Kasra Sinaei

Electrical Engineering PhD Student, Penn State

​About me

​Although I am thousand miles away from my hometown, Tehran, I stand with my compatriots whom are fighting for human rights and freedom. I sincerely ask you to search and learn about the ongoing revolution/movement  in Iran and be their voices.
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Curriculum Vitae

I'm an Electrical Engineering PhD Student at Pennsylvania State University and research assistant at CARL (Control and Robotcs Lab.) Prior to my graduate studies I completed Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's program at the University of Tehran in February of 2022. Currently I am working under supervision of Dr. Donald Ebeigbe (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering) on safety controllers. My research interests are:

  • Control Engineering
  • Robotics
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Optimization
  • Mechatronics​​​​​​​

About

About

Mechanical Engineering Bachelors of Science
Thesis: Design & Control of Wheeled Biped Robot

The University of Tehran

2016-2021

Educations

Educations

​Mathematics & Physics Post Graduate Diploma
National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents​​​​​​​
Allameh Helli4 Highschool

2012-2016

Electrical Engineering Ph.D.

Pennsylvania State University

​Starting 2022

Publications

Publications

Bipedal Locomotion Optimization by Exploitation of the Full Dynamics in DCM Trajectory Planning (second author)​​​​​​​
(9th annual RSI Conference, ICRoM 2021)

2021

IEEE Xplore

Optimum Design and Dynamic Balance Control of a 6-DoF Wheeled Biped Robot
(Working Journal Paper)

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Tuning a PID Controller with Deep Reinforcement Learning Policy Gradients 
(29th ISME Conference, Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers)

2021

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Online Bipedal Locomotion Adaptation for Stepping on Obstacles Using Novel Foot Sensor, Humanoids 2022, Ginowan/ Okinawa, Japan, 28-30 Nov

2022

IEEE Xplore

​Here are some of the projects I have been involved in. For more details and info on one of each please visit my projects page. Below pictures and photos belong to:

  • 5th Generation of SURENA Humanoid Robot
  • ​​​​​​​Design, Control, and Simulation of Wheeled Biped Robot (Bachelor Thesis)
  • Learning Whole Body Trajectory for Biped Robot Gait (NAO V3)
  • Analyzing Kinematic and Kinetics of a 6-bar Linkage, Designing Cam-Follower
  • Design, Simulation, and Building a Self-Balancing Robot
  • Identification and Control of a Shaking Beam Vibrations
  • Simulation and Designing Gear-Box for a Mixing Machine
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Projects

Projects

My references

Dr. A.Y. Koma 
​​​​​​​(proffessor at the University of Tehran)

aykoma@ut.ac.ir

Supervisor of Center of Advanced Systems and Technology (CAST) and professor at School of Mechanical Engineering.

A.Y. Koma
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My References

Dr. Ehsan Hosseinian
​​​​​​​ (assistant professor at the University of Tehran)

Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at
The University of Tehran. M.S. and Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology and Postdoctoral studies at Northwestern. University.

ehosseinian@ut.ac.ir

E. Hosseinian
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Full Professor at the school of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Tehran, Ph.D. from Imperial College of London 1992

myazdi@ut.ac.ir

M. H. Yazdi

Dr. Mohammadreza Hairi Yazdi
​​​​​​​ (professor at the University of Tehran)

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Dr. Donald ebeigbe
​​​​​​​(Assistant proffessor a
t the Pennsyalvania State University)

dee5127@psu.edu

Ebeigbe
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Personal ​Email:
kasra.sinaei@gmail.com

Academic Email:
​​​​​​​kks6117@psu.edu kasra.sinaei@ut.ac.ir


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Contact

Kasra Sinaei ​​​​​​​2021