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W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor
nhovakim@illinois.edu
Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Congratulations! Hovakimyan featured as keynote speaker at IROS!
Professor Naira Hovakimyan was one of the keynote speakers earlier this month at IROS 2024, one of the largest and most important…
Congratulations! Hovakimyan recognized for translational research impacting society
MechSE Professor Naira Hovakimyan is this year’s recipient of The Grainger College of Engineering’s Award for Excellence in Translational Research. The award honors…
Congrats! Lin Song defended his thesis successfully!
Congratulations to Lin! He defended his Ph.D. final exam successfully!
John was awarded the ECE Distinguished Research Fellowship!
Congratulations to John Bullock, our Ph.D. student, for being awarded the ECE Distinguished Research Fellowship!
Congratulations! Jing Wu defended his thesis successfully!
Congratulations to Jing! He defended his Ph.D. final exam successfully!
Congratulations! Naira named ASME Fellow!
MechSE Professor Naira Hovakimyan was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The distinction recognizes Hovakimyan’s exceptional engineering achievements…
Congratulations! Neng Wan defended his thesis successfully!
Congratulations to Neng! He defended his Ph.D. final exam successfully! Here is the final defense recording. The link to the…
Researchers debut new study for safe learning-enabled systems
Grainger Engineering Professor Naira Hovakimyan is leading a new study that seeks to develop safe learning architecture for autonomous systems. Her NSF-funded…
MechSE Magazine Summer 2023
We are focused on the verification and validation tools and frameworks for the L1 adaptive controller, augmented with robust perception…
Kim recruited to attend Hyundai Vision Conference
Mechanical engineering graduate student Minkyung Kim has been selected to attend the 2023 Hyundai Vision Conference. The detail can be…