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Celebrating Our 2026 Graduates
5/7/26
Class of 2026 Graduation Student Success Engineering Future Leaders
Congratulations to our 2026 graduates: Joseph Amato, Anway Bose, Sarker Mohammed, Ying-Ting (Serena) Wu, and Yi Hsuan (Kelly) Huang on reaching this important academic milestone. We are proud to celebrate the achievements of these talented individuals as they graduate with their degrees in engineering. Each of them has made significant contributions to the field of engineering, and we are excited to see the impact they will have in their future careers. Through dedication, hard work, and perseverance, they have successfully completed their academic journey and are prepared for the next chapter of their careers and future endeavors. We celebrate their achievements and wish them continued success ahead.
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Sarker Mohammed Successfully Defended His Master's Project
5/1/26
Master's Defense AI Cybersecurity Fully Homomorphic Encryption
Sarker Mohammed successfully defended his master project, “FHE Flower Project: Integrating Fully Homomorphic Encryption into the Flower Federated Learning Framework”, which focuses on developing on enchancing privacy and security in federated learning systems through advanced encryption techniques. He demonstrated exceptional technical depth and a strong commitment to advancing secure AI systems throughout the project. Congratulations to Sarker Mohammed on this important academic milestone. (Pictures of Sarker Mohammed, Dr. Li Bai and Dr. Chiu Tan)
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Ying-Ting (Serena) Wu Successfully Defended Her Master's Project
4/29/26
Master's Defense AI Chatbot Multi-Agents Systems Mental Health Tech
Ying-Ting (Serena) Wu successfully defended her master project, “A Multi-Agent Counseling Chatbot System for Active Thinking”, which focuses on developing an AI driven system that use multi-agents chatbot to support interactive and reflective thinking in counseling-style conversations. She demonstrated outstanding creativity, technical excellence, and a remarkable ability to design AI systems that promote meaningful and engaging human-centered interactions. Congratulations to Ying-Ting Wu on this important academic milestone. (Pictures of Ying-Ting Wu, Dr. Li Bai and Dr. Xu Jiang)
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Yi Hsuan (Kelly) Huang Successfully Defended Her Master's Project
4/29/26
Master's Defense Renewable Energy Energy Management
Yi Hsuan Huang successfully defended her master project, “Revidyne Energy Device Manager - An Interactive Platform for Energy Device Control, Allocation, and Learning”, which focuses on improving energy system management through an intelligent and interactive platform. She demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills and a strong ability to develop practical solutions for modern energy systems. Congratulations to Yi Hsuan Huang on this important academic milestone. (Pictures of Yi Hsuan Huang, Dr. Li Bai and Dr. Saroj K, Biswas)
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Dr. Joe Amato's paper accepted at Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC) 2026.
2/1/26
robotics AI
Mr. Anway Bose presented the paper on February 8, 2026.
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Chris Pullen defended his master project
12/1/25
robotics AI
Mr. Chris Pullen defended his project presentation. Picture with Cory Zwerlein and Li Bai.
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2025 Butz Scholarship Winner: Kyle McGinley
11/20/25
scholarship AI
Kyle McGinley is the 2025 Butz Scholarship Winner.
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AMIA KDDM Collaborative Workshop
11/15/25
robotics AI
Yingting Wu presented our project at the AMIA KDDM Collaborative Workshop, highlighting how AI and robotics can support caregiving through real-world applications. The workshop offered a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas and gain insights from fellow researchers.
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Dr. Joseph Amato defended his PhD thesis.
9/3/25
shipboard applications power distribution AI
Dr. Joseph Amato defended his PhD thesis.
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Summer students
08/09/17
robotics SMART
Congratulations to our merit scholars who performed summer research experience in CFL. Shagar Biswas, Casey Bruno, Gabriel Elsheakh and Alexandar Wroblewski were under Yiran Li’s Guidance. Notably, several of them worked on SMART robot project, they made a significant progress.
