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Current Members

Principal Investigator

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Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi, PhD, PEng

Biography: Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi is a Professor of Mechanical, Industrial, and Mechatronics Engineering and the Director of Robotics, Mechatronics and Automation Laboratory (RMAL) at 成人大片 (成人大片), as well as Canadian Advanced Research Infrastructure for Aerial Robotic Manipulation (CANARI-ARM). He received a PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 1995. He was an NSERC postdoctoral fellow and lecturer in the Center for Intelligent Machines and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of McGill University between 1995 and 1997. Later, he joined 成人大片鈥檚 Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Mechatronics Engineering in 1997 where he is currently the founding director of the Mechatronics Engineering Program. His research interests span image-guided control and learning of robots, continuum robotic systems, medical robots, and autonomous aerial systems. He has published significantly in the above areas with more than 290 peer reviewed journal and conference articles, a few books, and several patents in his track record. He has been a visiting professor in KAIST (Daeijeon, Korea); IRISA-INRIA (Rennes, France); and Technical University of Munich (Munich, Germany). He has also been organizer and co-organizer of several international conferences on control and mechatronics. Dr. Janabi-Sharif has been specialty chief editor of Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Industrial Robotics and Automation), section chief editor of Automation (Intelligent Control and Machine Learning), and a technical editor of several journals including IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, and International Journal of Optomechatronics.

Research Interests: Robotics and Automation, Medical Robotics, Continuum Robots, Visual Servoing, Optomechatronics, Image-guided Navigation, Aerial Manipulation

Email: fsharifi@torontomu.ca |  (PDF file) CV (opens in new window)  | University Website (opens in new window)  | 

Postdoc Researcher

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Mahboubeh Zarei, PhD

PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
MSc in Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
BSc in Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

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Houman Masnavi, PhD

PhD in Engineering and Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia
MSc in Robotics and Computer Engineering, University of Tartu, Estonia
BSc in Computer Engineering, University of Zabol, Iran

Research Interests: Robotics Motion Planning, Optimization, Machine Learning, Control, ROS, System Integration

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PhD Students

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Niloufar Amiri, MSc

PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Razi University, Iran

Research Interests: Visual Servoing, Continuum Robotics, Motion Control, Dynamic Modeling

Email: ni.amiri@torontomu.ca |  | 

Shayan Sepahvand, MSc

PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
MSc in Electrical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
BSc in Automation and Instrumentation Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Iran

Research Interests: Robotics, Visual Servoing, Deep Learning, Computer Vision

Email: shayan.sepahvand@torontomu.ca |  | 

Demetros Tareke, MSc

PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
MSc in Engineering Systems, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia
BSc in Electrical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia

Research Interests: Robotics, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Motion Planning and Control, Aerial Manipulation

 

Rana Danesh, MSc

PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
BSc in Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Research Interests: Robotics and Automation, Continuum Robots, Computer Vision

Research Associates

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Sara Nazari, PhD

PhD in software systems, Azad University, Ghazvin, Iran
MSc in computer engineering, Azad University, Arak, Iran
BSc in software engineering, Azad University, Arak, Iran

Research Interests: 

MASc/MEng Students

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Benjamin Chung, BSc

MSc Student, Mechanical Engineering
BSc in Mechatronics Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Research Interests: Robotics and Automation, Continuum Robotics, Aerial Manipulation, Computer Vision, Control Systems

 

Ervin Ibadula, BASc

BASc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

Research Interests: Visual Servoing, Computer Vision, Robotics, Software Automation

 

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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Amir Hossein Halvachi

B.Sc. Student in Computer Engineering, 成人大片, Toronto, Canada

Research Interests: Embedded System, Control Systems.

