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
• 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
• Ph.D. Studies (2024-2026), 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
• 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
• 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
• ABM (Expected 2027), North Carolina State University
• Topic: Transformable robots
David Alexander
• ABM (Expected 2027), North Carolina State University
• Topic: Hybrid control for manipulators
B.S. and Visiting Students
Nicholas Sutton
• Topic: Motion planning, Tele-locomotion
Wonho Jung
Visiting Student from Seoul National University
• Topic: Safety-critical navigation
Noah Bowman
• Topic: Perception-guided planning and control
Josh Bang
• Topic: Dual-Arm manipulator
Daimian Gouge
• Topic: Vision-guided hand manipluation
Ian Shub
• Topic: Robot Hardware Design
Robots
Humanoid G1
Quadruped Go2
Furanka Arms
KUKA Arm
Formal Students (Graduate Students)
Sebastian King (2026, M.S., MAE) -
Jakub Jon (2025, M.S., Visiting) - Helsing
Formal Students (Undergraduate Students)
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.