Assistant Professor | Human-Robot Interaction | AI for Rehabilitation
Transforming Human-Robot Teaming Through AI
Dr. Soroush Korivand is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Michael W. Hall School of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University. His research lies at the intersection of human-robot interaction, artificial intelligence, reinforcement learning, large language models, computer vision, and physiological signal analysis.
With a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Dr. Korivand explores how intelligent systems can enhance rehabilitation, human augmentation, and collaborative robotics. His work integrates artificial intelligence, wearable sensing, and machine learning to build more intuitive and adaptive robotic systems for healthcare and industry.
Dr. Korivand has received multiple awards, including the Best Student Paper Award at IEEE/ACM CHASE, the Mechanical Engineering Student of the Year at the University of Alabama, the Outstanding Teaching Award, and the Best Graduate Research Exposition Award in 2019 and 2023.
He actively mentors students, contributes to international conferences and journals, and collaborates across academia and industry to shape the future of intelligent human-robot teaming.