Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
Kumar Akash is a Principal Scientist at Honda Research Institute USA, Inc., with a progressive career beginning in August 2020, including roles as Senior Scientist and Scientist. Prior experience includes a tenure at Purdue University from August 2015 to July 2020, serving as a Graduate Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant, where Kumar focused on human-machine interactions and trust-based feedback. Kumar's research involved designing studies to analyze human trust and workload behavior, developing machine-learning models, and creating control algorithms to enhance collaboration between humans and machines. Additional experience includes roles as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Purdue University and as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Kumar holds a PhD and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
Honda Research Institute, USA was established in 2003 as North America’s advanced research center that provides innovative solutions to complex problems with direct applications to Honda’s current and future technology roadmap. Our team of scientists and engineers create technologies, often through a scientific process, and apply them to real situations, addressing more than just abstract principles.