Faculty

Geoffrey Hollinger

Geoffrey A. Hollinger
Associate Professor, Robotics & Mechanical Engineering
Ron & Judy Adams Engineering Faculty Scholar
College of Engineering
Oregon State University
Curriculum Vitae
Research Statement

geoff.hollinger@oregonstate.edu

Office: Graf Hall 312
Office phone: 541-737-5906

*Please read the bottom of the page (do NOT call) if you are a student looking for a position in the lab.

Postdocs and Research Assistants

Ishani Chatterjee
Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
chatteri@oregonstate.edu

Chris Holm
Faculty Research Assistant
MS, Oregon State University
christopher.holm@oregonstate.edu

Graduate Students

Scott Chow
PhD Student
Robotics
chows@oregonstate.edu

Emily Scheide
PhD Student
Robotics
scheidee@oregonstate.edu

Ian Rankin
PhD Student
Robotics
rankini@oregonstate.edu

Evan Palmer
PhD Student
Robotics
palmeeva@oregonstate.edu

 

Akshaya Agrawal
PhD Student
Robotics
agrawaak@oregonstate.edu

Rakesh Vivekanandan
PhD Student
Robotics
vivekanr@oregonstate.edu

Noah Boehme
PhD Student
Robotics
boehmen@oregonstate.edu

Colin Mitchell
PhD Student
Robotics
mitchcol@oregonstate.edu

Nathan Butler
MS Student
Robotics
butlnath@oregonstate.edu

Robin Singh
MS Student
Robotics
singhrob@oregonstate.edu

Alumni

Tim Player
MS, Graduated 2022
Robotics
playert@oregonstate.edu

Priti Singh
MS Student, Graduated 2023
Robotics
singhpri@oregonstate.edu

 

Robert DeBortoli
PhD, Graduated 2021
Robotics
debortor@oregonstate.edu 

Kavi Senewiratne
MS, Graduated 2022
Robotics
senewiry@oregonstate.edu

Yu Hsuan (Chris) Lee
MS, Graduated 2021
Robotics
leeyuh@oregonstate.edu

Thane Somers
MS, Graduated 2022
Robotics
somersth@oregonstate.edu

Dylan Jones
PhD, Graduated 2020
Robotics
jonesdy@oregonstate.edu
Manish Saroya
MS, Graduated 2020
Robotics
saroyam@oregonstate.edu
Seth McCammon
PhD, Graduated 2020
Robotics
mccammos@oregonstate.edu
  Jake Anderson
MS, Graduated 2020
Robotics
anderja7@oregonstate.edu
  Austin Nicolai
PhD, Graduated 2019
Robotics
nicolaia@oregonstate.edu
Matthew Frantz
MS, Graduated 2019
Robotics
frantzm@oregonstate.edu 

Atil Iscen
PhD, Graduated 2014
(co-advisor: Kagan Tumer)
CS/MechE
iscena@onid.oregonstate.edu

Andrew Smith
PhD, Graduated 2018
Robotics and MechE
smithan7@oregonstate.edu

Jeff Caley
PhD, Graduated 2019
Robotics
caleyj@oregonstate.edu

Yawei Zhang
MS, Graduated 2015
Robotics
zhanyawe@onid.oregonstate.edu

Daniel Fernandez
MS, Graduated 2015
Robotics
dfern@ndez.me

 

Ryan Skeele
MS, Graduated 2016
Robotics
skeeler@oregonstate.edu 

 

Lauren Milliken
MS, Graduated 2017
Robotics
millikel@oregonstate.edu 

  Kyle Cesare
BS, Graduated 2015
Computer Science
cesarek@onid.oregonstate.edu 

John Diebold
BS, Graduated 2016
Mechanical Engineering
dieboldj@oregonstate.edu

Evan Gonnerman
BS, Graduated 2018
Mechanical Engineering
gonnerme@oregonstate.edu

Heather Vermilyea
BS, Graduated 2018
Mechanical Engineering
vermilyh@oregonstate.edu

Brandon Lee
BS, Graduated 2018
Computer Science
leebran@oregonstate.edu

Soo-Hyun Yoo
BS, Graduated 2015
Computer Science
yoos@onid.oregonstate.edu

Evan Anderson
BS, Graduated 2018
EECS
evanta1@me.com

Alex Mikes
BS, Graduated 2019
Mechanical Engineering
mikesa@oregonstate.edu

Past Members

Grey Brady
MS Student
Robotics
bradychr@oregonstate.edu

Karina Puente
PhD Student
Robotics
puentek@oregonstate.edu

Graeme Best
Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD, University of Sydney
Curriculum Vitae
Website
bestg@oregonstate.edu

Dongsik Chang
Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD, Georgia Tech
changdo@oregonstate.edu

Javier Yu
Visiting Student, Summer 2017
SUNY Buffalo
javiercyu@gmail.com

Trevor Greenside
Visiting Student, Summer 2017
Gonzaga University
greensit@oregonstate.edu

Nicholas Lawrance
Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD, University of Sydney
nicholas.lawrance@oregonstate.edu

Jen Jen Chung
Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD, University of Sydney
jenjen.chung@oregonstate.edu

Veronica Gruning
Visiting Student, Summer 2016
Penn State University

Apoorva Prakash
High School Intern, Summer 2016
ASE Summer Academy

Juan Diaz
Visiting Student, Summer 2016
Washington State University

Remy Noble
High School Intern, Summer 2015
ASE Summer Academy

Jan Faigl
Visiting Professor, 2014
Czech Technical University in Prague
faiglj@fel.cvut.cz

Nikki Gantos
Visiting Student, Summer 2015
Georgia Tech
nikki.gantos@gmail.com

Andrew Stuntz
Visiting Student, Summer 2014
Fort Lewis College
abstuntz@fortlewis.edu

Join us

You may e-mail the director if you have experience in robotic systems and are interested in working in the Robotic Decision Making Laboratory. Before e-mailing, take a look at the publications page and identify areas of overlap based on your skills and interests. Also be sure to read the information below (adapted from Prof. Cindy Grimm's page):

  1. If you're considering the graduate program in Robotics or Mechanical Engineering, please apply to the appropriate program. We will not respond to "is there space in your group?" e-mails. Dr. Hollinger can't admit students directly, so don't ask. Every potential student must go through the same formal application procedure. Dr. Hollinger will ignore letters about admissions and assistantships. If the lab is looking for new graduate students and you've applied AND listed Dr. Hollinger as a potential advisor, then we'll find you.
  2. If you're a prospective graduate student and your research interests seriously overlap with ours, then send Dr. Hollinger an e-mail briefly telling us about yourself and what you're interested in doing, so that we know to be on the lookout for your application packet when it arrives. Letters with full CVs that don't mention specific research issues will be ignored.
  3. If you're currently a graduate student at Oregon State and you're interested in talking about working with us, send Dr. Hollinger a brief e-mail, and we can take it from there.

Note that the Robotic Decision Making Laboratory is primarily located in the School of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering (MIME). If you are interested in joining us as an MS or PhD student, you should apply to the Robotics or Mechanical Engineering degree programs. 

Openings for postdoctoral research positions will be posted here when available: postdoc openings.