Our People

Current members

Postdoctoral Fellow (PDFs)	Starting Date
Yang Wang	2025 September

Graduate Students	Degree
Mahdi Naserzad	PhD student
Yufeng Huang	PhD student
Sebastian Viancha	MASc student
Anderson Borja Velez	MASc student

Alumni and former members

PDFs and Research Associates (RA)	Year	Current Position
Yang Wang	Sep. 2025 - present
Chanuphon Trakarnchaiyo	Sep. 2023 - Aug. 2024	Lecturer at KMUTT, Thailand
Moslem Sadeghi Goughari	2020-2021	Postdoctoral fellow, University of Waterloo
Xiaodong Zhang	2018-2020	Engineer at Beckhoff
Hassan Askari	2019-2020	Engineer at General Motors
Heng Zhang	2015-2016, 2017-2018	Research Fellow, Beihang University
Mohammad Mashagbeh	2018	Assistant Professor, University of Jordan
Payman Dordizadeh Basirabad (RA)	2017
Moein Mehrtash (RA)	2013-2014	Assistant Professor, McMaster University

Ph.D. Student	Year	Thesis	Current Position
Yang Wang	2021-2025	Virtual Platform Design and Implementation for Magnetic Levitation Actuator Digital Twin With AI-Based Modeling and Control	Postdoc @ MML, Waterloo
Zhenchuan Xu	2019-2023	Design, Implementation, and Control of a Magnetic Levitated Planar Motor
Chanuphon Trakarnchaiyo	2018-2023	Design and Implementation of Magnetic Levitation Based Modular Omnidirectional Conveyor System	Lecturer at KMUTT, Thailand
Parichit Kumar	2019-2022	Development of a Magnetic Levitation System for Additive Manufacturing Processes
Heba Farag	2018-2022	Eddy Current Probes Design for Defect Detection in Metallic Parts Made by Additive Manufacturing Processes
Hassan Askari	2014-2019	Towards Intelligent Tire and Self-Powered Sensing Systems	Engineer at GM
Yuze Huang	2014-2019	Additive Manufacturing Processes and an Associated Magnetic Focusing Module	PDF at UCL
Thamir Al-Dulaimi	2013-2018	Analysis and Design of a Stationary Magnetic Abrasive Finishing System	Assistant Professor
Mohammad Mashagbeh	2014-2018	Design, Optimization, and Experimental Characterization of a Novel Magnetically Actuated Finger Micromanipulator	Assistant Professor
Xiaodong Zhang	2013-2017	Cooperative Manipulation Using a Magnetically Navigated Microrobot and a Manipulator	Engineer at Beckhoff
Ehsan Asadi	2013-2017	Hybrid Electromagnetic Vibration Isolation Systems	Engineer at GM
Ahmet Okyay	2012-2016	Mechatronic Design, Dynamics, Controls, and Metrology of Long-Stroke Linear Nano-Positioner	Engineer at ASML
Moein Mehrtash	2009-2013	Bilateral Macro-Micro Teleoperation using a Magnetic Actuation System	Assistant Professor
Babak Ebrahimi	2006-2009	Development of Hybrid Electromagnetic Dampers for Vehicle Suspension Systems	Staff Engineer at J&J
Ehsan Shameli	2004-2008	Design, Implementation, and Control of a Magnetic Levitation Device	Engineer at J&J
Caglar Elbuken	2004-2008	Magnetic Levitation of Polymeric Photo-thermal Microgrippers	Assistant Professor

