Research Group

Current Members

PhD Students

Bilgehan Sel
Bilgehan Sel
PhD student, Fall 2022–present
BS: EE (minor in Mathematics), Bilkent University
Amazon Fellowship
Research: LLM reasoning, AI safety, AI alignment, RL
Lanxiao Huang
Lanxiao Huang
PhD student, Fall 2022–present
MS: ECE, Virginia Tech
Deloitte AI Fellowship
Research: cybersecurity, AI safety, foundation models, RL
Vanshaj Khattar
Vanshaj Khattar
PhD student, Fall 2021–present
MS: EE, Virginia Tech
Research: safe & adaptive RL, AI safety, foundation models, power and energy systems
Ahmad al-Tawaha
Ahmad al-Tawaha
PhD student, Fall 2021–present
MS: ME, Jordan University of Science and Technology
Research: RL, control theory, AI agent, AI safety
Zain ul Abdeen
Zain ul Abdeen
PhD student, Fall 2021–present
MS: Mathematics, National University of Sciences and Technology
Research: AI agent, optimization, resilience, power and energy systems
Runing Yang
Runing Yang
PhD student, Fall 2022–present
MS: ECE, University of Southern California
CAIA/Sanghani Center Joint Scholarship
Research: AI alignment, AI agent, RL

Master’s Students

  • Kamal Sherawat
  • Vikrant Bhati
  • Jai Sharma
  • Mehmet Koruturk

Undergraduate Researchers

  • Chris Nassif
  • Emmit Phalen
  • Advaith Malka

Former Members

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  • Priya Shanmugasundaram — MEng (Fall 2023–Spring 2025). Current: Machine Learning Engineer, Adobe
  • Faizan Manzoor — MS (Fall 2023–Spring 2025). Current: Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.
  • Harshal D. Kaushik — Postdoc (2021–2022). Current: Postdoc @ UT Dallas; Previous: Data Scientist, Bayer
  • Hardeep — MS (2022). Current: Data Science Intern, Talroo
  • Qasim Wani — Undergraduate (2021). Current: Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Advex AI