Alumni

Name 

Degree 

Period 

Research Title 

R. Zhu 

(Co-supervisor: A. Khajepour, MME) 

PDF 

May 2011-Aug. 2011 

Tire Force and Friction Estimation for Electric Vehicles 

A. Taghavipour 

PDF 

Sep. 2014- Sep. 2015 

Model Predictive Control of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrains 

PhD 

(Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

Sep. 2010-Aug. 2014 

Model Predictive Control of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrains 

E. Samadani (Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

PDF 

June 2015- 

Dec. 2016 

Modeling and Parameter Estimation of Automotive Engines 

M. Vajedi 

PDF 

Mar. 2016-Apr. 2018 

Smart Control of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

PhD 

Sep. 2011- Feb. 2016 

Smart Control of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

E. M. Shahrivar (Co-supervisor: J. Wen, MME) 

PDF 

Sep. 2016-Aug. 2017 

Learning-based Predictive Control for Autonomous Vehicles 

Y. Lin 

(Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

PDF 

Dec. 2018- 

January 2021 

Deep RL for Autonomous Vehicles 

M. Batra 

(Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

PhD  

Sep. 2014-Feb. 2018 

Modeling and Motor Torque Control of Electric Vehicles 

B. Sakhdari 

PhD  

Jan. 2015-Sep. 2018 

Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

M. H. Basiri (Co-supervisor: S. Fischmeister, ECE) 

PhD 

Sep. 2018 – Dec. 2020 

Safe and Secure Control of Vehicle Platoons 

S. Lohrasbi 

PhD 

May 2018 - present 

Automated Vehicle Control with RL 

Research Assistant 

Sep. 2017-Apr. 2018 

Autonomous Vehicles Motion Planning and Control 

Y. Masoudi 

PhD 

Sep. 2019 - present 

Intelligent Comfort-driven Thermal Control for Automotive Applications 

Research Assistant 

May 2018 – Dec. 2018 

Automotive Control Systems Design 

Research Assistant 

Jan. 2017-Sep. 2017 

Engine and Electric Motor testing and data Collections 

MASc  

Sep. 2014-Dec. 2016 

Battery Thermal Management for Hybrid/Electric Vehicles 

M. Golchoubian 

(Co-supervisor: K.  Dautenhahn, ECE/SYDE) 

PhD 

Sep. 2020-present 

Socially-Aware Motion Planning of Autonomous Vehicles  

W. Ye 

PhD 

Sep. 2020-Dec. 2020 

Solar Idle Reduction for Service Vehicles 

R. Sharif-Razavian  

MASc 

Sep. 2010-Aug. 2012 

Optimal Power Management for Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

J. Spike 

(Co-supervisor: A. Khajepour, MME) 

MASc 

May 2011- Aug. 2013 

Adaptive Tire Force Modeling through Parameter Identification for Electric Vehicles 

C. Beg (Co-supervisor: A. Safavi-Naeini, ECE) 

MASc 

Sep. 2011-Dec. 2012 

Development of Automotive Radar Systems for Next-Generation Smart Powertrains 

M. Chehresaz  

Research Assistant 

Sep. 2013- Aug. 2014 

Personal Electric Vehicle Modeling and Optimization   

MASc   

Sep. 2011-Aug. 2013 

Modeling and Optimization of Electric Vehicle Powertrains 

M. Jalalmaab 

MASc 

Sep. 2012-Apr. 2014 

Optimal Control of Electric Vehicles with In-Wheel Motors 

Visiting Scholar 

Mar. 2012-Aug. 2012 

Optimal Control of Electric Vehicles with In-Wheel Motors 

S. Kim 

(Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

Research Assistant 

May 2015-Nov. 2015 

Modeling and Control of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

MASc 

May 2013-Apr. 2015 

Electric Vehicle Modeling and Parameter Estimation 

A. Doosthoseini 

Research Associate 

July 2015-July 2016  

Application of Nonlinear Control to Automotive Systems 

A. Mozaffari 

Research Assistant (Co-supervisor: S. Chenouri,  Department of Statistics) 

