The Intelligent Robotics and Autonomy Lab (iRAL)

The Intelligent Robotics and Autonomy Lab (iRAL) brings together postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates from Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science. Together, we build hardware and algorithms that let robots perceive their surroundings, self-navigate, and collaborate reliably in unstructured, resource-constrained, and contested environments.

Jiawei Xu Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D. @ Lehigh with David Saldaña Fall 2025-present
Jose Diaz Peon Gonzalez Pacheco Ph.D. Student, AERO B.S., M.S. @ U of Michigan Fall 2025-present
Robin Inho Kee Ph.D. Student, Robotics M.S. @ U of Michigan Fall 2025-present
Atharva Navsalkar Ph.D. Student, Aerospace B.S. and M.S @ IIT Kharagpur Fall 2023-present
Hongyu Zhou Ph.D. Student, Aerospace M.S. @ NTNU Fall 2021-present
Zirui Xu Ph.D. Student, Aerospace M.S. @ GaTech Fall 2021-present
Amjad Aljarallah Graduate Research Scientist, AERO M.S. @ U of Michigan Winter 2026-present
Pranjal Sharma Graduate Research Scientist, AERO M.S. @ U of Michigan Fall 2025-present
Mingtian Tan M.Sc. Student, ROB Winter 2025-present
Tianyou Xu M.Sc. Student, MechE Winter 2026-present
Gavriil Stavrakas B.Sc. Student, AERO Fall 2025-present
Amrith Malli Reddi B.Sc. Student, ECE Winter 2025-present
Luke Sile B.Sc. Student, AERO Summer 2026-present
Lucas Hinkly B.Sc. Student, AERO Summer 2026-present
Runxin Jiang B.Sc. Student, AERO Summer 2026-present
Ethan Moon B.Sc. Student, CS Summer 2026-present