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John McPhee

Professor and Canada Research Chair

My research focuses on modelling, simulation, model-based control, and optimal design of dynamic physical systems.

Keaton Inkol

Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Waterloo. My research focuses on studying the ability of humans to stand and regulate balance when wearing a robotic exoskeleton through the use of computer simulations of integrated human-exoskeleton multibody dynamics.

AliAsghar MohammadiNasrabadi

Postdoctoral Fellow

AliAsghar is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo, in the Department of Systems Design Engineering and a Research Assistant at the Motion Research Group. His main focus is on the modelling and predictive simulation of human movements during daily activities. In addition, he is interested in using various methods of deep learning for developing landmark detection models from medical images.

Hisham Mohammad

MASc Student

Hisham is a Master of Applied Science student in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Chris Shum

Research Engineer

I’m currently working in an engineering/application support role for the Motion Research Group (MORG) and the Smart and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Systems (SHEVS) lab.

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo. I am interested in modeling and control issues related to the biomechanical modeling of non-pathological human movements

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Waterloo. My current research interests lie at intersection of Machine Learning and Control Systems.

Chuan Hu

Alumnus

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Motion Research Group (MoRG), Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo. My current research interests include vehicle state and parameter estimations; motion control and estimation of autonomous vehicles; vehicle dynamics modeling and control.

Yuan Lin

Alumnus
I am working on reinforcement learning for autonomous driving.

Arash Hashemi is a research engineer in the motion research group (MoRG), University of Waterloo. Arash specializes in data-driven and intelligent control and their application in robotics and autonomous vehicles.

I am a postdoctoral fellowship, adept in predictive dynamic simulation, optimal control, and robotics.

I am a PhD student at the University of Waterloo. My current research focuses on kinematic and dynamic modeling of biomechanical systems.

Research Engineer currently working on the path following control of University of Waterloo Autonomous Vehicle (Autonomoose)

MASc Candidate in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

MASc Student in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Chi Jin

Alumnus

I am interested in state estimation, motion planning & control for autonomous vehicles.

Colin BrownI am a MASc student in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. My research is in the area of biomechanical and biomedical engineering, with a particular interest in sports applications.

I am studying and developing contact models (including friction) in various applications, including biomechanics.

As a postdoc at the University of Waterloo, I want to snap the crackle of biomechanics pop with rehabilitation robotics flavor!

My research is about kinematic modelling and tracking the human body. I am most interested in markerless tracking using computer vision techniques

I am a visiting Ph.D. student.
My research focuses on exoskeleton-human modeling and simulation.

Soroosh Hassanpoor

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow
I am a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. My research interests include modeling and simulation of distributed-parameter dynamic systems.
I am a MASc student at the University of Waterloo. Broadly speaking I am interested in in trying to understand the dynamics of how cars work, and how they can be improved.

MASc Student in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

I am a MASc student at the University of Waterloo.

My research interests include sports equipment design and biomechanical modeling of athletes. My current research is focused on improving the performance of Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

I'm a PhD student at the University of Waterloo.
My research involves developing acausal models for engine air path components.

I'm a master student at the University of Waterloo. How flexible bodies deform when moving is my focus of study.

I'm interested in nonlinear model predictive control, optimization, and autonomous vehicles.

My research focuses on the development of efficient deep learning models for mobile computer vision applications in sport and human motion.

I'm a postdoc at the University of Waterloo. I like to know how humans move and interact with their environment. 

Ehsan SamadaniI am a postdoctoral fellow in the department of systems design engineering at the University of Waterloo.

I'm a master’s student at the University of Waterloo.
My work is centered around model predictive control for autonomous vehicles.

Adam Caldwell

MASc Student

MASc Student in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Bianca Simone

MASc. Student

I am a graduate student in Systems Design Engineering and joined the Motion Research Group in Fall 2024. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Waterloo with a specialization in Sports Engineering, where I gained valuable experience through internships in the research and development of medical devices and healthcare technologies. With a long-standing interest in biomechanics and performance enhancement, my current research explores hand-object contact interactions in sports, aiming to optimize performance and minimize injury risk.

I'm a PhD student in Motion Research Group, System Design Engineering, University of Waterloo. My research interests are human-robot interaction, rehabilitation robotics, and the use of Artificial Intelligence in this area.