Our Team

Meet the students and researchers advancing safe, intelligent mobility at the SAMS Laboratory.

Texas State University · SAMS Laboratory

SAMS Laboratory Fall 2026 Our team, together Group photo coming soon

Fall 2026 Group Photo

Principal Investigator

Natnael M. Negash, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University.

Graduate Students

Doctoral Researcher

Bereket E. Kebede

Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering. Research focus: autonomous driving, machine learning, dynamic systems, and intelligent control.
Research focus: Intelligent and Interactive control of dynamic systems
Expected graduation: 2030

Graduate Researcher

Masum Billah Pial

M.Sc. student in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Texas State University.
Research focus: Interactive dynamic systems
Expected graduation: 2028

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate Researcher

Kidus A. Beshah

Undergraduate researcher at the SAMS laboratory.
Research focus: LLM-based robot decision-making and control
Expected graduation: 2028

Undergraduate Researcher

Sonu K. Yadav

Undergraduate researcher at the SAMS Laboratory.
Research focus: LLM-based robot decision-making and control
Expected graduation: 2027