Hi! I am Aakash Yadav (legal: Aakash), a second-year Ph.D. student in the Neuroergonomics Lab at Texas A&M University. My research interests span robotics, human-robot interaction, human factors, cognition, neuroergonomics, and affective computing. I work towards understanding human-robot teaming to improve teaming, system performance, and safety.
I received my bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati. Previously, I have worked on optimizing thermoelectric efficiency, neural architecture search for robotics, and monocular SLAM.
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Updates
| Oct 2022: | HFES Human AI Robot Teaming (HART) TG 2022 Video Contest Winner |
| Jul 2022: | I have been selected to receive the Abbott Emerging Scientist Award at 2022 Neuroergonomics conference |
| Jun 2022: | Abstract titled "Neural Signatures of Trust in Human-Robot Collaboration: A Tale of Two Use-Cases" accepted for presentation at 2022 Neuroergonomics conference, in New York City. |
| May 2022: | Paper titled "Interplay of Cognitive Fatigue and Trust in Human-Robot Collaboration" accepted at HFES 66th AM, see you all in Atlanta in October. |
| Mar 2022: | I'll be presenting at the 4th Annual Workshop on Novel and Emerging Test Methods & Metrics for Effective HRI at IEEE HRI 2022. |
| Aug 2021: | Joined Neuroergonomics Lab at TAMU as a Ph.D. candidate. |
| Jul 2021: | I will be starting my Ph.D. this fall with Dr. Mehta at TAMU focusing on Human-Robot-Interaction, Human factors, and ergonomics. |
| Jan 2021: | Started working (remotely) on a research project at Computational Interaction and Robotics Lab (CIRL) |
| Nov 2020: | I have been awarded the prestigious INAE Innovative Student Project Award |
| Aug 2020: | Started working (remotely) on a research project with Prof. Shuhui Bu focused on vision-based geometric and deep SLAM |
| Apr 2020: | Paper on image-based flight control of UAVs for material handling accepted in JMS |
| Oct 2019: | My first ever paper on thermoelectric materials got published in the Journal of Physics Communications |
| Jun 2019: | Joined Texas A&M University as a summer research intern |
| May 2018: | Started summer internship at Ford Motor Company in Ahmedabad |
| Mar 2018: | Started working as an undergraduate researcher at Pranawa C Deshmukh's Lab |
| Aug 2016: | Joined IIT Tirupati as an undergraduate student in the mechanical engineering department |