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)
M.S.(2022) and B.S.(2020) Hanyang University, Korea
Visiting Student, UCLA, CA, US (2022)
Research Intern, KIST, Korea (2023-2024)
Whole-body control for Locomanipulation of humanoids

Incoming Ph.D. Student

Incoming Ph.D. Student

Incoming Ph.D. Student

M.S and Accelerated B.S/M.S. (ABM) Students

Andrea Basuroski
MAE M.S.
Transformable robots

David Alexander
MAE M.S.
Hybrid control for manipulators

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

Josh Bang
ECE B.S.
Dual-Arm Manipulator

Future Student

Robots

Humanoid G1

Quadruped Go2

Furanka Arms

Formal Students (Graduate Students)

Sebastian King (2026, M.S., MAE) -
Jakub Jon (2025, M.S., Visiting) - Helsing

Formal Students (Undergraduate Students)

Keagan Donovan (2025, B.S., MAE) - Prometheus Group
Ali Mohamed-Alie (2025, B.S., MAE) - Air Distribution Technologies, Inc.