Student and Collaborator Updates

Nov 17, 2025

We are pleased to welcome two new graduate students to our Center.  Materials Science and Engineering student Asimit Bhattarai joins Thrust 2, working with Marc De Graef and Mechanical Engineering student Eladio Andujar Lugo joins Thrust 4, working with Burak Kara. 

Ojash Neopane (Machine Learning Department, Thrust 3) successfully defended his thesis, "Advances in Interactive Learning: Alternative Feedback Mechanisms and Adaptive Causal Inference."

Michael Bockstaller recently participated in a panel discussion for the College of Engineering Dean's Advocacy Council on "Future of AI in Engineering."