Email: amir.halvachi@torontomu.ca |

Collaborators

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Sajad Saeedi

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片

Soosan Beheshti

Professor
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, 成人大片

Asim Cheema

Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto

Adjunct Professor
成人大片

Masoud Goharimanesh

Assistant Professor
University of Torbat Heydarieh, Iran

Mehran Mehrandezh

Professor
Faculty of Engineering, University of Regina

Iraj Mantegh

Project Leader
National Research Council Canada

Adjunct Professor
成人大片

Shahryar Rahnamayan

Professor
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering, Ontario Tech University

Alumni

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Former Postdoc Researchers:

- Sina Sajjadi, May 2023-Dec. 2023 (Next position: Associate Researcher at National Research Council Canada)

- Amir Jalali, Nov. 2019-Aug. 2023 (Next position: Senior Mechanical Engineer at MineSense Technologies Ltd., Canada)

- Ali Mehrkish, Dec. 2021-May 2022
- Seyed Ali Emami, Aug. 2018-Apr. 2019 (Next position: Postdoc Researcher at the University of Bologna, Italy)
- Amir Lotfavar, Nov. 2017-Aug. 2018
- Mohammad Ghahramani, Oct. 2016-Feb. 2020 (Next position: Senior computer vision scientist at Altius Analytics Labs, Canada)
- Abdul Afram, Mar. 2016-Oct. 2016 (Next position: Hardware/Firmware Developer at IRIS Power LP, Canada)
- Shahir Hasanzadeh, Nov. 2015-Sep. 2016 (Next position: Instructor at Sheridan College, Canada)
- Akbar Assa, Nov. 2014-Nov. 2015 (Next position: Instructor at Sheridan College, Canada)
- Mohammed Jahirul Islam, May 2014-Jan. 2015 (Next position: Assistant Professor at the University of South Alabama, USA)
- Aleksandar Vakanski, 2013-2014 (Next position: Assistant Professor at the University of Idaho, USA)
- Qinghong Guo, Oct. 2012-Mar. 2013 (Next position: Software Developer at Transoft Solutions Inc., Canada)
- Guangyi Chen, Dec. 2012-Apr. 2013
- Saba Mirza, Oct. 2012-Aug. 2013 (Next position: Senior Technical Engineer at Ontario Power Generation, Canada)
- Abdelkader Abdessameud, Aug. 2012-Aug. 2013 (Next position: Postdoc Fellow at Western University, Canada)
- Howard Yuanhao Hoang, 2010-2011
- Sureyya Sahin, 2009-2010
- Eissa Nematollahi, 2008 (Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at York University, Canada)
- Iraj Hassanzadeh, 2004-2006 (Next position: Assistant Professor at the University of Tabriz, Iran)
- Lingfeng Deng, Apr. 2004-Sep. 2004 (Next position: Scientist at MDA, Canada)
- Guomin Li, 2001-2006 (Next position: Senior Scientist at Axiomatic Inc., Canada)
- Borys Shchokin, 2001-2006 (Next position: Research Consultant at Magna International Inc., Canada)
- Farzad Rayegani, 2001-2003 (Next position: Professor at Sheridan College, Canada)
- Jian Fan, 1998-2001 (Next position: Senior Scientist at Quad Engineering Inc., Canada)
- Dmitry E. Pelinovski, 1998-1999 (Next position: Assistant Professor at McMaster University, Canada)
- A. Amar, 1998-1999.

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Former PhD Students:

