People
| Members | Name | Project |
|---|---|---|
 | Mahdi Tavakoli (Principal Investigator) | |
 | Maryam Mirzaei (Postdoctoral) | Surgical robot autonomy |
 | Amir Zakerimanesh (Postdoctoral) | Connected vehicles control (w/ Dr. T. Qiu) |
 | Yafei Ou (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted surgery/therapy |
 | Yeganeh Aliyari Shooredeli (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted breast cancer surgery |
 | Tleukhan Mussin (MSc) | Surgical autonomy |
 | Mahdi Abdollah Chalaki (MSc) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation (w/ Dr. V. Mushahwar) |
 | Sadra Zargarzadeh (MSc) | LLMs for surgical planning |
 | Amr Marey (MSc) | Medical robot control (w/ Dr. Q. Zhao) |
 | Mohammad Reza Pournader (MSc) | Robot-assisted surgery/therapy |
 | Sina Kazemi (MSc) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation (w/ Dr. V. Mushahwar) |
 | Sajjad Hussain (Visiting Doctoral) | Surgical robot control |
 | Maryam Shakourisalim (Research Assistant) | Mobility assistance |
 | Andor Siegers (Undergraduate) | Robotic assistive technology |
| Graduate Alumni | Name | Project | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Abed Soleymani (Postdoctoral) | Surgical robot autonomy (w/ Dr. X. Li) | |
 | Zahra Samadikhoshkho (Postdoctoral) | Surgical robot autonomy | Researcher, University of Alberta |
 | Mojtaba Sharifi (Postdoctoral) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation (w/ Dr. V. Mushahwar) | Assistant Professors, San Jose State University |
 | Jay Carriere (Postdoctoral) | Robot-assisted brachytherapy | Assistant Professor, University of Calgary |
 | Ali Torabiparizi (Postdoctoral) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Robotics Engineer, Weir Motion Metrics |
 | Thomas Lehmann (Postdoctoral) | Robot-assisted additive manufacturing (w/ Dr. A. Qureshi) | Robotics Engineer, Confined Space Robotics |
 | Lingbo Cheng (Postdoctoral) | Robot-assisted dental simulation and surgery | Lecturer, University of Newcastle |
 | Carlos Rossa (Postdoctoral) | Robot-assisted brachytherapy | Associate Professor, Carleton University |
 | Teng Li (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted surgery/therapy | Research Fellow, Toronto SickKids Hispotal |
 | Javad Khodaei-Mehr (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation (w/ Dr. V. Mushahwar) | Controls Engineer, Sanctuary AI |
| | Amir Zakerimanesh (Doctoral) | Connected vehicles control (w/ Dr. T. Qiu) | Researcher, University of Alberta |
 | Mehrnoosh Afshar (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted breast brachytherapy | Roboticist & ML developer, Novarc Technologies Inc. |
| | Abed Soleymani (Doctoral) | Surgical skills assessment (w/ Dr. X. Li) | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Alberta |
| | Ali Torabiparizi (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted neurosurgery (w/ Dr. K. Zareinia at UofC) | Robotics Engineer, Weir Motion Metrics |
| | Lingbo Cheng (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted, image-guided heart surgery | Lecturer, University of Newcastle |
| | Jay Carriere (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted brachytherapy (w/ Dr. R. Sloboda) | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Alberta |
 | Bita Fallahi (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted brachytherapy (w/ Dr. R. Sloboda) | EIT (Electrical and Instrumentation), Suncor |
| | Thomas Lehmann (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted brachytherapy (w/ Dr. R. Sloboda) | Robotics Engineer, Confined Space Robotics |
 | Mohsen Khadem (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted brachytherapy (w/ Dr. N. Usmani) | Assistant Professor, The University of Edinburgh |
 | Meaghan Bowthorpe (Doctoral) | Robot-assisted, image-guided heart surgery | Hardware Engineer, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates |
 | Ali Jazayeri (Doctoral, 2013) | Discrete-time haptic teleoperation systems | Control System Specialist, Attabotics |
 | Kirill Makhachev (MSc) | Robot-assisted breast brachytherapy (w/ Dr. J. Carriere) | |
 | Paniz Sedighi (MSc) | Robot-assisted surgery/therapy (w/ Dr. X. Li) | Telerobotics Engineer, Sanctuary AI |
 | Mojtaba Akbari (MSc) | Robot-assisted AI-powered surgery (w/ Dr. L. Ma) | Machine Learning (Computer Vision) Software Developer, Tetra Tech |
 | Haibo Cui (MSc) | Connected vehicles (w/ Dr. T. Qiu) | |
 | Yeon Kyu Kwak (MSc) | Robot-assisted additive manufacturing (w/ Dr. A. Qureshi) | |
 | Jason Fong (Master's) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Robotic Control Developer, Kinova Robotics |
 | Renz Ocampo (Master's) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Robotic Control Developer, Kinova Robotics |
 | Carlos Martinez (Master's) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Software Engineer, Solidigm |
