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). Contact Email: bli4@clemson.edu, Faculty profile page and Google Scholar.

Ph.D.
Students

Abhishek Sharma

(2022~) Research areas: Autonomous AI, Autonomous Systems/Simulation, Robotic Inspection, etc. Email: asharm5@clemson.edu

Cigdem Kokenoz

(2022~) Research areas: Perception AI, Sensing, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), etc. Email: ckokeno@clemson.edu

Zhimin Chen

(2020~) Research areas: Perception/Autonomous AI, Sensing, Robot Vision/Learning, etc. Email: zhiminc@clemson.edu

Ziyue Feng

(2019~) Research areas: Perception AI, Sensing, Robot Vision, Navigation, etc. Email: zfeng@clemson.edu Homepage: ziyue.cool

Research Interns

Aaron Chen

is currently a Master’s student in Automotive Engineering at CU-ICAR. Email: achen3@g.clemson.edu

Amogh V. Reddy

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

Nia Alavandi

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

Zack Yang

MS graduate in Automotive Engineering at CU-ICAR. Email: zongmiy@g.clemson.edu

Alumni

Akshay Bhagat

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

Akshay Desai

2018-2019. Magna International - Algorithm Engineer – Planning and Controls.

Aryan Naveen

2019-2022. Undergraduate Computer Science Program at Harvard University.

Dr. Howard Brand

2017~2022: Ph.D. graduate. Research areas: Sensing, Robotic Inspection, 3D Radar Imaging, Semantic Mapping, etc. Dissertation: Non-Destructive Terrain Evaluation and Modeling for Off-Road Autonomy. Email: hbrand@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) since Feb. 2022. 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. Contact Email: jfl0132@gmail.com

Mingzhe Liu

  1. Ph.D. student at Arizona State University.

Minni Bin

2020-2021. Toyota North America R&D - ADAS Evaluation Engineer.

Nachiappan Chockalingam

  1. Amazon AWS - Software Engineer.

Rahil Modi

2020-2021. Volvo - Vehicle System Engineer in the Automated Driving.

Sanket Bachuwa

2018-2019. ThorDrive - Autonomous Driving Engineer.

Shaurya Panthri

2019-2020. Toyota North America R&D - Automated Driving Software Engineer.

Srivatsav Kamarajugadda

2018-2019. NVIDIA - Senior Planning and Controls Engineer.

Tarun Giridhar

2020-2021. Undergraduate Computer Science Program at Virginia Tech.