph.D., 2025, co-advising 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)

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