Professor: Dr. Jaemin Lee
Dr. Lee's research interests span the area of robotics, optimal planning, whole-body control, safety-critical control, autonomy, learning-based control and hybrid dynamical systems, with a special focus on applications to loco-manipulation of legged robots, animaloid, or humanoids with experimental validations, connecting robotic systems and generative AI. Dr. Lee has been recognized through multiple honors, including an NVIDIA Academic Grant in robotics.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North carolina State University, NC (2024~)
- Associate Faculty, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC–Chapel Hill and NC State University, NC (2025~)
- Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, CA (2022-2024)
- Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, TX (2016-2022)
- Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (2013-2016)
Ph.D. Students
JunYoung Kim
MAE Ph.D (2025 Fall)
M.S. and B.S. Hanyang University
Locomanipulation of humanoids
Incoming Ph.D. Student
(2026 Fall)
Incoming Ph.D. Student
(2026 Fall)
Incoming Ph.D. Student
(2026 Fall)
M.S and Accelerated B.S/M.S. (ABM) Students
Andrea Basuroski
MAE ABM (Spring 2025)
Transformable robots
David Alexander
MAE ABM (Fall 2025)
Hybrid control for manipulators
Sebastian King
MAE M.S. (Spring 2026)
Robot design
B.S. and Visiting Students
Nicholas Sutton
CS B.S.
Motion planning, Tele-locomotion
Wonho Jung
Visiting Student from Seoul National University
Safety-critical navigation
Noah Bowman
MAE B.S.
Perception-guided planning and control
Prajjwal Singh
MAE B.S.
Robots
Humanoid G1
(2025 Summer)
Quadruped Go2
(2024 Fall)
Furanka Arms
(2025 Fall)