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Boyuan Chen

Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
135 North Building, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


Robotics, computer vision, machine learning, AI for science

Selected Grants


Accelerating Scientific Discovery via Automatic Discovered State Variables

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Laboratory · 2024 - 2027

Population-Based Training for Multi-Human Multi-Machine Teaming with Enhanced Performance via Neurostimulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Laboratory · 2023 - 2027

NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027

Autonomous Roboticists for Hardware Design, Policy Learning, and Manufacturing

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2024 - 2026

External Relationships


  • Amazon Robotics
  • HRL Laboratories
  • Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd (SingHealth), Singapore

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies, institutions, or organizations listed above. This information is available to institutional leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.