Education

  • Ph.D., in ME at Michigan, 2020
  • M.S., in ME at Michigan, 2020
  • B.S., in ME at Georgia Tech, 2014

Teaching Interests

Professor Kousik’s teaching interests encompass fundamental and advanced topics in mechanical engineering, with an emphasis on dynamics, control, and robotics. His instruction supports undergraduate and graduate education, focusing on enhancing students’ understanding of dynamics and control principles and their practical applications. Professor Kousik is committed to integrating research insights into his teaching to foster analytical thinking and problem-solving skills among students.

Research Interests

Professor Kousik’s research is focused on bridging the gap between theory and practice for safe deployment of autonomous robots. To achieve this, he and his team design and deploy techniques across formal methods, machine learning, and robot perception, planning, and control. The research actively involves graduate and undergraduate students and contributes to advancing knowledge in mechanical engineering and robotics.

Recent Publications

  • Shamsah, A., Agarwal, K., Katta, N., Raju, A., Kousik, S. and Zhao, Y., 2024. Socially acceptable bipedal robot navigation via social zonotope network model predictive control. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (pp. 10130-10148). DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2024.3519012
  • Jung, W., Mishra, U., Arachchige, N.R., Chen, Y., Xu, D., and Kousik, S., 2025. Joint Model-based Model-free Diffusion for Planning with Constraints. In the Proceedings of The 9th Conference on Robot Learning. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.08775
  • Chung, L.K. and Kousik S., 2025. Provably-Safe Neural Network Training Using Hybrid Zonotope Reachability Analysis. In The Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (Dec 2025). DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.13023
  • Azizkhani, M., Kousik, S. and Chen, Y., 2025. Dynamic Task Space Control of Redundant Pneumatically Actuated Soft Robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (pp. 6408-6415). DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2025.3568316
  • Michaux, J., Holmes, P., Zhang, B., Chen, C., Wang, B., Sahgal, S., Zhang, T., Dey, S., Kousik, S. and Vasudevan, R., 2025. Can't Touch This: Real-Time, Safe Motion Planning and Control for Manipulators Under Uncertainty. In IEEE Transactions on Robotics (pp. 4719-4740). DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2025.3584557