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Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Dr. Ophelia Bolmin
Dr. Ophelia Bolmin
Assistant professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, ENSTA Bretagne (France)
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Anusha Karandikar
Anusha Karandikar
Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: bio-inspired design, robotics, shock & vibration, manufacturing
Avery Kress
Avery Kress
Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: bio-inspired robotics
Co-advised by Prof. Bergbreiter
Eric Wang
Eric Wang
Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: energy flow, shock & vibration in architected systems
Warren Tamaree
Warren Tamaree
M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: vibration analysis (experimental and computational)
Will Roberson
Will Roberson
M.S. Research student in Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: mechanical design of dynamic systems
Sanghyun Kim
Sanghyun Kim
M.S. Research student in Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: design of micro scale interfaces
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Hyeyoon Song
Hyeyoon Song
Mechanical Engineering (sophomore)
Research interests: bio-inspired design and ultra-fast movements in insects
Sabrina Yang
Sabrina Yang
Mechanical Engineering (senior)
Research interests: design of bio-inspired robots
Katie Lucas
Katie Lucas
Mechanical Engineering (senior)
Research interests: energy flow in ultra-fast organisms
Meryl Meyerson
Meryl Meyerson
Mechanical Engineering (senior)
Research interests: soft interlocking structures for robotic attachement
Former students
Former students
Graduate
Graduate
2025/2026 - Sierra Horangic, Sruthi Pydimarry
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Summer 2026: Zigabor Banuna
2025/2026: Hyeyoon Song, Jalen Zhou
Summer 2025: Ufuk Kilinc
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