Lab Alumni
PhD Students
Connor Watson
Connor Watson is a PhD student whose research focuses on the development of methods for real time estimation of continuum robots. He has received his both his MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from University of California San Diego in 2016 and 2019, respectively. Prior to joining the Morimoto lab, Connor worked as a development engineer at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography where he help to design and fabricate ocean-observing equipment for research projects.
Email: cmwatson@eng.ucsd.edu
Postdocs
Cédric Girerd
Cédric Girerd received an Engineering degree in Mechatronics from SIGMA Clermont and a Master of Science in Robotics from University Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand, France, both in 2014. He also received a Ph.D. degree in Robotics from the University of Strasbourg, France, in 2018. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the FEMTO-ST Institute in France for one year and at UCSD for three years. Since February 2022, he is a full-time CNRS Researcher in France, and a Visiting Scholar at UCSD. His research focuses on the design and control of continuum and soft robots. Personal Website
M.S. Students
Micah Bryant - graduated SP22
Daegue Park - graduated SP22
Mufeng Xie - graduated SP21Tse Tsui - graduated SP20Undergraduate Researchers
Spring 2023
Kelly Luo - MAE, since Summer 2020Avlaro Rivas - BE, since Spring 2021Felipe Ramos- MAE, GEAR Program, since Fall 2021Winter 2023
Nethmi Arachchi - MAE, since Summer 2022Spring 2022
Anna Nguyen - since Summer 2021Nathan Han- since Summer 2021Fall 2022
Rose Obregon-Hernandez - since Summer 2019Summer 2021
Cynthia GuzmanSpring 2020
Mingyuan Li- since Fall 2018Regan Zhang - since Summer 2019Nestor Guerrero-Sandoval- since Fall 2019Rachel Luu- GEAR ProgramAgustin Manriquez- GEAR ProgramJacqueline Guzman- RSRI ProgramLindsey Young - since Fall 2020Fall 2019
Caitlin Odulio- since Winter 2019Summer 2019
Alejandro Hernandez- ENLACE studentIan Villegas Cruz- ENLACE studentTakumi Miyawaki- ENLACE studentSpring 2019
Justin ChangWinter 2019
Guanhao Fu