Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral researcher
Ph.D. Students
                  
                     Can Cui
                  Can Cui
                
                Education Background
                  M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
                  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
                
Research Interests
LLMs in Automated Driving, Digital Twin, ADAS, Machine learning, Controls
Internship
                  Cummins, 2024 Summer 
                  Toyota, 2025 Spring
                
Email: cancui [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Juanwu (David) Lu
                  Juanwu (David) Lu
                
                Education Background
                  M.S. in Civil Engineering 
                  University of California, Berkeley
                
Research Interests
Microscopic Traffic Simulation, Driver Behavior, Autonomous Vehicles
Internship
                  Zoox, 2024 Summer 
                  Waymo Research, 2025 Summer
                
Email: juanwu [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Yunsheng Ma
                  Yunsheng Ma
                
                Education Background
M.S. in Computer Science 
New York University
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Foundation Models, Spatial Reasoning
Internship
                  Toyota, 2024 Summer 
                  Bosch AI, 2024 Fall & 2025 Spring 
                  Waymo Research, 2025 Summer & Fall
                
Email: yunsheng [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Sung-Yeon Park
                  Sung-Yeon Park
                
                Education Background
                  M.S. in Civil Engineering
Seoul National University
                
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Multimodal LLMs, 3D Scene Understanding
Email: sungyeon [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Juntong Peng
                  Juntong Peng
                
                Education Background
                  B.S. in Information Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong
                  University
                
Co-supervisor
Prof. Yaobin Chen
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Motion Prediction
Internship
Toyota, 2025 Summer
Email: juntong [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Zichong Yang
                  Zichong Yang
                
                Education Background
                  M.S. in Mechanical Engineering 
                  Carnegie Mellon University
                
Co-supervisor
Prof. Jitesh Panchal
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Human Pose Estimation, Human Trajectory Prediction
Internship
XPENG, 2025 Summer & Fall
Email: zichong [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Yupeng Zhou
                  Yupeng Zhou
                
                Education Background
                  M.S. in Mechanical Engineering 
                  Purdue University
                
Co-supervisor
Prof. Bin Yao
Research Interests
Robotics, Controls, Autonomous Vehicles
Email: zhou1346 [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Guanxiao Li
                  Guanxiao Li
                
                Education Background
                  M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
                  Purdue University
                
Co-supervisor
Prof. Lingxi Li
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Multimodal LLMs, Deep Reinforcement Learning
Email: li4992 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Master students
                  
                     Luyang Jiang
                  Luyang Jiang
                
                Education Background
                  B.Eng. In Computer Engineering
University of British
                  Columbia
                
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Internship
Wonder, 2024 Summer
Email: jian1078 [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Prashanth Sankaranarayanan
                  Prashanth Sankaranarayanan
                
                Education Background
                  B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Vellore
                  Institute of Technology
                
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Motion Planning, Computer Vision, ADAS
Email: sankarap [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Anirudh Raghavan
                  Anirudh Raghavan
                
                Education Background
                  B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology
                
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Autonomous Driving, Machine Learning
Email: raghav22 [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Suhani Mathur
                  Suhani Mathur
                
                Education Background
                  B.S. in Computer Engineering
Purdue University
                
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Motor Control, Machine Learning
Email: mathur60 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Undergraduate students
                    
                       Manav Gagvani
                    Manav Gagvani
                  
                  Current Enrollment
B.S. in Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Research Interests
Learned Autonomy, Robotic Foundation Models, Embedded ML
Email: mgagvani [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Patrick Shen
                  Patrick Shen
                
                Current Enrollment
B.S. in Electrical Engineering
Purdue University
Research Interests
Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning, LLMs
Email: shen742 [at] purdue [dot] edu
                  
                     Kyungmin Kim
                  Kyungmin Kim
                  
                
                Current Enrollment
B.S. in Computer Science
Purdue University
Research Interests
Autonomous driving, Control, Motion Prediction
Email: kim3508 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Alumni
                  
                     Zihao Li
                  Zihao Li
                
                
                First Employment
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2024
                  
                     Peiran Liu
                  Peiran Liu
                
                First Employment
PhD Student in Industrial Engineering
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, 2024
                  
                     Shubham Khawale
                  Shubham Khawale
                
                First Employment
Dayton-Phoenix Group
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2023
                  
                     Rohit Naidu
                  Rohit Naidu
                
                First Employment
Texas Instruments
Purdue Degree
B.S. in Computer Engineering, 2023
 
                
