Professor: Dr. Jaemin Lee
🎓 Academic & Professional Experience
• Assistant Professor (2024 – Present), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, NC
• Associate Faculty (2025 – Present), Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC–Chapel Hill and NC State University, NC
• Postdoctoral Scholar (2022 – 2024), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), CA
• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering / Robotics (2016 – 2022), The University of Texas at Austin, TX
• Research Scientist (2013 – 2016), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), South Korea
🏛️ Professional Service & Leadership
• Faculty Member, NC State Robotics Steering Committee (2025 – Present)
• Associate Faculty Member, xGI Initiative, NC State University (2026 – Present)
• Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (IEEE RA-L) (2024 – Present)
• Associate Editor, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (2024 – Present)
Ph.D. Students
JunYoung Kim (MAE 2025)
• M.S.(2022), Hanyang University, Korea
• B.S.(2020), Hanyang University, Korea
• Visiting (2022), University of California, Los Angeles, CA
• Research Intern (2023-2024), KIST, Korea
• Topic: Whole-body control for Locomanipulation of humanoids
Anh Tung (Tony) Ho (MAE 2026)
• M.S.(2026), Stony Brook University, NY
• B.S.(2024), KAIST, Korea
• Research Intern (2025) VinMotion, Vietnam
• Research Intern (2024) LG Electronics, Korea
• Topic: Morphology-aware Interactive Humanoid Manipulation
Jingxi Lu (MAE 2026)
• M.S.(2026), University of Southern California, CA
• B.S.(2024), Hong Kong Baptist University, China
• Visiting (2025), Georgia Institute of Technology, GA
• Topic: Fault-aware Safe Learning for Humanoid Locomanipulation
Hanbin (Ethan) Jang (MAE 2026)
• B.S.(2026), Seoul National University, Korea
• Visiting (2025), North Carolina State Unversity, NC
• Topic: Context-aware Adaptive Framework for Long-horizon Robotic Tasks
M.S and Accelerated B.S/M.S. (ABM) Students
Andrea Basuroski (MAE 2025)
• ABM (Expected 2027), North Carolina State University
• Topic: Transformable robots
David Alexander (MAE 2025)
• ABM (Expected 2027), North Carolina State University
• Topic: Hybrid control for manipulators
Rae E. Heinzerling (MAE 2026)
• B.S.(2025), North Carolina State University
• Topic: Active Vision using an Eye-in-Hand Camera
Craig Bowman (MAE 2026)
• B.S.(2025), University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Topic: RL-based Control of Robots
B.S. and Visiting Students
Noah Bowman (MAE 2026)
• Topic: Perception-guided planning and control
Daimian Gouge (CSC 2026)
• Topic: Vision-guided hand manipluation
Ian Shub (MAE 2026)
• Topic: Robot Hardware Design
Matthew Mitchell (MAE 2026)
• Topic: Robot Control and Design
Robots
Humanoid G1
Quadruped Go2
Furanka Arms
KUKA Arm
Formal Students (Graduate Students)
Sebastian King (2026, M.S., MAE) - Corning Incorporated
Jakub Jon (2025, M.S., Visiting) - Helsing
Formal Students (Undergraduate Students)
Wonho Jung (2026, B.S., Visiting) - M.S. Student, Seoul National University
Hanbin Jang (2025, B.S., Visiting) - Ph.D. Student, HIER Lab, North Carolina State University
Keagan Donovan (2025, B.S., MAE) - Blue Origin
Ali Mohamed-Alie (2025, B.S., MAE) - Air Distribution Technologies, Inc.