Kasun Weerakoon
Ph.D. Student
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
About Me
I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park. Currently, I'm pursuing my Ph.D. as a graduate research assistant at the GAMMA Lab supervised by Prof. Dinesh Manocha. My dissertation research focuses on autonomous robot navigation in complex outdoor environments. Recently, I received the University of Maryland Graduate School's Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award for the Academic year 22-23.
My research interests include,
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Autonomous Navigation
I have experience in developing autonomous navigation algorithms and porting them to real robot platforms such as Turtlebot 2, Clearpath Husky, Jackal, Boston Dynamics Spot, and Ghost Vision 60.
E-mail: kasunw@umd.edu
Education
PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park.
Aug. 2019 - Current
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park.
Aug. 2019 - May 2024
B.Sc.(Hons.) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Jan. 2014 - Sep. 2017