PhD Student · Carnegie Mellon

David Ologan

I'm a second-year PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, working on reinforcement learning and optimization-based control for autonomous legged locomotion in complex, contact-rich natural environments. I'm advised by Prof. Aaron Johnson in the Robomechanics Lab, and supported by the GEM PhD University Fellowship.

based Pittsburgh, PA prev MIT · B.S. ME + EECS seeking Fall 2026 / Spring 2027 internship
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