 | Mohammad Najafi (Master's) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation for children (w/ Dr. K. Adams) | Software Engineer, XSENSOR Technology Corporation |
 | Michael Waine (Master's) | Robot-assisted brachytherapy (w/ Dr. N. Usmani) | Medical Student, University of British Columbia |
 | Ran Tao (Master's, 2014) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | System Engineer, Rheinmetall Defence |
 | Noushin Miandashti (Master's, 2013) | Robot-assisted telerehabilitation | Electrical EIT, Stantec Consulting |
 | Matthew Dyck (Master's, 2013) | Robot-assisted motor function assessment | Communications Engineer, City of Edmonton |
 | Arefeh Boroomand (Master's, 2012) | Robot-Assisted Prostate Brachytherapy | Instrumentation & Control Technical Specialist, WorleyParsons |
 | Victor Mendez (Master's, 2012) | Stability of multilateral haptic systems | Faculty Member & Lead Instructor, Red Deer College |
 | Sean Hodgson (Master's, 2011) | Control of pneumatic haptic teleoperation systems | Software Developer, Advanced Measurements Inc. |
 | Alireza Mohammadi (Master's, 2011) | Disturbance Observer Based Teleoperation (w/ Dr. HJ Marquez) | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan at Dearborn |
 | Huaihang Zheng (Visiting Doctoral) | Robot path planning | PhD student, Beijing Institute of Technology |
 | Yi Hu (Visiting Doctoral) | Robot-assisted surgery/therapy | PhD Student, University of Alberta |
 | Hongjun Xing (Visiting Doctoral) | Teleoperation systems | Distinguished Associate Research Fellow, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
 | Wanyu Liu (Visiting Doctoral) | Robot-assisted brachytherapy | Lecturer, Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences |
 | Vahid Ghooshkhaane'ie (Visiting Doctoral) | Fault-tolerant teleoperation | PhD Student, Concordia University |
 | Iman Sharifi (Visiting Doctoral) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Assistant Professor, Amir Kabir University |
 | Mojtaba Sharifi (Visiting Doctoral) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Assistant Professors, San Jose State University |
 | Sepehr Tabatabaei (Visiting Doctoral) | Soft tissue modelling | Assistant Professor, University of Shahreza |
 | Mahdi Maaref (Visiting Doctoral) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Riverside |
 | Weihua Li (Visiting Doctoral) | Haptic teleoperation of mobile robots | Assistant Professor, Harbin Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai |
 | Ting Yang (Visiting Doctoral) | Haptic interaction via analog control | Lecturer, Xuzhou Medical University |
 | Mahya Shahbazi (Visiting Doctoral, 2014) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Senior R&D Engineer, Google |
 | Farokh Atashzar (Visiting Doctoral, 2014) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation | Assistant Professor, New York University |
 | Jian Li (Visiting Doctoral, 2013) | Multilateral haptic systems stability | Associate Professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China |
 | Farzad Hashemzadeh (Visiting Doctoral, 2012) | Time-delayed teleoperation control | Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University |
 | Xia Liu (Visiting Doctoral, 2010) | Adaptive Control of Teleoperation Systems | Associate Professor, Xihua University |
 | Simon Eckelt (Visiting Master's) | Surgical skills training | MSc Student, RWTH Aachen |
| | Thomas Lehmann (Visiting Master's, 2013) | A surgeon's assistant for needle insertion | Robotics Engineer, Confined Space Robotics |
 | Aref Sadeghi (Research Assistant) | LLMs for surgery | MSc Student, University of Alberta |
 | Masoud Jafaripour (Research Assistant) | Robot-assisted rehabilitation (w/ Dr. V. Mushahwar) | MSc Student, University of Alberta |
 | Amir Abdolmaleki (Research Assistant) | Robot-assisted surgery (w/ Dr. X. Li) | |
 | Mahdi Fazeli (Research Assistant) | Robot-assisted surgery/therapy | PhD Student, University of Alberta |
 | Hareem Shafi (Research Assistant) | COVID-19: Reinforcement learning for healthcare | Automation Engineer, Nutrien |
 | Ishaan Roy (MEng) | Augmented reality for vision loss compensation | |
 | Martin Oghogho Jr. (MEng) | Soft exoskeletons modelling and control | |
 | Ting Zou (MEng) | Reinforcement Learning for Exoskeleton Control | |
 | Qimengsha Zhang (MEng) | Connected vehicles control | |
 | Xiaoyong Hu (MEng) | Image-guided Elbow Replacement Surgery | |
 | David Asgar-Deen (MEng) | Robot-assisted brachytherapy | Lead Electrical Designer, UMOVE |
 | Misha Schollie (MEng) | Robot kinematic optimization | Project Engineer, Precision Engineering Inc. |
 | Aref Sayegh (MEng) | Robot kinematic optimization | EIT, CIMCO Refrigeration Inc. |
 | Anupreet Kaur (MEng, 2011) | Heart motion simulation and prediction | Control Systems Specialist, Spartan Controls |
 | Vandana Chhabra (MEng, 2011) | Heart motion simulation and prediction | Instrumentation and Controls EIT, Stantec |
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