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Ram Vasudevan

Ram Vasudevan

Associate Professor, Robotics

Associate Chair of Graduate Studies, Robotics

Email ramv@umich.edu

Office 3252 FMCRB

Research Interests Optimization and control of nonlinear and hybrid dynamical systems, locomotion of legged robots, shared control active safety systems, techniques to automate diagnostic and rehabilitative tasks.

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Honors and awards

2023
Best Paper Award — IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2023
Best Paper Award Finalist — Robotics: Science and Systems
2022
Best Paper Award — IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
2021
1938E Award — University of Michigan
2020
Ted Kennedy Team Award — University of Michigan
2019
Best Student Paper (Advisor) — ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Conference
2019
Best Systems Paper Finalist — Robotics: Science and Systems
2019
Mechanical Engineering Department Achievement Award — University of Michigan
2018
Best Paper — IEEE OCEANS
2018
Best Multi-Robot Systems Paper — IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation
2018
Best Video Abstract — Dynamic Walking
2018
Young Investigator Award — Office of Naval Research
2018
Faculty Early CAREER Award — National Science Foundation