Associate Professor | Director of the pHRI-Lab
songyun@mst.edu
292 D Toomey Hall
Areas of Interest
Physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI), Physical Human-Human Interaction (pHHI), Human Movement Assistance, Rehabilitation Robotics, Wearable Devices, Energy-Harvesting from Human Movement, Design and Instrumentation of Medical Devices.
Ghorbani Zadeh Khosro
Ph.D. Student
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Khosro Ghorbani Zadeh is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he is a Kummer Innovation and Entrepreneurial Fellow. He received his bachelor’s degree in Robotic Engineering from Hamedan University of Technology and his master’s degree in mechanical engineering with a focus on Dynamics and Control from Isfahan University of Technology, in 2018 and 2021, respectively. His research interests include Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Haptics, and Nonlinear Controls.
Mohammadi Beirami Mohsen
Ph.D Student
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Mohsen is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he joined the Physical Human-Robot Interaction team in 2022. He completed his BSc in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tabriz, Iran, in 2021. His research focuses on robotics, controls, and mechatronics, with a current emphasis on evaluating human arm kinematics during hand-in-hand walking with robots.
Tien Henry
M.S Student
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Tien is currently pursuing his Masters in Mechanical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology with plans to graduate in May 2025. He completed his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering also at Missouri S&T. Since January 2023, Henry has been conducting research in physical Human-Robot Interaction under Dr. Yun Seong Song. He has completed five internships in robotics and warehouse automation and his research will help bridge the gap between humans and robots in industry.
Banks Ryan
Undergraduate Research
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Ryan is an undergraduate at Missouri S&T majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. He is currently conducting research in the field of robotics and bionics and working on developing a motor-driven arm brace to assist with bicep and triceps muscle movements.Past Members
Fazlur Rashid
M.S. Graduate
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Rashid completed his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Bangladesh. In October 2016, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at RUET as a Faculty (Lecturer) member. In January 2020, he started M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and joined the Physical Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory at Missouri University of Science and Technology, under the supervision of Dr. Yun Seong Song. During this time, he worked on investigating the factors affecting human sensitivity to small interaction forces during human-robot interaction. His research interests include the force effect on human sensitivity, muscles, cells, and tissues during overground interaction.
George Holmes
Ph.D. Graduate
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George Holmes is a former DOE GAANN Mechatronics/Robotics Fellow in the Physical Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory where his research focused on the intersection of Human-Robot Interaction, mechatronic design, and autonomous robotics – including the mathematical derivation, software simulation and hardware implementation of advanced sensing and control algorithms. Academically and commercially, he has developed and managed teams of engineers and executives building autonomous research robots in software and hardware including design of individual components, hardware selection, performance testing, and algorithm implementation.
Anirudh Saini
M.S. Graduate
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Anirudh Saini earned his Master’s in Manufacturing from Missouri University of Science and Technology, where his thesis explored how light touch can improve mobility for individuals with physical impairments. He holds a Bachelor’s in Mechatronics from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad. Now at Tesla, Anirudh leads the development of advanced manufacturing equipment, leveraging his expertise in both manufacturing and robotics
Sindhu Reddy Alluri
M.S. Graduate
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Sindhu completed her Bachelor’s degree in 2016 from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, India, and went on to earn a Master’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Missouri S&T in 2019. During her master’s, she designed and prototyped a Virtual Cane, a biomedical robotic device aimed at assisting patients with neuromuscular disorders like Parkinson’s disease by providing vibration haptic feedback for balance. Currently, she serves as a Senior Product Manager for Technical Strategy at Amazon.
Tarani Kanth Kamma
M.S. Graduate
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Tarani kanth Kamma received his Bachelors in Mechanical and industrial Engineering from Gitam University in the year 2007 and a Masters in Manufacturing from Southern Illinois University carbondale in the year 2010. His expertise is on working with systems, data analytics, statistical testing, and working with human subjects. He obtained a Six sigma black belt certification from American Society of Quality (ASQ). His interests are Human robot Interaction, Process improvement, Data driven systems Engineering. Outside of work he enjoys chess, travel, and cooking. Currently he is employed with Wieland metals working as a Mechanical Engineer.
Sambad Regmi
Ph.D. Graduate