People
Spring 2026 IRIS Lab Members (click here for previous group photos)
Principal Investigator
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Margaret McGuinness
Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Students
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Katalin Schäffer
Ph.D. Student, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
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Ciera McFarland
Postdoctoral Researcher, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
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Allison Fick
Ph.D. Student, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
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Zhongqi Miao
Ph.D. Student, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Students
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Lydia Chau
Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
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Martina Lund
Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
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Abdalla Ibrahim
Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
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Fangzhong Jin
Visiting Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
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Tianyi Yu
Visiting Undergraduate Student, Robotics Engineering
Alumni
Masters Students
Alexis Laudenslager (IRIS Lab Fall 2024-Spring 2025), M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2025 (Next: System Engineer at BAE Systems)
Undergraduate Students
Maria Cowden (IRIS Lab Spring 2025-Fall 2025), B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2026
Dean DiGuglielmo (IRIS Lab Fall 2024-Spring 2025), B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2027
Gabriella Shirtcliff (IRIS Lab Fall 2024-Spring 2025), B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2026
Pailyn Groene (IRIS Lab Fall 2024-Spring 2025), B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2025 (next: MSc in Biomedical Engineering student at Trinity College Dublin as a Naughton Fellow)
Sarah Taher (IRIS Lab Fall 2024-Spring 2025), B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2025
Bona Park (IRIS Lab Spring 2022-Spring 2025), B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2025
Dylan Finnegan (IRIS Lab Fall 2025), B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2024
Kevin Wakakuwa (IRIS Lab Summer and Fall 2024), B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2026
Jack Rowe (IRIS Lab Spring 2024), B.S. Mechanical Engineering and Studio Art, and M.B.A., University of Notre Dame, Class of 2026
William Shepherd (IRIS Lab Spring 2024), B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2024 (next: Production Engineer at Starplus Energy)
Eddie Pohl (IRIS Lab Summer 2023-Spring 2024), B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2024 (next: Engineer at General Motors)
Kabir Madan (IRIS Lab Summer 2022, Spring-Summer 2023, and Spring 2024), B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2025 (next: Mechanical Design Engineer at Apple)
Michael Mitchell (IRIS Lab Fall 2021-Spring 2024), B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2024 (next: M.S. Student in Applied Mathematics at Imperial College London)
Aryanna Perez (IRIS Lab Fall 2023), B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2025 (next: NDE engineer at SpaceX)
Tim DeMaro (IRIS Lab Fall 2022-Spring 2023), B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2023 (next: M.S. Student in Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Molly Doerfler (IRIS Lab Spring 2022-Spring 2023), B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2023 (next: M.S. Student in Environmental Technology at University College Dublin)
Nelson Badillo (IRIS Lab Fall 2021-Spring 2023), B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2023 (next: Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering at Harvard University)
Amanda Kaczorowski (IRIS Lab Fall 2021-Spring 2023), B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Class of 2023 (next: Mechanical/Controls Engineer at Southlake Automation)
Visiting Undergraduate Students
Sebastian Lorca Godoy (IRIS Lab Spring 2026), B.S., Electrical Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile, Class of 2026
Alan Cristian Roque Rivera (IRIS Lab Summer 2025), B.S., Robotics Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Santa Rosa Jáuregui, Mexico, Class of 2027
Saúl Armando Ganado García (IRIS Lab Summer 2025), B.S., Robotics Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Santa Rosa Jáuregui, Mexico, Class of 2026
Raymundo Hernández Rendón (IRIS Lab Summer 2025), B.S., Aeronautical Mechanical Design, Universidad Aeronáutica en Querétaro, Mexico, Class of 2026
Yumeng Cai (IRIS Lab Summer 2024), B.Eng., Robotics Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, Class of 2025 (next: M.S. Student in Robotics at Georgia Institute of Technology)
Ultan Fallon (IRIS Lab Summer 2023), B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Galway, Ireland, Class of 2025 (next: M.S. Student in Bioengineering at Stanford University)