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We are thrilled to announce that the Dr. Tairan Liu and the team has been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF Award #2627676) through the FINDERS Foundry program.
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Undergraduate student, Keaton Safu, presented a paper at the 2026 ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development.
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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!
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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A paper from the PACK Lab has been accepted by the ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development (ASCE ICTD 2026). The team will present the paper in Detroit, MI, June, 2025.
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A paper from the PACK Lab has been accepted by the ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development (ASCE ICTD 2026). The team will present the paper in Detroit, MI, June, 2025.
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Congratulate to honors student Madeleine Lavi on her gradulation and successfully completing her thesis, “Optimization on the Trajectory Planning for Cooperative Robotic Manipulators: A Case Study.”
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Congratulate to honors student Noah Cisneros on his gradulation and successfully completing his undergraduate thesis, “Motion Planning for Quadruped Robots in Harsh Environments.”
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Dr. Liu hosted the mayor of Long Beach, the president of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), the dean of the College of Engineering, and a group of industry leaders for a tour of CSULB’s newly built drone cage and Autonomous Systems Lab.
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A paper from the PACK Lab has been accepted by the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Green Energy and Smart Systems (IEEE GESS 2025). The team will present the paper in Long Beach, November, 2025.
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Dr. Tairan Liu has been awarded a prestigious NSF CISE Core grant as Lead Principal Investigator to advance cutting-edge research on multi-agent systems. The award totals $600,000, with $300,000 allocated to Dr. Liu’s team.
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We are proud to share that Dr. Tairan Liu’s research, “Addressing Urban Traffic Congestion: A Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Approach,” was recently highlighted in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Weekly Newsletter.
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We are thrilled to announce that our team member, Avi Jagdish, has been awarded the University Honors Program’s Best Thesis/Creative Project Award for this academic year. This prestigious recognition is a testament to Avi’s exceptional scholarship, creativity, and dedication.
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Dr. Tairan Liu, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering at California State University, Long Beach, has been featured in a recent news article by the college spotlighting his cutting-edge research in multi-agent systems. The recognition follows the award of a prestigious research grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to support his work.
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California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has recently featured groundbreaking research led by faculty member Dr. Tairan Liu in a news story celebrating student-faculty collaborations in aerospace engineering and robotics. Titled “These Students Built a Rocket, a Satellite, and a National Reputation,” the article showcases several high-impact projects that are pushing the boundaries of student-led innovation—and two of them stem directly from Dr. Liu’s research lab.
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Congratulations to Avi Jagdish! His thesis is titled “Synthetic Dataset Creation for Visual Relationship Detection Between Components in a Manufacturing Environment.”
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Congratulations to Joely M. Rodriguez! Her thesis is titled “Implementation of Crash Detection Systems on Heavy-Duty Vehicles.”
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Congratulations to Javier Ybarra Gomez! His thesis is titled “An Automated Domestic Water Pipeline Monitoring and Alarm System for Environmental Justice.”
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The University Honors Program recently announced that Dr. Liu has been selected as the 2024-2025 Most Valuable Professor (MVP). Each year, Honors students nominate and vote for a faculty member who exemplifies outstanding teaching and a strong commitment to their academic success.
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We are proud to announce that Steve Maldonado-Melendez has been awarded Second Place at the Second MAE Research Symposium for his outstanding research presentation. His project, titled “An Output Feedback Augmented-State Extended Kalman Filter Robust-MRAC Scheme,” showcases innovative work in the field of system and control.
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Four students from the PACK Lab, Avi Jagdish, Javier Ybarra Gomez, Keaton Safu, and Steve Maldonado-Melendez, presented their work at the MAE Research Symposium.
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On April 18, 2025, Dr. Tairan Liu was featured in the latest publication of Research @ the Beach, highlighting his research in Autonomous Collaborative Robots. Dr. Liu’s work focuses on developing intelligent robotic systems that can work together seamlessly to solve complex tasks across diverse environments. His innovative contributions are helping to shape the future of autonomous collaborative robots, advancing both academic understanding and real-world applications.
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On April 12, 2025, Dr. Tairan Liu, delivered an engaging and thought-provoking talk titled “The Invisible Blueprint: How Math Shapes the World of Engineering.”
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We are thrilled to announce that Ramon Becerra-Orozco, along with his dedicated Faculty Advisor, Dr. Tairan Liu, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious 2025 CSULB Student Summer Research Award. This award, now in its 12th year, is a collaborative initiative sponsored by Academic Affairs and the Office of Research & Economic Development, designed to promote exceptional student research.
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Congratulations to Samantha Villa Floran! Her thesis is titled “MuJoCo-Based Robotic Modeling: A Systematic Analysis From Fundamental Principles to Advanced Applications.”
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Congratulations to Morgan Wozniak! Her thesis is titled “Exploring Human-Robot Interaction: A Review and Analysis of Challenges, Methods, and Future Directions.”
