Faculty

Dr. Bing Li

is an Assistant Professor of Automotive Engineering at Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) since Aug. 2018. He founded and directs the AutoAI Lab research group. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2018 from The City College (CCNY), at The City University of New York (CUNY). Email: bli4 AT clemson.edu, (Profile Page and Google Scholar.)
Dr. Bing Li

Ph.D.
Students

Abhishek Sharma

(2022~) Research focus: Embodied AI, Autonomous Mapping-Navigation, etc.
Email: asharm5 AT clemson.edu (Profile Page)
Abhishek Sharma

Cigdem Kokenoz

(2022~) Research focus: Spatial-AI Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for Autonomous Robots/Vehicles, etc.
Email: ckokeno AT clemson.edu (Profile Page)
Cigdem Kokenoz

Nobel Dang

(2023~) Research focus: Autonomous AI.
Email: ndang AT clemson.edu (Profile Page)
Nobel Dang

Zhimin Chen

(2020~) Research focus: Perception AI for Autonomous Robots/Vehicles, etc.
Email: zhiminc AT clemson.edu (Profile Page)
Zhimin Chen

Ziyue Feng

(2019~) Research focus: Neural Mapping for Autonomous Robots/Vehicles, etc.
Email: zfeng AT clemson.edu (Profile Page: ziyue.cool)
Ziyue Feng

Research Interns

Nia Alavandi

is currently a high school student at JL Mann High School, Greenville, SC.
Email: nia.alava AT gmail.com

Toukheer Shaik

is currently a Master’s student in Automotive Engineering at CU-ICAR.
Email: tshaik AT g.clemson.edu

Alumni

Aaron Chen

2022 Intern, currently a Master’s student in Automotive Engineering at CU-ICAR.
Email: achen3 AT g.clemson.edu

Akshay Bhagat

2018~2019 MS Graduate, then Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. - Planning and Controls Engineer (Autonomous Driving/ADAS)

Akshay Desai

2018~2019 MS Graduate, then Magna International - Algorithm Engineer – Planning and Controls.

Amogh Venkataramana Reddy

2022~2023 MS Graduate, then Apex Systems - Robotics Engineer.
MS Thesis: Virtual Prototyping and Validation for Autonomous Assistive Mobility.
Email: amoghv AT g.clemson.edu

Aryan Naveen

2019~2022 Intern, then Undergraduate Computer Science Program at Harvard University.

Dr. Howard Brand

2017~2022: Ph.D. graduate, then Machine Learning - Analytics Associate Manager at Accenture Federal Services.
Research areas: Robotic Inspection, Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), Remote/UAV Sensing, Radar Imaging and Signal Processing. Dissertation: Non-Destructive Terrain Evaluation and Modeling for Off-Road Autonomy.
Email: hbrand AT g.clemson.edu

Dr. Jesse F. Leaman

2022: was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the AutoAI Lab at the Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).
He received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics in 2008 at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include AI for Astrophysics, Robotic Astronomy, Robotic Wheelchairs and Assistive Mobility, Human-Robot Interaction, Human-centered AI, AI for Climate.
Email: jfl0132 AT gmail.com

Mingzhe Liu

2021 MS Graduate, then Ph.D. student at Arizona State University.

Minni Bin

2020~2021 MS Graduate, then Toyota North America R&D - ADAS Evaluation Engineer.

Nachiappan Chockalingam

2019 Intern, then Amazon AWS - Software Engineer.

Rahil Modi

2020~2021 MS Graduate, then Volvo - Vehicle System Engineer in the Automated Driving.

Sanket Bachuwa

2018~2019 MS Graduate, then ThorDrive - Autonomous Driving Engineer.

Shaurya Panthri

2019~2020 MS Graduate, then Toyota North America R&D - Automated Driving Software Engineer.

Srivatsav Kamarajugadda

2018~2019 MS Graduate, then NVIDIA - Senior Planning and Controls Engineer.

Tarun Giridhar

2020~2021 Intern, then Undergraduate Computer Science Program at Virginia Tech.

Zack Yang

2020~2022 MS Graduate, then Lucid Motors - Software Engineer (Autonomous Driving/ADAS)