
Ph.D. Bioengineering, Stanford University, USA
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
B.Sc. Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
Email: yip@ucsd.edu | Office: 858.822.4778 | Personal Website | Google Scholar

B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Interests: Machine Learning, Task Automation, Reinforcement Learning, Surgical Robotics
Project: Autonomous Robotic Surgery

B.S. in Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Interests: Machine Learning, Motion Planning, Computer Vision
Project: Learning-based Proxy Collision Checking

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Interests: Dynamics, Medical Robotics, Controls and Wearables
Project: ARCSnake, Rhino Cath, CAGE

M.S. in Computer Science, University of California, San Diego
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Interests: Physics Simulation, Robot Learning, Surgical Autonomy

M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle
B.Tech. Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Univerity of Mumbai
Interests: Robot Learning, Bimanipulation, Grasping, Computer Vision
Project: Metric Depth Estimation

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of California, San Diego
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Interests: Machine Learning, Robotics Perception
Project: Robot Pose Estimation, Surgical Instruments Tracking

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Interests: Medical robotics, Motion Planning, Haptic Manipulation
Project: CT Robot

B.S. in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
Interests: Robot Learning, Surgical Autonomy, Computer Vision

B.S. Computer Science B.S. Applied Mathematics at UC San Diego
Interests: Computer Vision and Robotics
Project: Robot Pose Estimation

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University
Interests: Robot Learning, Controls in Surgical Robotics
Project: Autonomous Robotic Surgery

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UC San Diego
Interests: Exploratory Robots, Bioinspired Robotics, Medical Robotics
Projects: ARCSnake

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, UC San Diego
Interests: Bioinspired Robotics, Medical Robotics, Mechatronics
Projects: ARCSnake, CT Robot

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, UC San Diego
Interests: Motion planning/control and Robot Learning
Projects: ARCSnake, Mobile Base
| Name | Year | Current Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zih-Yun Chiu | 2020 - 2025 (Ph.D. student) | Assistant Professor | Johns Hopkins University (JHU) |
| Shan Lin | 2021 - 2024 (postdoc) | Assistant Professor | Arizona State University (ASU) |
| Fei Liu | 2020 - 2024 (postdoc) | Assistant Professor | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) |
| Ahmed Qureshi | 2017 - 2021 (Ph.D. student) | Assistant Professor | Purdue University |
| Jun Zhang | 2016 - 2018 (postdoc) | Associate Professor | University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) |
| Name | Graduation Year | Current Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zih-Yun Chiu | 2025 | Assistant Professor | Johns Hopkins University |
| Jingpei Lu | 2024 | Research Scientist | Intuitive Surgical |
| Jacob Johnson | 2024 | Research Scientist | Berkshire Grey |
| Dimitri Schreiber | 2023 | Startup Founder | AiR Surgical |
| Florian RIchter | 2022 | Startup Founder | Artemis |
| Ahmed Qureshi | 2021 | Assistant Professor | Purdue University |
| Nikhil Das | 2021 | Machine Learning Scientist | Lytx |
| Name | Graduation Year | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Pradhit Ongole | 2025 | Nutanix |
| Jason Lim | 2024 | Cor Medical Ventures |
| Yutong Zhang | 2024 | CU Boulder PhD Student |
| Alexander Luke | 2023 | Intuitive Surgical |
| Albert Liao | 2023 | |
| Kevin Lam | 2023 | Intuitive Surgical |
| Peter Gavrilov | 2022 | Nasa JPL / SpaceX |
| Zhaowei Yu | 2022 | Zoox |
| Yunhai Han | 2021 | Georgia Tech PhD student |
| Linjun Li | 2021 | TuSimple |
| Harleen Singh | 2021 | OnoSec |
| Renjie Zhu | 2020 | Amazon |
| Guosong Li | 2020 | Amazon |
| Hanpeng Jiang | 2020 | Qualcomm |
| Soumyarj Bose | 2020 | GRAIL |
| Brian Wilcox | 2020 | iRobot |
| Taylor Henderson | 2020 | Northrop Grumman |
| Sammie Wang | 2020 | ATX Networks |
| Andrew Saad | 2018 |