Director
Silvia Ferrari
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Silvia Ferrari is the Associate Dean for Cross-Campus Engineering Research and the John Brancaccio Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. Prior to that, she was Professor of Engineering and Computer Science at Duke University, and Founder and Director of the NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) and Fellowship program on Wireless Intelligent Sensor Networks (WISeNet). Currently, she is the Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University, and her principal research interests include robust adaptive control of aircraft, learning and approximate dynamic programming, and optimal control of mobile sensor networks. She received the B.S. degree from Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University. She is a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of ASME, SPIE, and AIAA. She is the recipient of the ONR young investigator award (2004), the NSF CAREER award (2005), and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award (2006).
Email: ferrari@cornell.edu
Members
Hewenxuan (Vincent) Li
Hewenxuan is a postdoctoral associate in the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from University of Rhode Island. His research interests include nonlinear dynamics and control, deep learning’s application in complex dynamics and control, and health monitoring of nonlinear systems. His current focus at LISC is nonlinear control of flapping wing micro aerial vehicle and information-driven underwater perception. He is a member of ASME and SEM and best paper awardee of the ASME IDETC/CIE conference (2019). Email: hewenxuan.li@cornell.edu
Jia Guo
Jia Guo joined LISC in Fall 2023 as a postdoctoral associate. Prior to his current position, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Georgia Tech. He completed his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech (2021), in which he focused on incorporating nonparametric learning to create adaptive control of general nonlinear systems. He obtained his M.S. (2016) and B.Eng. (2014) degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, both in Aerospace Engineering. His research interests include planning and control of sensor networks, data-driven control, machine learning, and human-robot interaction.
Email: jg2476@cornell.edu
Andre Paradise
Andre Paradise is a Ph.D. student in the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University. He received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California–Irvine in 2020, where he was an undergraduate researcher for the Computational Environmental Sciences (CES) Laboratory. His research interests include intelligent robot planning, computer vision, and situational awareness.
Email: aap254@cornell.edu
Frank Kim
Frank Kim is a Ph.D. student in the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University.
He received M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). His research focuses on machine learning and robotics.
Email: ck766@cornell.edu
Sushrut Surve
Sushrut Surve is a Ph.D. student in the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN), with a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and Minors in Electrical Engineering and Robotics. He was a research intern at the University of Washington, Seattle, and has been the SAE eBAJA team captain at IITGN. He is interested in exploring robotics at the confluence of dynamics, control theory, optimization and estimation.
Email: ss4248@cornell.edu
Xinyu Fang
Xinyu Fang is a Ph.D. student in the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University. He graduated from the Ohio State University, Columbus OH (OSU) with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He is interested in exploring the fields of neuroscience, controls, and machine learning. Email: xf223@cornell.edu
Melissa Tan
Melissa is an M.S. student in the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University. She graduated from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. In her previous role, she worked as a UX Architect for the Singapore government for 4 years, specializing in designing complex military defense systems that enhance data comprehension and decision-making. Her interests are in human-computer interaction and computer vision.
Email: mrt96@cornell.edu
Zilong He
Zilong is an M.S. student in the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University. He graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is interested in the interplay between control theory, estimation and robotics.
Email: zh222@cornell.edu
Andres Blanco
Andres Blanco is an undergraduate senior completing his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University. His research interests are in robotics planning and control, with a focus on manipulation and contact-rich scenarios.
Email: arb345@cornell.edu
Massimilano (Max) Gallo
Max is a CS MEng student at Cornell Tech and have academic interests in Computer Vision, Robotics, and Game Theory. In his spare time, He loves developing short and simple games, climbing at the local bouldering gym, and watching movies from the 80s and 90s. He did his undergrad at UChicago in CS and Economics.
Email: mrg275@cornell.edu
Raymond Nucuta
Raymond Nucuta is a MEng student studying Computer Science at Cornell Tech. He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science. He is interested in deep generative models, and their use in autonomous navigation.
Email: rn347@cornell.edu
Justine Eng
Justine is an undergraduate student in the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University. She is studying Electrical and Computer Engineering along with Computer Science for her Bachelor’s degree. She is interested in artificial intelligence, optimization, and human-computer interaction.
Email: jse77@cornell.edu