PACK Lab

PACK Lab

The mission of the PACK Lab is to resolve real-world problems using technologies in perception, actuation, control, and network.

Five Students Presented at the Third MAE Research Symposium

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Five students from the PACK Lab, Anthony Martinez, Keaton Safu, Jordan D. Strand, Anastasia Tkachuk, and Thanh T. Truong, presented their work at the 3rd MAE Research Symposium.

  • Poster 1: LEGO Manual Instruction Parsing via ML models & Legality Models Structured Assembly State Export, by Anthony Martinez
  • Poster 2: Truck-Drone Routing with Dynamics-Informed Energy Constraints for Last-Mile Deliveries, by Keaton Safu
  • Poster 3: A Trust-Based Decision Framework for Autonomous Vehicle Control in Mixed-Autonomy Traffic, by Jordan D. Strand
  • Poster 4: On the Efficacy of Centralized Training and Decentralized Execution for DQN-Based Traffic Control, by Anastasia Tkachuk
  • Poster 5: AMixed-Dimensional Path Planning for Multi-Agent Frontier Exploration, by Thanh T. Truong

Great work, team!

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New Publication: A Paper Accepted by MECC 2026

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A paper from the PACK Lab has been accepted by the 6th Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference (MECC 2026). The team will present the paper in October 25 – 28, 2026 Phoenix, Arizona. “Mixed-Dimensional Frontier Exploration Framework for Multi-Agent Systems”, by Thanh Truong and Tairan Liu. Congratulations to Thanh!

Congratulations to Honor Student Jordan Strand’s Graduation!

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We are thrilled to congratulate honors student Jordan Strand on his recent graduation and the successful completion of his undergraduate thesis, “A Trust-Based Decision Framework for Autonomous Vehicle Control in Mixed-Autonomy Traffic.”

Dr. Makoto Shishido Visited Drone and Autonomous Vehicle Research Facility at CSULB

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The PACK Lab recently hosted Dr. Makoto Shishido from Tokyo Denki University for a visit and research exchange. During the visit, Dr. Liu led a comprehensive tour of the lab’s specialized infrastructure, including the state-of-the-art drone cage and autonomous vehicle facility, and introduced the lab’s ongoing projects.