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Interactive Robotics Laboratory
Yu Gu, Professor

College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

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Awards

2022

Trevor Smith named NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Madhav Rijal awarded Statler Fellowship

Yu Gu named Researcher of the Year (2021-22) for the WVU Statler College

2021

Team Mountaineers place 6th in NASA Space Robotics Challenge (Phase II Centennial Challenge)

Trevor Smith wins Science & Technology category of WVU Undergraduate Research Symposium

2020

Jared Beard named Ruby Distinguished Doctoral Fellow by WVU

2019

Yu Gu named NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Fellow

2018

Yu Gu awarded Big XII Faculty Fellowship (2018-19)

Chizhao Yang award Outstanding Merit Fellwoship for Continuing Doctoral Studies

Yu Gu achieves Excellence in Research Senior Level award (2017-18)

Yu Gu recognized for Mountaineer Values during WVU's 150th Anniversary Celebration

2017

Gabrielle Hedrick awarded with Benjamin M. Statler Ph.D. Fellowship

Jared Beard named Goldwater Scholar

2016

WVU wins $750k in Final Challenge of NASA Centennial Sample Return Robot Challenge

Cooperative Relative Localization for moving UAVs with single link range measurements awarded IEEE/ION PLANS 2016 Best Paper Award in Track B: Perception for Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Systems.

Nicholas Ohi awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Yu Gu names Excellent Reviewer of the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (2015-16)

Jared Strader awarded Alen G. and Louise Stone Swiger Fellowship

Nicholas Ohi honored with Order of Augusta, Outstanding Seniors Award at WVU

Scott Harper named as WVU and West Virginia Student Employee of the Year

2015

WVU wins Level-2 of NASA Centennial Challenge with award of $100,000

Centennial Challenge Team Recognized by NASA and US Senators in the National Capital

Yu Gu named Outstanding Research (2014-2015) by WVU Statler College

2014

WVU wins Level-1 of the NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge

WVU awarded First Place (Joe Kosmo) Award at NASA Robotic Mining Competition

Other Awards

NASA WV SGC Undergraduate Fellowship: Marc Gramlich, Scott Harper, Jared Strader, Alexandra Augsberger, Colin Osborn, Cameron Wilson, Tucker Johnson, Chad Hite, Stephen Jacobs.

NASA WV SGC Graduate Fellowship: Jason Gross, Matthew Rhudy, Zach Merceruio, Caleb Rice, Alexander Hypes, Scott Harper (twice), Jennifer Nguyen (twice), Jared Strader, Nicholas Ohi (three times), Conner Castle, Mo Buzzo, Jared Beard, Ronald Butts.

WVU Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): Conner Castle, Benjamin Buzzo, Spencer Regnier, Tyler Cook.

JPL Visiting Student Research Program (JVSRP): Scott Harper, Jared Strader, Gabrielle Hedrick, Nicholas Ohi, Jared Beard, Jennifer Nguyen.