Siavash Farzan, PhD

SIAVASH FARZAN

I am an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Previously, I was an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Robotics Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). I earned my PhD in Robotics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where I was a member of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM).
My research focuses on solving fundamental challenges for autonomous robots to operate in unstructured and dynamic real-world settings. I have several years of experience in industry as an embedded systems engineer that informs my research, teaching, and service. I regularly teach undergraduate and graduate level courses and laboratories in the areas of Robotics, Mechatronics, Controls, and Embedded Systems. My Erdös Number is 5.

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News

Jun '23	I'll be joining the Electrical Engineering Department at Cal Poly as an Assistant Professor, starting in Fall 2023.
May '23	Received the Rho Beta Epsilon Award for Excellence in Robotics Education!
Apr '23	I have been awarded the Class of ’57 Teaching Development Travel Grant!
Mar '23	Paper accepted at the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition!
Nov '22	I will be serving as the lead judge in WPI's 2023 Graduate Research Innovation Exchange (GRIE) for the Robotics Engineering, Cyberphysical Systems, Electrical and Computer Engineering areas!
Sep '22	I will be serving as a judge for the MassTLC's Tech Top 50 in the categories of Technology of the Year: Advanced Manufacturing and Technology of the Year: Robotics!
Jul '22	Paper accepted at the Wiley Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing!
May '22	Paper accepted at the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control! Check out the paper and the video.
Mar '22	Paper accepted at the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST)! Check out the paper and the video.
Jul '21	I will be joining the Robotics Engineering Department at WPI as an Assistant Teaching Professor, starting in Fall 2021.
Jun '21	I successfully defended my PhD dissertation!
Aug '20	Paper accepted at CDC '20! Check out the paper and the video.
Jul '20	In less than three months, more than 9000 students from 149 countries have enrolled in our online Mechatronics course on edX! Check out the news here: Learning Mechatronics by Doing Mechatronics
Jun '20	Paper accepted at IROS '20! Check out the paper and the video.
Apr '20	Our lab-based online Mechatronics course is launched on edX: The Mechatronics Revolution: Fundamentals and Core Concepts
Jan '19	Paper accepted at ACC '19! Check out the paper and the video.
Jun '18	Paper accepted at IROS '18! Check out the paper and the video.
Jan '18	Paper accepted at ICRA '18! Check out the paper and the video.
Apr '17	Our research is featured on IEEE Spectrum, ASME and BBC News!
Mar '14	Paper accepted at CEC '14! Check out the paper and the video.
Jun '13	Paper accepted at IROS '13! Check out the paper and the video.