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Congratulations to Jing! He defended his Ph.D. final exam successfully!
MechSE Professor Naira Hovakimyan was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The distinction recognizes Hovakimyan’s exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the profession. ...
Congratulations to Neng! He defended his Ph.D. final exam successfully! Here is the final defense recording. The link to the video is here.
Grainger Engineering Professor Naira Hovakimyan is leading a new study that seeks to develop safe learning architecture for autonomous systems. Her NSF-funded study, “SLES: Guaranteed Tubes for ...
We are focused on the verification and validation tools and frameworks for the L1 adaptive controller, augmented with robust perception and learning-enabled components, that can ...
Mechanical engineering graduate student Minkyung Kim has been selected to attend the 2023 Hyundai Vision Conference. The detail can be checked here.
Congratulations to Naira for winning the Outstanding Advisor Award! https://mechse.illinois.edu/news/55496
Congratulations to Lin Song, our Ph.D. student, for being awarded the prestigious Yee Memorial Fund Fellowship! The Yee Memorial Fellowship is awarded to five engineering ...
We won the 3rd Place at the Engineering Open House in ‘The Future, Today.’ The detail can be checked here.  
The seminar is presented by Dr. Christopher Elliott. The video and slides can be found here.
Naira Hovakimyan
Director of AVIATE Center
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! Jing Wu defended his thesis successfully!

Congratulations! Jing Wu defended his thesis successfully!

Congratulations to Jing! He defended his Ph.D. final exam successfully!

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Congratulations! Naira named ASME Fellow!

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…

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Congratulations! Neng Wan defended his thesis successfully!

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…

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Researchers debut new study for safe learning-enabled systems

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…

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MechSE Magazine Summer 2023

MechSE Magazine Summer 2023

We are focused on the verification and validation tools and frameworks for the L1 adaptive controller, augmented with robust perception…

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Kim recruited to attend Hyundai Vision Conference

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…

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Naira wins the Outstanding Advisor Award

Naira wins the Outstanding Advisor Award

Congratulations to Naira for winning the Outstanding Advisor Award! https://mechse.illinois.edu/news/55496

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Lin was awarded the 2023-2024 Yee Fellowship!

Lin was awarded the 2023-2024 Yee Fellowship!

Congratulations to Lin Song, our Ph.D. student, for being awarded the prestigious Yee Memorial Fund Fellowship! The Yee Memorial Fellowship…

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Congratulations to Our Lab for Winning the 3rd Place at the Engineering Open House

Congratulations to Our Lab for Winning the 3rd Place at the Engineering Open House

We won the 3rd Place at the Engineering Open House in 'The Future, Today.' The detail can be checked here.…

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AVIATE SEMINAR “Robust and Resilient Autonomy for Advanced Air Mobility

AVIATE SEMINAR “Robust and Resilient Autonomy for Advanced Air Mobility

The seminar is presented by Dr. Christopher Elliott. The video and slides can be found here.

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