Principals

Dr. Michael Benjamin, mikerb at mit.edu (MechE/LAMSS), (papers), LinkedIn
PhD 2002 Brown Univ, 2002-2005 Postdoc MIT
617-324-7507 (Pavilion Land Line)
Dr. Supun Randeni, Supun at mit.edu (Sea Grant), (papers), LinkedIn
PhD 2018, Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania
Projects: Morpheus, Perseus, Sea Train,Sea Beaver

Affiliated Faculty

Prof. Michael Triantafyllou, mistetri at mit.edu
Director, MIT Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) , (papers)
Prof. John Leonard, jleonard at mit.edu
Director, Marine Robotics Group (MRG), (papers), LinkedIn
Prof. Henrik Schmidt, henrik at mit.edu
Director, Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS), (papers)

Research Scientists

Mike DeFilippo, mikedef at mit.edu (Sea Grant)(papers), LinkedIn
617-258-7192(o), 617-963-4444(c)
Projects: Remote Explorer, Multi-Arch Autonomy, RoboWhaler
Mike Sacarny, msacarny at mit.edu (Sea Grant), (papers), LinkedIn
Projects: Remote Explorer, Charting the Charles, Prodromos, RoboWhaler, Sea Beaver, Autonomous Fish Tracking
Dr. Nick Rypkema, rypkema at mit.edu (WHOI/LAMSS), (papers), LinkedIn
PhD 2019 MIT/WHOI Joint Program
Projects: Underwater Swarm Navigation, Perseus
Conlan Cesar, conlanc at csail.mit.edu (UMass-Amherst) (papers), LinkedIn
2019-Present, Research Collaborator and Consultant
Projects: Aquaticus, MIT 2.680 TA, Multi-Arch Autonomy

Graduate Students

Tyler Paine, 2020-Present, tpaine at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/WHOI JP), (papers), LinkedIn
Ms 2018, Johns Hopkins
Projects: MIT 2.680 Head TA, PBACS, Sea Beaver, Geometric Stochastic Ray Tracing , USV Model Estimation
Ray Turrisi, 2022-Present, rturrisi at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/WHOI JP), LinkedIn
BS 2022, University of Rhode Island
Projects: HydroLink
Filip Traasdahl Stromstad, 2023-Present, filipts at mit.edu (MIT-MechE), LinkedIn
BS 2023, Cybernetics and Robotics at NTNU, Norway
Projects: Swarm Autonomy
Jeremy Wenger, 2024-Present, jwenger at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/WHOI JP), LinkedIn
BS 2024, Olin College
Projects: BlueBoat Autonomy
Adam Cohen, 2024-Present, adamc710 at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/WHOI JP)
BS 2024, Stevens Institute of Technology
Projects:
Matthew Ahlers, 2023-Present, ahlers at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/Naval Architecture)
Projects: Autonomous Sailing
Steve Nomeny, 2023-Present, scnomeny at mit.edu (NTNU), LinkedIn
Projects: Skywalker

Graduate Students (Visiting 2023)

Ching-Tang Hung (Underwater Acoustic Lab at National Taiwan University)
LinkedIn
Projects: Autonomous Fish Tracking
Herman Amundsen (Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))
LinkedIn
Jouko Kinnari (Aalto University (Finland), School of Science and Technology)
LinkedIn

Undergrad Students (Summer 2023)

Sam Huang, MIT
Projects: HydroLink
Spring Lin, MIT
Mark Franklin, Cornell University

Post-Doc and Research Staff Lab Alumni

Dr. Michael Novtizky, PhD 2015, Georgia Tech (LAMSS), (papers)
As of 2021, Professor, United States Military Academy at West Point
Projects: Aquaticus, COLREGS, MIT 2.680 TA
Dr. Paul Robinette, PhD 2015 GTRI (LAMSS/SeaGrant), (papers)
As of 2021, Professor, UMass Lowell
Projects: Aquaticus, MIT 2.680 TA
Dr. Mohamed Saad IBN SEDDIK, PhD 2015 ENSTA Bretagne (LAMSS)
As of 2021, President of blkSAIL
Projects: Aquaticus, MIT 2.680 TA
Alon Yaari (LAMSS/AUV Lab), (papers)
As of 2021, Senior Roboticist at Neya Systems
Projects: Aquaticus, RobotX-2014, MIT 2.680 TA
Caileigh Fitzgerald (LAMSS), (papers)
As of 2021, Engineer II, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering at WHOI
Projects: Aquaticus, MIT 2.680 TA
Hugh Dougherty (LAMSS), (papers)
As of 2021, Grad school, Virginia Tech, Ocean Engineering
Projects: Aquaticus

