Physical Intelligence

Department Awards
Scientific Awards

2023

2022

2021

  • 15 journal articles of our group were selected as the Highly Cited Papers in Web of Science.
  • Hakan Ceylan and Xiaoguang Dong will join Mayo Clinic and Vanderbildt University, respectively, and Abdon Pena-Francesch joined University of Michigan, Ann Harbour as an assistant professor in USA.
    Hakan Ceylan Xiaoguang Dong
  • Utku Culha and Kristen Kozielski joined Technical University of Munich as a chief scientist and assistant professor, respectively.
    Utku Culha Kristen Kozielski
  • Jiachen Zhang, Yubing Guo, and Xinghao Hu joined the City University of Hong Kong,  Beijing Institute of Technology, and Northwestern Polytechnical University, respectively as an assistant professor in China.
    Jiachen Zhang Yubing Guo Xinghao Hu
  • Yichao Tang received the 1000 Young Talents Award in China and joined Tongji University as a full professor.
    Yichao Tang
  • Donghoon Son and Sungwoo Chun joined Pusan National University and Korea University, respectively as an assistant professor in S. Korea.
    Donghoon Son Sungwoo Chun
  • Jaekang Kim, Aniket Pal, Zhen Yin, Wei Feng, Yingdan Wu, and Mingchao Zhang received the Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship.
    Jaekang Kim Aniket Pal Zhen Yin Wei Feng Yingdan Wu Mingchao Zhang
  • Savas Tasoglu received the Humboldt fellowship for experienced researchers.
    Savas Tasoglu
  • Saadet Fatma Baltaci-Demir and Siyeon Jang received the DAAD PhD fellowship.
    Saadet Baltaci Siyeon Jang
  • Jie Han, Chong Hong, Yingbo Yan, Fan Wang, Shuqi Wang, and Xianglong Lyu received the CSC PhD fellowship.
    Jie Han Chong Hong Yingbo Yan
  • Wei Feng received the Best Paper Award in Bonic Robotics at the International Workshop on Bionic Engineering.
    Wei Feng
  • Hakan Ceylan selected as a Young Academy Member by Turkish Science Academy, 2021.
    Hakan Ceylan

2020

  • Metin Sitti received  the "Breakthrough of the Year" Award in the engineering and technology category of the Falling Walls World Science Summit in Berlin for the research breakthrough related to wireless medical robots inside our body. - More Information
    Metin Sitti
  • Junghwan Byun: received a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Fellowship.
    Junghwan Byun
  • Meng Li, Sungwoo Chun and Shuaizhong Zhang received the Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. - More Information
    Meng Li Shuaizhong Zhang Sungwoo Chun
  • Hakan Ceylan received the Günter Petzow Prize.
    Hakan Ceylan
  • Hamed Shahsavan, Amirreza Aghakhani, Yubing Guo, Zoey Davidson, and Metin Sitti were the Cozzarelli Prize Finalist in the Engineering and Applied Sciences category in the PNAS journal for the research article entitled, “Bioinspired underwater locomotion of light-driven liquid crystal gels” (1 paper won the prize and our paper was the finalist out of over 4000 papers published in PNAS in 2020).
    Hamed Shahsavan Amirreza Aghakhani Yubing Guo Zoey Davidson Metin Sitti
  • Immihan Ceren Yasa named as an Innovation Fellow at Novartis, Basel, Switzerland.
    Immihan Ceren Yasa
  • Wendong Wang joined University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute as an assistant professor in China.
    Wendong Wang
  • Vimal Kishore joined Banaras Hindu University as an assistant professor in India.
    Vimal Kishore
  • Hamed Shahsavan joined University of Waterloo as an assistant professor in Canada.
    Hamed Shahsavan
  • Hakan Ceylan named as a College for Life Science Fellow by Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. - More Information
    Hakan Ceylan

2019

  • Metin Sitti received the ERC Advanced Grant for the project titled, "SoMMoR: Soft-bodied Miniature Mobile Robots".
    Metin Sitti
  • Ziyu Ren, Tianlu Wang, Wenqi Hu, and Metin Sitti received the Best Paper Award in the Robotics Science and Systems Conference for the research paper entitled, "A Magnetically Actuated Untethered Jellyfish-Inspired Soft Milliswimmer".
    Ziyu Ren Tianlu Wang Wenqi Hu Metin Sitti
  • Morteza Amjadi joined Heriot-Watt University as an assistant professor in UK.
    Morteza Amjadi
  • Matthew Woodward joined Tufts University as an assistant professor in USA.
    Matthew Woodward
  • Guillermo Amador joined Wageningen University as an assistant professor in Netherlands.
    Guillermo Amador
  • Jiachen Zhang and Yichao Tang received the Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship.
    Jiachen Zhang Yichao Tang
  • Musab Cagri Ugurlu received the Ministry of Education PhD fellowship from Turkey.
    Musab Cagri Ugurlu
  • Xinjian Fan and Mingtong Li received the CSC PhD fellowship.
    Fan Xinjian Li Mingtong
  • Hakan Ceylan and Metin Sitti's medical microrobotics research was featured as among “5 amazing projects that will change the future of healthcare” by the PC Magazine.
    Hakan Ceylan Metin Sitti

