Bill Nguyen
Co-President
Jared Verdejo
Co-President
Jared is a senior who is currently pursuing a major in the field of mechanical engineering. He is a native Houstonian, and has pursued a career in robotics since his early years. He has been a member of the Rice Robotics club since his freshman year, working on manufacturing and design for the Melty Brain combat robot. He is currently focused on balancing his responsibilities as a co-president of RRC with his pursuit for opportunities outside of Rice to delve into the manufacturing/design world of engineering.
TBD
Secretary
Katie Noonan
Treasurer
TBD
PR Manager
PR Manager
Kaiyu Hang
Faculty Advisor
I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Rice University, where I direct the Robotics and Physical Interactions Lab (RobotΠ Lab). I am broadly interested in robotic systems that can physically interact with other robots, people, and the world. By developing algorithms in optimization, planning, learning, estimation, and control, my research is focused on efficient, robust, and generalizable manipulation systems, addressing problems that range from small scale grasping and in-hand manipulation, to large scale dual-arm manipulation, mobile manipulation, and multi-robot manipulation.
Before joining Rice CS, I finished my postdoc at Yale University, completed my Ph.D./M.Sc. at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and received my B.Eng. from Xi'an Jiaotong University.
Before joining Rice CS, I finished my postdoc at Yale University, completed my Ph.D./M.Sc. at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and received my B.Eng. from Xi'an Jiaotong University.
