Outreach & Awards
Awards, grants, and recognition earned by the lab and its students, together with the teaching, mentoring, and public education that carry robotics beyond the university.
In 2026
Mecharithm lab has welcomed a new SURGE student (Kevin Mueller) for Fall 2026, and Spring 2027.
September 6, 2026
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Dr. 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.
August 23, 2026
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Dr. 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.
July 16, 2026
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Congratulations 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.
June 5, 2026
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In 2025
Mecharithm lab welcomed one paid undergraduate research assistant through SLU’s SURGE program
June 7, 2025
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Dr. Madi was the invited speaker for the Seattle Robotic Society. Talk title: Intuitive human-robot interaction for assistive robotics. website: https://seattlerobotics.org/april-19-2025/
May 4, 2025
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website: https://seattlerobotics.org/april-19-2025/edited 11:47 PM
Pascal has been named a 2025 Goldwater Scholar! The Barry Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most prestigious awards for undergraduates pursuing STEM research in the United States, and Pascal is one of 50 computer science/mathematics-focused students to win this award nationally.
March 31, 2025
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Pascal has been named a 2025 Goldwater Scholar! The Barry Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most prestigious awards for
In 2024
Dr. Madi recognized as SLU’s 2024-2025 Chaifetz Fellow winning $2500
December 7, 2024
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Guangping won Kanako Miura Travel Award for the Humanoids 2024 conference
October 8, 2024
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Dr. Madi got one paid undergraduate research assistant through SLU’s SURGE program
August 8, 2024
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Dr. Madi Got Travel Grant from NSF to Attend 2024 NSF FRR-NRI PI Meeting as an Aspiring PI
April 17, 2024
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International Women’s Day Celebration
January 18, 2024
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We celebrated International Women’s Day in Mechatronics class and at the School of Science and Engineering (SSE).
