Principal Investigator
Ziran Wang
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering
Purdue University
Email: ziran [at] purdue [dot] edu
Postdoctoral researcher
Ph.D. Students
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
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
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
Email: yunsheng [at] purdue [dot] edu
SungYeon Park
Education Background
M.S. in Civil Engineering
Seoul National University
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Multimodal LLMs, Perception
Email: sungyeon [at] purdue [dot] edu
Juntong Peng
Education Background
B.S. in Information Engineering
Shanghai Jiaotong
University
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Motion Prediction
Email: juntong [at] purdue [dot] edu
Zichong Yang
Education Background
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Human Pose Estimation, Human Trajectory Prediction
Email: zichong [at] purdue [dot] edu
Yupeng Zhou
Education Background
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Research Interests
Robotics, Controls, Autonomous Vehicles
Email: zhou1346 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Master students
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
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
Guanxiao Li
Education Background
Jilin University
Research Interests
Deep Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Driving, Computer Vision, Robotics, Machine Learning
Email: li4992 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Girish Runnesh Jagadeesan
Education Background
B.Eng in Robotics and Automation
PSG College of Technology
Research Interests
Autonomous Vehicle Control, Medical Robotics and Industrial Automation
Email: gjagade [at] purdue [dot] edu
Vaishnavi Satish
Education Background
B.Tech in Electronics and Instrumentation with a minor in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Autonomous Driving, and Machine Learning
Email: satish15 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Udit Ekansh
Education Background
B.Tech in Mechatronics and Automation Engineering
MIT Art, Design, and Technology University, India
Research Interests
Connected Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Robot Learning, Autonomy
Email: uekansh [at] purdue [dot] edu
Shashwat Kumar
Education Background
B Tech in Mechatronics Engineering from Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Research Interests
Perception, Firmware, Embedded Systems and Autonomous Systems
Email: smudugur [at] purdue [dot] edu
Undergraduate students
Manav Gagvani
Current Enrollment
Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Research Interests
Learned Autonomy, Robotic Foundation Models, Embedded ML
Email: mgagvani [at] purdue [dot] edu
Rajeev Sashti
Current Enrollment
Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Research Interests
Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Robotics, Embedded Systems
Email: rsashti [at] purdue [dot] edu
Patrick Shen
Current Enrollment
Electrical Engineering
Purdue University
Research Interests
Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning, LLMs
Email: shen742 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Kyungmin Kim
Current Enrollment
Artificial Intelligence
Purdue University
Research Interests
Autonomous driving, Control, Motion Prediction
Email: kim3508 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Alumni
Zihao Li
First Employment
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2024
Peiran Liu
First Employment
PhD Student in Industrial Engineering
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, 2024
Shubham Khawale
First Employment
Dayton-Phoenix Group
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2023
Rohit Naidu
First Employment
Texas Instruments
Purdue Degree
B.S. in Computer Engineering, 2023