Grad Student Lab Alumni

Kevin Becker, 2022-Present, kevin00 at mit.edu (MIT-MechE)
BS 2022, Webb Institute, MSc MIT June 2024
As of October 2024, Saab
Mikala Molina, 2022-Present, mnmolina at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/2N)
BS 2017, USNA, MSc MIT June 2024
As of October 2024, US Navy
Jason Bradley Webb, 2023-Present, webbj at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/2N)
BS 2013, Dallas Baptist University, MSc MIT June 2024
As of October 2024, US Navy
Blake Cole, blerk at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/WHOI Joint Program), (papers)
Projects: MIT 2.680 TA
Eric Young, younge at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/2N)
BS 2016, USNA, MSc MIT June, 2023
As of June 2023, US Navy
Nicholas Craig Evans, ncevans at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/WHOI Joint Program)
MSc MIT August, 2022
As of October 2024, GD-APS
Nick Gershfeld, 2020-2022, gersni at mit.edu (MIT-MechE)
MSc MIT June, 2022, Adaptive Collaborative Channel Finding Approaches for Autonomous Marine Vehicles
As of September 2022, Amazon Robotics
Oscar A. Viquez Rojas, oviquezr at mit.edu (MechE/LAMSS), (papers)
Tracking an Acoustic Source using a UUV, MIT 2.680 Head TA
As of June 2022, Saildrone
John Li, (MIT-MechE/WHOI Joint Program)
MSc August, 2020, A planned approach to high collision risk area
As of 2021, US Navy
Jason Barker, (MIT-MechE/2N Program)
MSc June, 2020, Automated decision making for operations within a Traffic Separation Scheme using MOOS-IvP, As of 2021, US Navy
Brian Stanfield, (MIT-MechE/2N Program)
MSc June, 2020, Incorporating contact management and marine dynamics in decentralized auction bidding for autonomous surface vehicles, As of 2021, US Navy
Greg Nannig, (MIT-MechE/LAMSS)
MSc 2020, Using image processing methods for a radar estimate of marine vehicle odometry
As of 2021, BAE Systems, LinkedIn
Dr. Nick Rypkema, rypkema at mit.edu (MIT-MechE/WHOI Joint Program/LAMSS)
PhD 2019, Underwater & out of sight: towards ubiquity in underwater robotics
As of 2021, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, | LinkedIn
Adam Michael Campbell, (MIT-MechE/2N Program)
MSc 2018, Enabling Tactical Autonomy for Unmanned Surface Vehicles in Defensive Swarm Engagements
As of 2020, US Navy
Joseph William Leavitt, (MIT-MechE/WHOI Joint Program)
MSc 2017, Intent-aware collision avoidance for autonomous marine vehicles
As of 2021, Delorean Power, LLC, LinkedIn
Dr. Kyle Woerner, (MIT-MechE/2N Program), (papers)
PhD 2016, Multi-contact protocol-constrained collision avoidance for autonomous marine vehicles
As of 2021, US Navy, DARPA TTO, LinkedIn
Dr. Erin Fischell, MIT (MIT-MechE/WHOI Joint Program/LAMSS)
PhD 2015, Characterization of underwater target geometry from autonomous underwater vehicle ...
LinkedIn
Jacob Gerlach, MIT (MIT-MechE/2N Program)
MSc June 2015, Autonomous data collection techniques for approximating marine vehicle kinematics
As of 2021, Marine Engineer, Glosten, LinkedIn
Dr. Arthur Douglas Anderson, III, (MIT-MechE/2N Program)
PhD June 2015, The effect of towed array orientation on the 3D acoustic picture for sound sources and ...
As of 2021, US Navy LinkedIn

Undergrad Lab Alumni

Conlan Cesar, conlanc at gmail.com (MechE)
Summer 2017, 2018 Pavlab intern
Projects: Aquaticus
Carter Fendley, carter.fendley at gmail.com (MechE)
Summer 2016, 2017, 2018 Pavlab intern
Projects: Aquaticus
Valerie Hunter, vhunter at mit.edu (MechE)
Summer 2018 Pavlab MIT UROP
Projects: Remote Explorer, RoboChallenge
Heiko Dieter Kabutz, heikok@mit.edu (MRG)
Summer 2018 Pavlab MIT UROP
Projects: Remote Explorer, RoboChallenge
Jonathan Schwartz, jonbs98 at gmail.gwo.edu (MRG)
Summer 2018 Pavlab intern
Projects: Aquaticus
Erik Boesen, me@erikboesen.com (MechE)
Summer 2018 Pavlab intern
Projects: Aquaticus
Margaret Sullivan, msull at mit.edu (Sea Grant)
Summer 2018 Pavlab MIT UROP
Projects: Remote Explorer, RoboChallenge
Isaac Perper, iperper at mit.edu (Sea Grant)
Summer 2018 Pavlab MIT UROP
Projects: Remote Explorer, RoboChallenge
Joseph Doyle, j at random-stuff.org (MechE)
Summer 2018 Pavlab intern
Projects: Aquaticus
Brian Liang (Sea Grant)
Summer 2018 Pavlab intern
Projects: Remote Explorer
Arjun Gupta (MechE), (papers)
Summer 2018 Pavlab MIT UROP
Projects: Aquaticus
Danielle Gleason (MechE), (papers)
Summer 2017 Pavlab MIT UROP
Projects: Aquaticus
Cutter O'Connell (MechE)
Summer 2016 Pavlab MIT UROP
Projects: Aquaticus