Dr. Adrian Stein
Principal Investigator
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Education
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, LSU (2024)
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo (2024)
BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Berlin (2016, 2019)
Ph.D. Students
Karan Baker
(Graduate Research Assistant)
Karan's research focuses on precision motion control and uncertainty quantification. He completed his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University (USA), where he also earned a B.S. in History with a double major in 2024.
Nyi Nyi Aung
(Graduate Research Assistant)
Nyi Nyi's research is specialized in electrical and mechanical control systems. He completed his M.Sc. in Sustainable Transportation and Electrical Power Systems in 2024 via the Erasmus Mundus Joint Degree Program, with Paderborn University (Germany), University of Oviedo (Spain), University of Nottingham (UK), and Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). He earned his B.E from Yangon Technological University, Myanmar in 2018.
Sean Maki
(Graduate Research Assistant)
Sean specializes in high-speed 3D printing and UAV control. He earned his B.S. in 2025 from the University at Buffalo and will join the lab in Fall 2025. During his undergraduate studies, he interned at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he contributed to beamline experiments, and at Aurubis, a metal ore mining company based in Buffalo.
M.S. Students
Sanjay Maharjan
Sanjay specializes in developing an autonomous drone with computer vision and prediction to capture rogue UAVs. He earned his B.S. in 2021 from the University of Evansville, Indiana. He works part-time at Bancroft Automated Restaurant Systems Inc. as a Chief Mechanical Engineer.
Undergraduate Students
Dutch Dunphy
(Sophomore)
Dutch has been with the lab since Feb. 2025. His research focuses on applying Control Theory to Dynamical Systems, currently assisting graduate students with CAD model design.
Bradley Wight
(Sophomore)
Bradley joined the lab in Feb. 2025. His research focuses on the CAD design of a Gantry Crane model.
Yousuf Atteia
(Frehsman)
Yousuf joined the lab in 2024. His research focuses on CAD design, UAV hardware integration, and autonomous control of UAVs.
Mark Mills
(Sophomore)
Mark joined the lab in 2025. His research focuses on CAD design, UAV testing, and hardware integration.
Carter Burdette
(Sophomore)
Carter joined the lab in 2025. His research focuses on vibration control of soft materials and electronic assembly.
Neil Muralles
(Sophomore)
Neil joined the lab in 2025. His work focuses on CAD design of a customized 3D printer and electronic assembly.
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