Group Photo - Fall 2025
Group Photo - Fall 2024
Olutofunmi, Michael, Caleb, and Gabe at LaSPACE - Fall 2024
Anish teaching middle school students - Spring 2025
Olutofunmi and Gabe at NASA Langley - Summer 2025
Christmas dinner - Fall 2025
Olutofunmi, Michael, Kyle, and Emiliana at LaSPACE - Fall 2025
Lab Field Day - Spring 2026
(thanks to whoever took this amazing, high quality photo and cut out half the group)
Julio, Olutofunmi, and Nnamdi pass their MS defense! - Spring 2026
Olutofunmi teaching middle school students - Spring 2026
Julio teaching middle school students - Spring 2026
Robert Herbert
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, LSU (2024)
Postdoc in Mech Eng, Carnegie Mellon University (2023)
PhD in Mech Eng, Georgia Institute of Technology (2022)
BS, MS in Mech Eng, The Ohio State University (2016, 2017)
Graduate students
Olutofunmi Olaoye
PhD Student, Industrial Engineering
BS Mechanical Engineering,
Louisiana State University
Julio Zuazola
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS Mechanical Engineering,
New York University Abu Dhabi
ANish maharjan
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS, MS Mechanical Engineering,
Kathmandu University
Nnamdi dike
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering
BS Mechanical Engineering,
Louisiana State University
underGraduate students
Zachary Legier
3rd year Mechanical Engineering
Michael Ruiz
4th year Mechanical Engineering
Gabe Freedman
3rd year Mechanical Engineering
rita ntipouna
3rd year Industrial Engineering
Caleb Reid
4th year Mechanical Engineering
matthew mcclung
4th year Mechanical Engineering
kyle stack
4th year Mechanical Engineering
emiliana grove
3rd year Mechanical Engineering
noah arseneaux
1st year Mechanical Engineering
adam cagnolatti
3rd year Mechanical Engineering
tatum dixon
1st year Biological Engineering
nathanael jackson
2nd year Mechanical Engineering
elizabeth otuyelu
2nd year Biological Engineering