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 SP20

Undergraduate Researchers

Spring 2023

Kelly Luo - MAE, since Summer 2020Avlaro Rivas - BE, since Spring 2021Felipe Ramos- MAE, GEAR Program, since Fall 2021

Winter 2023

Nethmi Arachchi - MAE, since Summer 2022

Spring 2022

Anna Nguyen - since Summer 2021Nathan Han- since Summer 2021

Fall 2022

Rose Obregon-Hernandez - since Summer 2019

Summer 2021

Cynthia Guzman

Spring 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 2020

Fall 2019

Caitlin Odulio- since Winter 2019

Summer 2019

Alejandro Hernandez- ENLACE studentIan Villegas Cruz- ENLACE studentTakumi Miyawaki- ENLACE student

Spring 2019

Justin Chang

Winter 2019

Guanhao Fu

Fall 2022

Summer 2022

Fall 2021

Fall 2020

Fall 2019