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We are excited to announce the much-anticipated launch of our new Dynamics and Control Instruction Lab, a state-of-the-art facility designed to provide hands-on learning opportunities in one of the most essential areas of engineering. This marks a historic moment for our department, as we bring back this vital resource after many years.
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A new abstract from the PACK Lab have been accepted to present at the 2025 METRANS International Urban Freight Conference. The team will present the papers in Los Angeles, April, 2025.
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Dr. Liu served as a session chair at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Green Energy and Smart System.
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Undergraduate honor student, Avi Jagdish, from the PACK Lab, presented two papers at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Green Energy and Smart System.
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Two papers from the PACK Lab have been accepted by the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Green Energy and Smart Systems (IEEE GESS 2024). The team will present the papers in Long Beach, November, 2024.
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Dr. Liu hosted a session in Mayor Richardson’s Space Beach Summer Camp, and presented the SharkSat mission to about 40 students with the SharkSat Team.
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Congratulations to Hiroto Miyamura! His MS thesis is titled “Multi-Agent Cooperative Coverage Control in Mixed-Dimensional and Hybrid Environments with Limited Sensing Capability.”
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Multiple Quanser control plants arrive at the PACK Lab. The package include QUBE-Servo 3, Aero 2, and QBot Platform. These plants will be used for teaching and research in the area of dynamics, control, and robotics.
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Dr. Liu led the Long Beach Lunabotics Team to attend the NASA Lunabotics Challenge (competition) at the University of Central Florida and Kennedy Space Center from May 10 to May 19, 2024.
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Congratulations to Mitchell Hein! His thesis is titled “PACK-4O: A Study on Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots.”
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The SharkSat Team was invited to a reception hosted by President Jane Close Conoley, in honor of our Top Academic Teams.
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Two students from the PACK Lab, Anurag Balakrishnan and Pedro Herrera, presented their work at the MAE Research Fair.
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I am excited to share that our cube satellite team has won a launch opportunity through NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI)! We will build our first cube satellite, SharkSat-1, to monitor LED-induced blue light pollution across Earth. Great work, SharkSat Team!
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Dr. Liu gave a talk titled “Collaboration-Centered Autonomous Robotic Network: A Solution to Real-World Problems” on his recent research projects.
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The PACK Lab’s new paper, “Addressing Urban Traffic Congestion: A Hybrid DQN-Autoencoder Model with HyperOPT Tuning”, by Anurag Balakrishnan, Satyam Pathak, Pedro Herrera, and Tairan Liu, has been accepted by the International Conference on Transportation and Development (ICTD 2024). The team will present the paper in Atlanta, June 2024.
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Dr. Liu starts to serve as the faculty advisor of the SharkSat Cube Satellite Team. The team aims to design and deploy their cube satellites in the following years.
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A collaborative paper with Dr. Muhammad Abdul Basit Ur Rahim’s team, “Using Deep Reinforcement Learning And Formal Verification in Safety Critical Systems: Strategies and Challenges”, by Satyam Sharma, Muhammad Abdul Basit Ur Rahim, Shahid Hussain, Muhammad Rizwan Abid, and Tairan Liu, has been accepted by the IEEE 23rd International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS 2023). The team will present the paper in Chiang Mai, Thailand, October 2023.
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A collaborative paper with Dr. Muhammad Abdul Basit Ur Rahim’s team, “Formal Modeling and Verification of Industrial Robotic Arm - A Case Study”, by Ilmaan Zia, Muhammad Abdul Basit Ur Rahim, Tairan Liu, and Zhangying He, has been accepted by the IEEE 23rd International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (QRS 2023). The team will present the paper in Chiang Mai, Thailand, October 2023.
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Long Beach Lunabotics Team was placed 14th out of 50 teams overall and second for presentation in NASA Lunabotics 2023 Competitions. For the latter placement, the team was rewarded $2,000 to aid them in the 2023-2024 competition.
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The OptiTrack System arrives at the PACK Lab. The optical tracking system will be used for research in drone swarms.
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Dr. Liu starts to serve as the advisor of the Long Beach Lunabotics Team. The team will develop their lunar excavator prototype and participate NASA Lunabotics Competitions in the following years.
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Congratulations to Josh Pastizzo, Juan Rodríguez, Adam Nguyen, and Edwin Gomez!
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The PACK Lab hosted a workshop for the Engineering Girls @ the Beach Day on April 7, 2023.
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Dr. Liu led the Long Beach Rocketry team to the rocket launch site in the Mojave desert for a pilot test of the rocket. The team will participate in a competition later this month.
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The Dobot MG400 robot arm arrives at the PACK Lab. The robot arm will be used for teaching and research in the area of robot modeling and control.
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The UFactory Lite 6 robot arm arrives at the PACK Lab. The robot arm will be used for teaching and research in the area of robot modeling and control.
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The DJI Tello drones (16 drones) arrive at the PACK Lab. The drones will be used for teaching and research in the area of control and multi-agent systems.
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The PACK-Tower workstation is online.
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This post serves as the time stamp that the PACK Lab is established today (August 31, 2022)!