Congratulations to Prof. Naira Hovakimyan on receiving the 2025 College Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring! A well-deserved recognition of her exceptional guidance and dedication to her students. More details can be found here: https://grainger.illinois.edu/research/faculty-awards#year=2025

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

Professor Naira Hovakimyan recently visited the Campus Middle School for Girls to guide students in designing and building their own drones. Under her mentorship and with the support of MechSE outreach staff and graduate researchers, the students learned CAD modeling, 3D printing, and the fundamentals of drone assembly. This outreach project, supported by the NASA […]

Our team had an engaging experience at the AIAA SciTech Forum, discussing our latest research with peers and exploring new ideas in safe advanced air mobility. The insightful feedback and thought-provoking conversations will shape our ongoing work. We’re excited to continue these collaborations and push our research forward!

Professor Naira Hovakimyan gave a presentation to GoAero seminar series on safe learning in autonomous systems. The presentation can be watched at the link: GoAERO Expert Lecture Series on YouTube.

Professor Naira Hovakimyan was one of the keynote speakers earlier this month at IROS 2024, one of the largest and most important robotics research conferences in the world. Held this year in Abu Dhabi at the largest exhibition venue in the Middle East, IROS attracts researchers, academics and industry professionals from around the globe. Hovakimyan is the […]

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 faculty or staff researchers for special achievements in translational research, such as entrepreneurial activities related to research outcomes, technology transfer of research through licensing of intellectual property, and research leading directly to products/outcomes with notable […]

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

Congratulations to John Bullock, our Ph.D. student, for being awarded the ECE Distinguished Research Fellowship!

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