Academic Degrees
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019
M.S. Mechanical Engineering - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
B.E. Electrical Engineering - National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan-2012
Awards & Honors
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
Graduate Teaching Fellowship Spring 2019.
Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship 2018-19.
Best talk in Controls and Decision category at Coordinated Sciences Laboratory Student Conference, 2019.
Finalist for Best Poster award at IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2016.
National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan:
Academic Excellence Scholarships for 4 semesters in undergraduate education.
Academic excellence scholarship for 4 years from Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Pakistan.
Stood 23rd nationwide in the university entrance exam.
Stood 17th nationwide in the senior year high school exam conducted by Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Pakistan.
Publications & Presentations
A. LaViers, C. Cuan, M. Heimerdinger, U. Huzaifa, C. Maguire, R. McNish, A. Nilles, I. Pakrasi, K. Bradley, K. Brooks Mata, N. Chakraborty, I. Vidrin and A. Zurawski, “Choreographic and Somatic Approaches for the Development of Expressive Robotic Systems,” Arts, 2018.
U. Huzaifa, C. Maguire, and A. LaViers, “Toward an Expressive Bipedal Robot: Variable Gait Synthesis and Validation in a Planar Model,” International Journal of Social Robotics, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-019-00547-6.
A. Jang Sher, U. Huzaifa, J. Li, V. Jain, and A. LaViers, “An Embodied, Platforminvariant Architecture for Connecting High-level Spatial Commands to Platform Articulation,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2019. Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
U. Huzaifa, C. Fuller, J. Schultz, and A. LaViers, “Toward a Bipedal Robot with Variable Gait Styles: Sagittal Forces Analysis in a Planar Simulation and a Prototype Ball-Tray Mechanism,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019. Accepted.
J. Lambert, U. Huzaifa, W. Rizvi, and A. LaViers, “Human Perception of Gait Styles on a Compass Walker in Variable Contexts via Descriptive versus Emotive Labels,” IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man), 2019. Accepted
U. Huzaifa, and A. LaViers, “Coordination, Symmetry, and Grouping Parameters for Redundant Movement Strategies for Articulated Platforms,” in EEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2017.
U. Huzaifa et al.“Dance-inspired Embodied Strategies for Core-located Actuation Gait and Development of a Particular Platform,” in IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2016. (Best Poster Finalist)
U. Huzaifa, and A. LaViers,“Control design for planar model of a core-located actuation walker,” in IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2016.
G. Heddy, U. Huzaifa, P. Beling, Y. Haimes, J. Marvel, B. Weiss, and A. Laviers,“LTL-Based Monitoring of Smart Manufacturing Systems,” in PHM Society Conference, 2015.
L. Bobadilla, T. T. Johnson, A. LaViers., and U. Huzaifa “Verified Planar Formation Control Algorithms by Composition of Primitives.” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Conference, AIAA Science and Technology Forum (SciTech), 2015.
Research Experiences
Legged Locomotion
Social Robotics
Control Systems
Dynamics
Teaching Interests
Robotics
Control
Dynamics