  •  Nazari, Ali A. (2020-2025), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淭endon-Driven Medical Continuum Robots: Design, Development, and Control in Teleoperation and Visual Servoing Systems,鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. Kourosh Zareinia. First position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
  • Sajjadi, Sina (2018-2023), Industrial Systems Engineering, U of Regina, 鈥淪tochastic Visual Predictive Control of Robots,鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mehrandezh. First position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanical, Industrial, and Mechatronics Engineering, 成人大片.
  • Yasser Ali, EE, 2021
  • Mostafa Mohammad Hossein Fallah, ME, 2021
  • Zahra Samadikhoshkho, ME, 2021
  • Patrick Keenan, ME, 2020
  • Mehrkish, Ali (2017-2021), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淕rasp taxonomy and grasp synthesis of continuum robots,鈥� First position: MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanical, Industrial, and Mechatronics Engineering, 成人大片.
  • Norouzi, Somayeh (2016-2021), Biomedical Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淢odeling and visual servoing of single and cooperative continuum robots.鈥� Joined Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Alberta as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
  • Bonyan, Hossein (2014-2018), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淓stimation and control of a manipulating unmanned aerial vehicle,鈥�. Immediate Position: Research Engineer at General Motors.
  • Taghipour, Ata, (2013-2017), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淒esign and development of a catheter-based tunable device for percutaneous mitral repair through coronary sinus鈥�.
  • Kouhsoltani, Minoo, (2013-2016), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, Exchange Student from Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tabriz University, Joined Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Tabriz as an Assistant Professor.
  • Afram, Abdul, (2012-2016), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淢odeling and control design of residential HVAC systems for operating cost reduction.鈥�. Immediate Job: Postdoctoral Fellow in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片. Next joined Iris Power Engineering Inc (Mississauga, ON) as Hardware/Firmware Development Lead Engineer.
  • Afram, Abdul, (2012-2016), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淢odeling and control design of residential HVAC systems for operating cost reduction.鈥�
  • Hasanzadeh, Shahir (2011-2015), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淢odeling, force estimation, and control of steerable catheters for robot-assisted intracardiac navigation鈥�. Joined Honeywell Aerospace, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, as a Senior System Engineer.
  • Assa, Akbar, (2009-2014), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淩obust robotic visual servoing for uncertain systems. First position: postdoctoral fellow at 成人大片. Then Engineering consultant and lecturer in School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering & Technology, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Mississauga, Ontario, and then Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto and CTO of Surface Measurements Inc (start-up). Now with Magna as Research Algorithm Engineer.
  • Vakanski, Aleksandar, (2008-2013), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淪tatistical modeling, planning, and control of vision-based robot programming by demonstration.鈥� Joined the University of Idaho-Idaho Falls as a faculty member (Assistant Professor) in July 2014, and its tenure-stream in Sep. 2017.
  • Kharrati, Hamed (2011-2012), Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, 鈥淔uzzy control with parallel distribution for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).鈥� First Position: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran.
  • Rahimi, Fariborz, (2004-2010), Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 鈥淭remor in Parkinson & Disease: loading and trends in tremor characteristics.鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. D. Wang of U. Waterloo. First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow with London Health Sciences Centre University of Western Ontario Hospital, London, Ontario. Now: Associate Professor with the University of Bonab (Iran).
  • Ganji, Yusof, (2004-2009), Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 鈥淎 platform for robot-assisted intracardiac catheter navigation.鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. Safavi-Naeini. First employment: Senior Software Engineer, RIM, Mississauga, Ontario, and later with Amazon (Seattle, WA).
  • Deng, Lingfeng, (1999-2004), Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 鈥淐omparison of image-based and position-based robot visual servoing methods and improvements.鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. W.J. Wilson. First employment: Scientist with MD Robotics-Space Mission (now MDA).

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Former MASc Students:

