CurrentNSF
Tensegrity Robotic Fish
Compliant body for efficient swimming.
About
Hi, I’m Mahmud.
I’m a PhD student in the Adaptive Robotics Lab at Colorado State University, advised by Dr. Jianguo Zhao. I completed my M.S. at CSU and my B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at BUET.
My research focuses on tensegrity robots — structures of rigid struts held in balance by elastic cables — and how their morphology can adapt for locomotion, manipulation and cooperation. I currently work on a tensegrity robotic fish and a modular tensegrity worm, both supported by NSF. Before grad school I modeled geothermal systems for an EU-funded project in the UK.
News
Recent updates
- 2026Our TeCoBot paper received the Best Paper Award at the IROS 2026 Modular Robot Workshop.NEW
- 2026Our paper on tensegrity continuum robots (TeCoBots) was accepted to Nature Machine Intelligence.
- 2026Received the Sam L. Clowney Research Scholarship.
- 2026Presented our tensegrity robotic fish work at the APS Global Physics Summit.
- 2026Hybrid perching mechanism paper published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
Research
Projects
Current
Tensegrity Worm Robot
Modular, self-reconfigurable crawler.
CompletedNSF
Aerial Perching
Robust landing on tilted surfaces.
Completed
Soft Underwater Sensor
Waterproof directional force sensing.
Completed
Adjustable Braille Display
Cell size adapts to the learner.
Experience
Work & education
Experience
Aug 2024 — PresentResearch Assistant
Adaptive Robotics Lab, Colorado State University
Aug 2023 — Aug 2024Graduate Teaching Assistant
Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University
Jan 2022 — Jul 2023Assistant Mechanical Engineer
Technovative Solutions, UK · EU GeoSmart project
Mar 2021 — Nov 2021Technical Writer
ByteXD · networking & Linux
Education
2026 — PresentPh.D., Mechanical Engineering (Robotics)
Colorado State University
2023 — 2026M.S., Mechanical Engineering (Robotics)
Colorado State University · GPA 4.0/4.0
2016 — 2021B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Service
2026Sports Coordinator
Bangladeshi Students Association, CSU
2020 — 2026Co-founder, Tero Foundation
300 face shields for health workers during COVID-19
Recognition & toolkit
Awards & skills
- Programming
- PythonC/C++MATLABHTML/CSS
- Simulation
- MuJoCoANSYS FluentANSYS MechanicalAbaqusPointwise
- Design
- SolidWorksAutoCADInkscapeFigma
- Hardware
- PCBsArduinoRaspberry PiESP32
- Methods
- Machine learningOpenCVCFDFEAAzure