2018

  • Hamed Shahsavan received the Canadian NSERC postdoctoral fellowship.
    Hamed Shahsavan
  • Wenqi Hu, Guo Zhan Lum, and Metin Sitti received the Innovator of the Year Award in medical devices topic by the Design & Elektronik Magazine in Germany due to the invention of soft medical robots.
    Wenqi Hu Guo Zhan Lum Metin Sitti
  • Ahmet F. Tabak and Metin Sitti were the Best Medical Robotics Award Finalist in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference for the research paper entitled, “Mechanical Rubbing of Blood Clots Using Helical Robots Under Ultrasound Guidance”.
    Ahmet Fatih Tabak Metin Sitti
  • Metin Sitti received the Rahmi Koç Medal of Science, in Turkey, which is given to one world-wide pioneering Turkish-origin scientist each year.
    Metin Sitti
  • Wenqi Hu received the Günter Petzow Prize. - More Information
    Wenqi Hu
  • Abdon Pena-Francesch, Zoey Davidson, Ville Liimatainen, Xinghao Hu, Yubing Guo, and Utku Culha received the Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship. - More Information
    Abdon Pena-Francesch Zoey Davidson Ville Liimatainen Utku Culha Xinghao Hu Yubing Guo
  • Pelin Erkoç joined Bahcesehir University as an assistant professor in Turkey.
    Pelin Erkoc
  • Chang-Kyu Yoon joined Ewha Womans University as an assistant professor in S. Korea.
    Chang-Kyu Yoon
  • Guo Zhan Lum joined Nanyang Technological University as an assistant professor in Singapore.
    Guo Zhan Lum
  • David Gracias received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel award from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation.
  • Sinan Özgün Demir received the Ministry of Education PhD fellowship from Turkey.
    Sinan Ozgun Demir
  • Hakan Ceylan, Immihan Ceren Yasa and Metin Sitti received the Science as Art Award of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in the Fall Meeting, Boston, USA.
    Hakan Ceylan Immihan Ceren Yasa Metin Sitti

2017

  • Donghoon Son and Metin Sitti were the Best Medical Robotics Award Finalist in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference for the research paper entitled, “Magnetically Actuated Soft Capsule Endoscope for Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy”. - More Information
    Donghoon Son Metin Sitti
  • Byung-Wook Park joined Youngstown University as an assistant professor in USA.
    Byung-Wook Park
  • Ahmet Fatih Tabak joined Bahcesehir University as an assistant professor in Turkey.
    Ahmet Fatih Tabak
  • Massimo Mastrangeli joined Delft University of Technology as an assistant professor in Netherlands.
    Massimo Mastrangeli
  • Hunter Bryant Gilbert joined Louisiana State University as an assistant professor in USA.
    Hunter Gilbert
  • Yubing Guo, Yunus Alapan, and Zoey Davidson received the Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship.
    Yubing Guo Yunus Alapan Zoey Davidson
  • Hamed Shahsavan received the NSERC from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
    Hamed Shahsavan
  • Hakan Ceylan received the Masoumeh Ghaderi Best Talk Prize at the 5th annual workshop on Micro and Nanotechnologies for medicine: Emerging Frontiers and Applications in Boston, USA.
    Hakan Ceylan

2016

  • Yunus Alapan and Hunter Gilbert received the Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship. 
    Yunus Alapan Hunter Gilbert
  • Alex Sprowitz joined Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems as an independent group leader in Stuttgart, Germany.
    Alexander Badri-Sprowitz
  • Zeinab Hosseini joined McMaster University as an assistant professor in Canada.
  • Kirstin Petersen joined Cornell University as an assistant professor in USA.
  • Wenqi Hu and Hunter Gilbert received the Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship.
    Wenqi Hu Hunter Gilbert

2015

  • Chantal Göttler: 1st Prize at the "Thesis in Three" Competition in the M.Sc. category.
    Chantal Goettler
  • Wenqi Hu and Wendong Wang received the Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship.
    Wenqi Hu Wendong Wang
  • Alumnus award: Our lab alumnus Assist. Prof. Bahareh Behkam at Virginia Tech in USA received the National Science Foundation CAREER award from the Biomedical Engineering program in 2015. Her award will focus on investigating immune cell-bacteria interactions in the cancer tumor microenvironment.
    Metin Sitti

2014

  • Taewon Seo and Metin Sitti received the IEEE/ASME Best Mechatronics Paper Award due to the paper on tank-like modular climbing robots using elastomeric dry adhesives.
    Metin Sitti
  • Uyiosa Abosomwan and Metin Sitti received the Best Poster Award in the Adhesion Conference due to the research poster on contact self-cleaning mechanics of gecko-inspired adhesives.
    Metin Sitti
  • Metin Sitti became an IEEE Fellow due to contributions to micro- and nano-scale robotic systems.
    Metin Sitti
  • Eric Diller, Zhou Ye, Guo Zhan Lum, Joshua Giltinan and Metin Sitti were selected as the Best Paper Award Finalist in the Robotics Science and Systems Conference due to the paper on novel six degrees-of-freedom actuation method for mobile magnetic microrobots.
    Zhou Ye Guo Zhan Lum Joshua Giltinan Metin Sitti
  • Matthew Woodward and Metin Sitti: Top 5 Most Read Papers of 2014 of the International Journal of Robotics Research journal for the paper entitled, "MultiMo-Bat: Biologically Inspired Integrated Jumping-Gliding Robot". 
    Matthew Woodward Metin Sitti