  • Shaswat Garg
  • Abdulhafiz, Ibrahim (2020-2023), Biomedical Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淯ltrasound-based shape estimation and control of catheters,鈥� (Accelerated Master鈥檚). Immediate position: PhD student at the University of Waterloo.
  • Hashemi, Taha (2020-2023), Biomedical Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淎 haptic guidance system for catheter navigation with different kinesthetic feedback profiles,鈥� Co-Supervisor: Dr. K. Zareinina. Immediate position: PhD student at McMaster University.
  • Nasirian, Behnam (2018-2023), Industrial Systems Engineering, University of Regina, 鈥淓fficient coverage path planning and navigation of mobile farming robots,鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mehrandezh.
  • Hashemi, Nilou (2016-2018), Biomedical Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥�3D image construction of catheters using ultrasound images,鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. Jahan Tavakkoli. Joined University of Toronto as a PhD student.
  • Hedayatpour, Mojtaba (2016-2018), Industrial Systems Engineering, University of Regina, 鈥淢odeling and control of multi-rotor UAVs: Design for safety and performance,鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mehrandezh. Joined Dot Technology Inc as AI Systems Manager, Edmonton, AB. Now CEO of Mojow Autonomous Solutions.
  • Shahid, Lubna (2014-2017), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淎utomatic coverage measurement of shot peened panels.鈥� Joined QHR Technologies as a Project Manager.
  • Taghipour, Ata (2011-2012), School of Emerging Engineering Technologies, University of Tabriz, 鈥淒esign of bending sensor based on optical fiber.鈥� Co-Supervisor: A. Rostami, M. Bahrami. Co-Advisor: X. Gu. Joined Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, as a PhD candidate.
  • Appelmann, Anthony (2011-2011), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淩obot design for robotic catheter manipulation system for medical interventions.鈥� Co-supervisor: Prof. Roland Wilis, Fachhochschule Techinkum Wien (Austria).
  • Foroghi, Aidin (2010-2013), Mechanical Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淪tochastic optimal control with application in visual servoing.鈥�. Joined ClearVision Technologies (Vancouver, BC) as Senior Engineer in 2014.
  • MacAvelia, Troy (2009-2012), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淔orce and torque modeling for the drilling of bone for use in orthopedic haptic simulation systems.鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. Ahmad Ghasempour. Joined as an Engineer to Weptro Machinery Inc. (Vernon, BC).
  • Alae, Behrooz, (2004-2006), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淎 new strategy for kinematic and dynamic optimization of robotic manipulators with application to haptic interfaces.鈥�. First employment: Senior Engineer with Atomic Energy of Canada.
  • Jorjani, George, (2003-2006), Electrical and Computer Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淎 closed loop computer simulator for steel plant electric arc furnace regulator.鈥�. First employment: Senior Engineer with Gerdau Ameristeel, Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
  • Masih-Tehrani, Behdad, (2004-2005), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, Toronto, Canada, 鈥淜inematic analysis and modeling of the visual and functional workspace of the human being.鈥�. Joined PhD program of Industrial Engineering at Penn State University. First employment: Scientist with Oracle Corp., Boston, MA. Now: Google Inc., Mountain View, CA.
  • Shademan, Azad, (2003-2005), Electrical Engineering, 成人大片, Toronto, Canada, 鈥淥ptimal feature design for vision-guided manipulation.鈥�. First employment: Ph.D. candidate at the University of Alberta, Canada. Now: Surgical Robotics Engineer with Intuitive Surgical Inc.
  • Liu, Jingrong, (1999-2002), Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 鈥淒esign and analysis of intelligent fuzzy tension controllers for rolling mills.鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. W.J. Wilson. First employment: CEO and founder of Intelligent Control Systems, Inc., P.R. China.
  • Ficocelli, Mariano, (1997-2000), Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario/成人大片, 鈥淪tate estimation manager for visual servoing.鈥�. First employment: Lead Engineer with MD Robotics Inc, Ontario, Canada.
  • Wang, Qiang, (1997-2000), Electrical Engineering Department and Center for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, 鈥淭ranslation of graphic to haptic boundary representation.鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. V. Hayward. First employment: Engineer with Motorola Canada, Montr茅al.

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Former MEng Students:

  • Soto Lopez, Daniel (2016-2022), Industrial Systems Engineering, University of Regina, 鈥淎 sensitivity analysis to depth and camera &  intrinsic parameters using a novel 3D simulation environment for image-based wheel-base measurement in vehicles,鈥� Co-supervisor: Dr. Mehran Mehrandezh.
  • Sadik, Sarmad, (2012-2013), Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淰ision-based control of laparoscopic tools鈥�.
  • Puha, Radu, (2005-2008), Electrical and Computer Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淗ybrid vision-force based control of robotic manipulators鈥�.
  • Zafari, Mehrdad, (2001-2005), Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering, 成人大片, 鈥淢odeling and simulation of human arm reach.鈥�.