Master's Student	Year	Thesis	Current Position
Ridwan Bari	2025
Joseph Nofech	2024	Automated 3-DoF Control Development for Magnetically-Levitated Microrobots Using Machine Learning
Afarin Khabbazian	2024	Magnetically Actuated Soft Miniature Robots for Applications in the Urinary Tract
Curtis Stewart	2023	Implementation of a Modular Magnetic Levitation Planar Motor
Yashesh Dasari	2022	Deep Learning-Enabled Cerebrovascular Reactivity Processing Software
Saksham Malik	2022	Hardware Design and Implementation of an Electromagnetic Levitation System in an Additive Manufacturing Environment
Pooriya Kazemzadeh Heris	2022	Design and Fabrication of a Magnetic Manipulator with Five Degrees of Freedom
Azeem Singh Kahlon	2021	Magnetic Field Assisted Abrasive Polishing
Nima Zamani	2017	Fabrication and Model Based Position Estimation of Novel Laser Processed Shape Memory Alloy Actuator with an Embedded Strain Gauge Sensor	Director, Smarter Alloys Inc.
Mohammad Mashagbeh	2014	Force Control of a Unilateral Master-Slave System Using a SCARA Robot Arm	Assistant Professor, University of Jordan
Roberto Ribeiro	2014	Regenerative and Adaptive Shock Absorber: A Hybrid Design	Systems Engineer at Apple
Pratik Patel	2013	Development of Electromagnetic Micro-Energy Harvesting Device	Engineer at Ford
Sepideh Afshar	2012	Modeling and Control of a Magnetic Drug Delivery System	PDF at Harvard University
Saman Hosseini	2010	Design, Fabrication and Control of a Magnetic Capsule Robot for the Human Esophagus	Head of Sales, Siemens
Roozbeh Borjian	2008	Design, Modeling, and Control of an Active Prosthetic Knee	Senior Engineer at J&J
David Craig	2006		SNC-Lavalin
Tom Gillespie	2006

Visiting professors, scholars, and research associates

Name	Title	Year
Takata, Soichiro	Visiting Scholar, Japan	Oct 2025 to Sept 2026
Lee, Jung Keun	Visiting Researcher	Winter 2011
Tarao, Susumu	Visiting Professor, Japan	April 2010 to April 2011
Tsuda, Naoaki	Visiting Professor, Japan	April 2010 to April 2011
Nobori, Tatsuya	Visiting Scholar, Japan	Winter 2010
Farahat, Said	Visiting Professor	Spring 2006
Ermis, Nurte	Visiting Professor	Fall 2006
Orang Vahid, Araghi	Research Assistant	Fall 2005 and Winter 2006

Visiting, Exchange, and Co-op students

Exchange Students	Affiliation	Term
Yunshi Han	University of Technology of Compiègne, France	Sep 2019-Feb 2020
Shigeki Kobayashi	The University of Aizu, Japan	Jan 2019-Apr 2019

