Ibrahim Abdulhafiz - PhD student
Ibrahim is a part-time PhD student in Mechanical Engineering, performing research on physical interactions with humanoid robots.
Hisham Khalil - PhD student
Hisham is a PhD student in Mechatronics Engineering starting Winter 2024. Hisham obtained his BEng in Mechanical Precision Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2023. He was also a Research Student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan supervised by Prof. Gentiane Venture. His research interests include applied machine learning for human state and motion analysis, learning-based control, and physical human-robot interaction (pHRI). His goal is to develop personalized frameworks that allow collaborative robots to provide effective caregiving services to humans, especially for elder adults.
Anas Mahdi - PhD student
Anas Mahdi is a PhD student in System Design Engineering, co-supervised by Prof. Katja Mombaur at the CERC in Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence (HCRMI).
JaeEun Shin (Jen) - PhD student
JaeEun is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She is co-supervised with Prof. Leah Zhang-Kennedy and the Safe Interactions Lab. Her research interests lie in human-robot interaction, especially in privacy and cybersecurity risks in social robots. Her current research explores privacy perception in child-robot interaction and the design of safe interactions with humanoid social robots.
Geoffrey Hanks - MASc student
Geoffrey Hanks is Mechanical Engineering MASc student started in Fall 2022. Geoffrey's research is on learning from demonstration applied to robot control.
Amr Hamdi - MASc
I am a recent Mechatronics graduate from Ain Shams University in Egypt. With a passion for robotics, humanoids, and human-robot interactions, I have embarked on a new academic journey by joining the Spring 2023 semester for a Master of Applied Science (MASc) program. My specific interest lies in the field of robotics, where I am fascinated by the development of intelligent machines that can interact and cooperate with humans. I am particularly drawn to humanoid robots, which possess human-like characteristics and abilities, enabling them to perform tasks in a manner that is more relatable and compatible with human expectations. In pursuing my MASc, I am eager to delve deeper into the realm of robotics and explore advanced topics related to humanoid robots and human-robot interactions. I aim to contribute to the development of intelligent machines that can work alongside humans in a safe, efficient, and collaborative manner. By integrating my knowledge of mechatronics, robotics, and human-robot interactions, I hope to make significant contributions to this rapidly evolving field. I am co-supervised by Yue Hu from A.I.R Lab and Kerstin Dauntehaun from SIRRL are conducting research in social human-robot interactions (HRI).
Kevin Joseph - MASc Student
Kevin Joseph is pursuing his MASc in Mechatronics Engineering starting in the Fall of 2023 under the supervision of Dr. Yue Hu. Kevin has a BESc in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Western Ontario. His research interests lie in robotics, machine learning and controls.
Jeffrey Lee- MASc Student
Jeffrey is a Masters student in Mechatronics Engineering supervised by Professor Yue Hu and co-supervised by Professor Alex Wong in Systems Design Engineering. His interests are in Human-Robot Interaction and Artificial Intelligence. Jeffrey will mainly focus on research in Human-Robot Collaboration using multi-modal human estimation with computer vision and various artificial intelligence learning tools.
Nourhan Abdulazeem – Research Assistant
Nourhan has focused mainly on the control of serial manipulators. It involved motion planning of robotic arms through a Brain-Computer Interface and the implementation of a controller that can handle simultaneous motion planning of dual-arm to carry out different tasks.
Currently, Nourhan is working towards developing a physical human-robot interaction controller with the help of machine learning for potential applications in various fields. Her research goal is to give robots the ability to make decisions based on human physical and mental states to induce safe physical interaction, thus advancing the reliability of the technology and improving user experience in a collaborative working area.
Cheng Tang - Research Assistant
Cheng Tang is a 3rd year Computer Engineering student working part-time on the development of a social robot for immigrant children, and a joint project with the Cheriton School of Computer Science on cybersecurity of teleoperated robots.
Aimen Awan - URA
Aimen is a 4th year Mechanical Engineering student and an Undergraduate Research Assistant, working on the influence of robots on user perceptions.
Ben Boguslavsky
Ben is a 2nd year Mechatronics Engineering student and an Undergraduate Research Assistant who will work on implementing control for a collaborative robot arm for a user study.
Charles Eret - USRA
Charles is a first year student on a co-op with the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award and working on the development and testing of a robotic hand for collaborative robots.
Abhi Gupta - Volunteer
Abhi Gupta is a 4th year Mechatronics Engineering student and an Undergraduate Research Assistant working on retrieving human motions from videos.
Iris Zhang - Co-op
Iris is a 3rd year Mechatronics Engineering student currently on co-op, working on the development of a pet robot.
Past Members
- Winter 2022, Henning Heck (Exchange student with TUHH, Hamburg University of Technology)
- Winter 2022, Benjamin Li (URA, ME 4B)
- Spring 2022, Julie Pivin (Visiting from Université de Sherbrooke)
- Spring 2022, Saawan Patel (URA, ME 2B)
- Spring/Fall 2022, Mustafa Akbaba (Visiting intern, Middle East Technical University)
- Spring/Fall 2022, Navanith Niranjan (URA, ME 2B)
- Fall 2022, Kaveeshan Thurairajah (USRA, ME 4A)
- Winter 2023, Nils Sichert (Exchange student with TUHH, Hamburg University of Technology)
- Winter 2023, Jeffrey Lee (URA, MTE 4B)
- Winter 2023, Steven Feng (URA, MTE 4B)
- Winter 2023, Aswin Visva (URA, MSCI, 4B)
- Winter, Spring 2023, Todd Tang (URA, MTE 3A)
- Spring 2023, Rijin Muralidharan (URA, MTE 3A)
- Spring 2023, Devyani Gorkar (Mitacs Globalink Intern)
- Fall 2022, Winter, Fall 2023, Aimen Awan (USRA, URA, ME 2B, 3A, 3B)
- Fall 2023, Bilal Ali (URA, MTE 2B)
- Spring 2022 - Winter 2024, Victoria Yang (MASc)
- Fall 2022 - Winter 2024, Elin Liu (Volunteer)
- Winter 2024, Shawn Yang (URA, MTE 1B)
- Winter 2024, Khushi Savla (URA, MTE 1B)