Sep. 2015-Dec. 2016 

Application of Computational Intelligence to Engineering Problems 

MASc at Systems Design Engineering  

May 2014- 

August 2015 

Application of Computational Intelligence to Engineering Problems 

Research Assistant (Co-supervisor: A. Fathi, Babol University) 

Nov. 2012-April 2014 

Application of Computational Intelligence to Engineering Problems 

S. Tajeddin 

Research Assistant 

Sep. 2016-Nov. 2017 

Traffic Simulation and Driving Simulator Development  

MASc (Co-supervisor: R. Fraser, MME) 

Sep. 2014-Aug. 2016 

Predictive Cruise Control for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

P. Golchoubian 

Research Assistant 

Jan. 2017-May 2017 

Engine Modeling and Parameter ID 

MASc  

Jan. 2015-Dec. 2016 

Control of Electric Vehicles with Supercapacitor 

S. Ekhtiari 

Research Assistant 

May 2017-Jan. 2018 

Predictive Energy Management of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

MASc  

May 2015-Apr. 2017 

Trip Planning for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

D. Mandyam 

(Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

MASc 

Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2020 

Autonomous Vehicle Modeling and Control  

M. Z. Abnili  

MASc 

Sep. 2018 – Dec. 2020 

Traffic Prediction using AI 

Research Assistant 

Jan. 2021- present 

Traffic Predictions for Autonomous Vehicles 

H. M. Daniali  

MASc 

Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2019 

Predictive Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 

S. Alighanbari 

MASc 

Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2019 

MPC-based Control of Autonomous Vehicles at Roundabouts  

Research Assistant 

Jan. 2020 – April 2021 

DRL-based Control of Autonomous Vehicles at Roundabouts 

S. M. Hosseini (Co-supervisor: J. Wen, MME) 

MASc 

Sep. 2017 - Sep. 2019 

Energy Management of Solar-powered Vehicles 

H. Marefat 

MASc 

Sep. 2015-Apr. 2019 

Energy Management of Electric Vehicles with Supercapacitor 

S. Buggaveeti (Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

Research Assistant 

Sep. 2017- 

May 2018 

Electric Motor Modeling and Testing 

MASc 

Sep. 2015- 

Aug. 2017 

Modeling of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

M. Hassanpour 

MASc 

May 2016- 

Sep. 2018 

Energy Management of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles with Supercapacitor 

S. Jalali 

Research Assistant 

Jan. 2018 – Apr. 2018 

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Autonomous Vehicles 

Y. Attia 

Research Assistant 

Nov. 2016-Oct. 2017 

Hybrid/Electric Vehicles Motors Modeling and Control 

C. Shum 

(Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

Research Engineer 

Oct. 2017- 

Apr. 2018 

Dynamometer-based Experiments at Green and Intelligent Automotive (GAIA) Research Facility 

Research Engineer 

June 2014- 

Sep. 2017 

Reverse Engineering of Automotive Control Systems and CAN Communications  

S. Bruinsma (Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

Research Engineer 

May 2015- 

Apr. 2018 

Dynamometer-based Experiments at GAIA Research Facility 

R. Faieghi 

Research Assistant 

May 2017-July 2018 

Automotive Control Systems Design 

X. Zhao 

(Co-supervisor: J. McPhee, SYDE) 

Exchange PhD Student 

Sep. 2013-Aug. 2014 

Vehicle Modeling & Optimized Gear Shift Scheduling  

S. A. Milani 

Visiting PhD Student 

Aug. 2019-Sep. 2019 

Driving & Traffic Simulations for Automated Vehicles 

V. Pourahmadi 

Visiting Assistant Professor 

July 2019- Sep. 2019  

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Automated Vehicles