Awards, 2026, 2026, NewsDr. Madi has been recognized as the Finalist, Outstanding WiRA Early Career Contribution Award in Women in Robotics and Automation (WiRA), IROS 2026, Pittsburgh, October 2026. Tipu received the recognition on her behalf. By mechalabmngr / October 5, 2026
Awards, 2026, 2026, NewsMecharithm lab has welcomed a new SURGE student (Kevin Mueller) for Fall 2026, and Spring 2027. By mechalabmngr / September 6, 2026
Awards, 2026, 2026, NewsDr. Madi is Co-PI on a new Major Research Instrumentation award from the National Science Foundation, MRI: Track 1: Development of a Computational System for Agricultural Structural Modeling and Analysis, led by PI Abigail Stylianou. The award totals $1.2M and runs from 2026 to 2029, supporting computational and robotics infrastructure for modeling and analyzing agricultural structures. By mechalabmngr / August 23, 2026
Awards, 2026, 2026, NewsDr. Madi Babaiasl has been selected as the 2026 Campus KEEN Rising Star at Saint Louis University, one of only 19 faculty members recognized across the entire Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network for best exemplifying the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering education. By mechalabmngr / July 16, 2026
Awards, 2026, 2026, NewsTipu has received a $1,500 RAS Travel Support Award for IROS 2026, which will be held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 27-October 1, 2026.Additionally, he has been awarded a $350 Dean’s Travel Award to support his travel to the IROS 2026 conference. By mechalabmngr / July 15, 2026
Awards, 2026, 2026, NewsGuangping has received a $1,500 RAS Travel Support Award for IROS 2026, which will be held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 27-October 1, 2026. Additionally, she has been awarded a $350 Dean’s Travel Award to support her travel to the IROS 2026 conference. By mechalabmngr / July 15, 2026
Awards, 2026, 2026, NewsCongratulations to Tipu on receiving the Dean’s Travel Award ($350)! Tipu’s paper was accepted for oral presentation at the 11th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2026), to be held in Edmonton, August 1–4, 2026. By mechalabmngr / June 5, 2026
Awards, 2026, 2026, NewsCongratulations to Billy on receiving the SSE Undergraduate Research Travel Award ($350) to support his presentation at BioRob 2026 in Edmonton (August 1–4, 2026). By mechalabmngr / June 5, 2026
News, 2026, 2026, AwardsDr. Madi has been honored with the 2026 SSE Excellence in Teaching Innovation Award by Saint Louis University’s School of Science & Engineering (SSE) through a peer-nomination process. By mechalabmngr / May 9, 2026
Awards, 2026, 2026, NewsOur project “MORPH Robotic Car with Structured Lesson Plans to Teach Robotics to Learners in All Levels” has received SLU New Venture Accelerator Fund in the amount of $50k. By mechalabmngr / May 4, 2026
