2024 Lab News


Madi is awarded the 2024 Hommert Engineering Excellence Fellowship!

December 5th, 2024

The Hommert Engineering Excellence Fellowship goes to an outstanding female graduate student enrolled in Mechanical Engineering who has provided excellent service to the School or Purdue community. Congrats Madi!


Jake is awarded the 2024 Dr. Anil Bajaj Outstanding Service Scholarship!

December 4th, 2024

The Dr. Anil K. Bajaj Outstanding Service Scholarship recognizes mechanical engineering graduate students who provide outstanding service to the mechanical engineering graduate student community. Congrats Jake!


Madi is awarded the Spring 2024 Lambert Graduate Teaching Fellowship!

December 4th, 2024

The Ward A. Lambert Graduate Teaching Fellowship is awarded to graduate students interested in pursuing a teaching career in academia. Congrats Madi!


Madi wins best student paper award at HFES ASPIRE 2024!

September 9th, 2024

Madi wins the Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper award at HFES ASPIRE 2024! Madi, Sibi, and Prof. Jain present a total of two papers and two posters.


Madi and Prof. Jain present at ACC 2024!

March 30th, 2024

Madi and Prof. Jain present their work at the American Controls Conference at Toronto, Canada.


Ara Successfully Defends her M.S. Thesis!

June 18th, 2024

Ara Bolander successfully defends her M.S. Thesis. Congrats Ara!


JRL at IEEE ITherm 2024!

May, 2024

Demetrus, Pandu, and Prof. Jain participate in the IEEE ITherm 2024 Conference. Demetrius and Pandu are the runners up for the Best Poster Award in the System-Level Thermal Management Track. Congrats Demetrius and Pandu!


Ethan Successfully Defends his M.S. Thesis!

April 9th, 2024

Ethan Rabb successfully defends his M.S. Thesis. Congrats Ethan!


Jain Research Lab Showcases Research at RISE 2

March 30th, 2024

Jake, Madi, Michael, Sibi, and Prof. Jain showcase their human-machine interaction work at the second edition of the Robotics and Intelligent Systems Expo (RISE 2)!


Madi successfully completes her prelim!

March 25th, 2024

Madeleine Yuh successfully completes her preliminary exam. Congrats Madi!


Madi and Trevor's papers are accepted to ACC 2024

January 15th, 2024

Madi's paper titled "Using Reward Shaping to Train Cognitive–based Control Policies for Intelligent Tutoring Systems" and Trevor's paper are accepted to the American Control Conference 2024.