Undergraduate and Co-op Students	Term
Sean Byungyoon Kim	Fall 2019
Alykhan Sewani	Fall 2019
Bonita Joey Thai	Fall 2019
James Jiewen Zhou	Fall 2019
Mehra, Vasudev	Spring 2018
Rehman, Abdul	Spring 2018
Cheng, Peter Qian	Spring 2018
Choi, Andrew	Spring 2018
Patel, Sufyan	Spring 2018
Joshi, Vedang Asitkumar	Winter 2016
Kamayana, Odhita A.S.	Winter 2016
Jia, Tong	Winter 2016
Hou, Matt Yueh Ting	Winter 2016
Prawira, Maximillian	Winter 2016
Joshi, Vedang Asitkumar	Winter 2016
Kamayana, Odhita A.S.	Winter 2016
Jia, Tong	Winter 2016
Hou, Matt Yueh Ting	Winter 2016
Prawira, Maximillian	Winter 2016
Gill, Mandeep	Fall 2015
Vasquez, Pablo	Fall 2015
Shaw, Dan	Fall 2015
Brace, Eric	Fall 2015
Cross, Blake	Fall 2015
Beom Choi, Jin	Fall 2015
Mendelsohn, Mathew	Fall 2015
Yang, Hong	Fall 2015
Tavakoli Saberi, Pooya	Fall 2015
Ai Xin Jue, Kevin	Fall 2015
Chung, Alex	Fall 2015
Zaman, Nabila	Fall 2015
Saeedudeen, Asad	Fall 2015
Masad, Salah	Fall 2015
Willmer, Luca	Fall 2015
Chandran, Prarthana	Fall 2015
Saunders, Daniel	Fall 2015
Gennip, Matthew Van	Fall 2015
Easterbrook, Ian	Fall 2015
Joshi, Vedang Asitkumar	Spring 2015
Kamayana, Odhita A.S.	Spring 2015
Jia, Tong	Spring 2015
Hou, Matt Yueh Ting	Spring 2015
Prawira, Maximillian	Spring 2015
Liao, Chi-Hsiang	Winter 2015
Ji, Jack	Winter 2015
Chen, Lin	Winter 2015
Shen, Tao	Winter 2015
Wang, Johnny	Winter 2015
Shahed, Mohaimin (Co-op)	Fall 2014
Liao, Chi-Hsiang (Co-op)	Spring 2014
Ji, Jack	Spring 2014
Shen, Tao	Spring 2014
Chen, Lin	Spring 2014
Wang, Johnny	Spring 2014
Zamani, Nima	Fall 2013-Winter 2014
Lu, Charles	Fall 2012
Dermont, Pieter	Fall 2011
Zofka, Lukas	Fall 2010
Ramamoorthy, Hari	Fall 2010
Pulickeel, Jeffrey	Fall 2010
Panncechelrom, Prasartam	Fall 2010
Rodrigues, Daniel	Fall 2010
Mikkelson, Kai	Spring 2010
Dodds, Andrew	Winter 2010
Boere, Dave	Winter 2010
Stewart, Matt	Winter 2010
Boere, Dave	Fall 2009
Stewart, Matt	Fall 2009
Bharat, Vinesh	Fall 2009
Choudry, Muhammad	Fall 2009
Hafeez, Zayan	Fall 2009
Jain, Sonya	Fall 2009
Niazmand, Mohammad	Fall 2009
Koch, Tim	Fall 2009
Bharat, Vinesh	Spring 2009
Choudry, Muhammad	Spring 2009
Hafeez, Zayan	Spring 2009
Jain, Sonya	Spring 2009
Niazmand, Mohammad	Spring 2009
Saka, Zeynep	Winter 2009
Wajid, Tabish	Winter 2009
Syed Sher, Asim	Winter 2009
Pak, Jinho	Spring 2008
Jung, Ho-Young	Spring 2008
Poirier, Mathieu	Spring 2008
Saccoccia, Mike	Spring 2008
Wong, Gordon	Spring 2008
Boutilier, Michael	Spring 2008
Ogden, Kelly	Spring 2008
Kan, Michelle	Spring 2008
Mehradnia, Payam	Spring 2008
Charboneau, Daniel	Spring 2008
Espiritu-Santo, Robert	Spring 2008
Mazahir, Saad	Spring 2008
Yakub, Alexander	Spring 2008
Le, David	Winter 2008
Howell, Boyd	Winter 2008
Singh, Vijayant	Winter 2008
Khan, Farid	Winter 2008
Qian, Yu Nicholas	Winter 2008
Low Foon, Tamara	Winter 2008
Chan, Nelson	Winter 2008
Lee, Kenneth King Ho	Winter 2008
Sehgal, Ankit	Fall 2007
Trikha, Anish	Fall 2007
Le, David	Fall 2007
Howell, Boyd	Spring 2007
Singh, Vijayant	Spring 2007
Khan, Farid	Spring 2007
Qian, Yu Nicholas	Spring 2007
Low Foon, Tamara	Spring 2007
Chan, Nelson	Spring 2007
Lee, Kenneth King Ho	Spring 2007
Chan, Dayna	Winter 2007
Chan, CM Herman	Winter 2007
Cheuk, Louis Ching Yin	Winter 2007
Leung, Kin Shun (Tony)	Winter 2007
Song, Allan Heedoo	Winter 2007
Wong, Felix	Winter 2007
Towle, Rob	Winter 2007
Tabrizi, Barsam	Fall 2006
Chan, CM Herman	Fall 2006
Cheuk, Louis CY	Fall 2006
Leung, Kin S	Fall 2006
Song Allan, Heedoo	Fall 2006
Wong, Flex	Fall 2006
Lim, James	Fall 2006
Yip, David	Fall 2006
Wan, Kelvin	Fall 2006
Allemann, Roman	Spring 2006
Maher, Aidan	Spring 2006
Do, Tina	Spring 2006
Leung, David	Spring 2006
Gorniak, Jeff	Spring 2006
Wood, Paul	Spring 2006
Said, Kevin	Spring 2006
Sim, Kyungjin	Spring 2006
Soltermann, Melanie	Spring 2006
Towle, Rob	Spring 2006
Lim, James	Spring 2006
Dimmick, David	Winter 2006