BIO: Dr. Ly’s career interests center around the design and control of tightly integrated, highly nonlinear electromechanical systems using state-of-the-art actuators, sensors, energy sources, and computational hardware. He envisions cyber-physical systems with high-speed embedded sensors, actuators, and computational hardware that allows the robots to handle increasingly complex tasks. Over the past 7 years, he has worked on 10 research projects (6 of which he created and lead), published 9 research articles (8 of which are high-impact journals), and filed 2 U.S. patent and 1 provisional applications. His research extends to practical applications, including artificial muscles, robotic tactile interfaces, and bio-inspired robotic locomotion. As a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University, he continues pioneering innovative robotic solutions. In 2024, he has helped secured over $800,000 in research funding through ARPA-E and DOE grants to develop an underground digging robot and a distributed wave energy harvester. Dr. Ly would like to apply his knowledge of system designs, specifically with innovative materials and techniques, to address major human-centric challenges, such as improving the elderly’s and patients’ sensorimotor functions, making the digital world more tangible and interactive, extending human’s access to remote, hazardous sites, and improving our opinions of robotics.
The following is a highlighted list of research projects during his Postdocotral and Ph.D years.
