People

Faculty & Staff


Postdoc


PhD


Gregory Li

Gregory Li

Machine Learning, Medical Data Visualization and Assisted Triaging

Shuyuan Wang

Shuyuan Wang

Intersection between reinforcement learning (RL) and control, making RL more efficient

Hashim Migaybil

Hashim Migaybil

Performance Prediction of a Photovoltaic Assisted Single-Slope Solar Still via ML Models

Davis Chiu

Davis Chiu

Advanced Process Control and Automation of Industrial Processes

Jingyi Wang

Jingyi Wang

Sensor Fusion and Soft Sensor Design with Utilization of Machine Learning Techniques for the Process Industry

Maricela Best McKay

Maricela Best McKay

Scientific Machine Learning, Scientific Computing, Simulation and Modeling of Li-ion Batteries

Ibrahim Yousef

Ibrahim Yousef

Developing Predictive Analytics Techniques Towards Fault Detection in an Electric Arc Furnace

MASc


Hody Chang

Hody Chang

Scientific Computing and Scientific Machine Learning

Undergraduate


Pedro Leite

Pedro Leite

TxMed (Timely and Extended Monitoring in Emergencies and Disasters)

Alumni

Former students, researchers and visitors in the DAIS Lab


Name Degree Position After Leaving/Now At
2024
Atefeh Daemi
Atefeh Daemi PhD Postdoctoral Researcher (UC San Diego)
Nathan Lawrence
Nathan Lawrence Postdoc Postdoctoral Researcher (UC Berkeley, Mesbah Group)
Christina Maag
Christina Maag Undergraduate
Vijay Kumar Pediredla
Vijay Kumar Pediredla Postdoc Alberta News Corp
Yixiu Wang
Yixiu Wang PhD Huawei, Research Engineer
Liang Cao
Liang Cao PhD Postdoctoral Researcher (MIT, Braatz Group)
2023
Aria Azari Undergraduate PhD (Oxford)
Thomas Lai
Thomas Lai Undergraduate MSc (McGill)
Siddharth Grover
Siddharth Grover Undergraduate MS Data Science (UBC)
Yiting Tsai
Yiting Tsai PhD Postdoctoral Researcher (McMaster)
Nathan Lawrence
Nathan Lawrence PhD Postdoctoral Researcher (UBC)
Yupeng Li
Yupeng Li PhD (Visiting) China University of Geosciences
2022
Noah Taylor
Noah Taylor MEng Siemens
Tobi Michael Alabi
Tobi Michael Alabi PhD (Visiting) Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Frida Bjørnstad Konow
Frida Bjørnstad Konow MASc (Visiting) Data Scientist at Solution Seeker, Oslo
Shahab Bahrami
Shahab Bahrami Postdoc SenseNet Inc./Aqua Intelligent Technology
Seoeun Kim
Seoeun Kim MEng UBC CHBE
Daniel McClement
Daniel McClement MASc Medical School, University of Alberta
Joel Della Siega
Joel Della Siega Undergraduate Thesis Bioengineer, STEMCELL Technologies
Landon Jackson
Landon Jackson Undergraduate Thesis Process Engineer, Hatch
Kenechukwu (Kene) Ene
Kenechukwu (Kene) Ene Undergraduate Thesis Consultant, IBM
Mengqi Fang
Mengqi Fang Postdoc Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
Danial Arab
Danial Arab Postdoc DarkVision
Peng Zhuang
Peng Zhuang Postdoc
Ryan Jacobson
Ryan Jacobson PhD Adaptech Group
Lee Rippon
Lee Rippon PhD Advanced Process Control Engineer, Spartan Controls
2021
Jiachen Wei
Jiachen Wei Research Associate Data Engineer, Marcon
Riley Ballachay
Riley Ballachay Undergraduate Thesis BioTwin
Wenjia Hao
Wenjia Hao Undergraduate Thesis
Olivia Garland
Olivia Garland Undergraduate Thesis AnalysisWorks
Jude Abu Namous
Jude Abu Namous Undergraduate Thesis EA SPORTS
Hashim Migaybil
Hashim Migaybil MASc [Thesis] PhD (UBC, DAIS Lab)
Bryan Bohn MAsc [Thesis]
2020
Yulan Zhang
Yulan Zhang MEng PhD (McMaster University, Khan Research Group)
Shams Elnawawi
Shams Elnawawi Undergraduate Thesis ARIA Technologies, Cairo, now Burnaby Refinery Process Control
Ying Xiong
Ying Xiong Postdoc
Thomas Lai
Thomas Lai Summer Student (Visiting) Undergraduate Bioengineering, McGill University
Hui Tian
Hui Tian PhD [Thesis] Instructor, Texas Tech University
Yi Luo Ph.D. (Visiting) BUCT, Beijing
2019
Ruyi Yang Summer Student
2018
Shams Elnawawi
Shams Elnawawi NSERC USRA Mitsubishi Ireland (Internship), now UBC BASc Thesis
William Xi Undergraduate Thesis MSc (UC Berkeley)
Logan Phillips Undergraduate Thesis DuBois Chemicals
Simeng Li Co-Op Student BASc (UBC)
Qiugang Lu
Qiugang Lu Ph.D. [Thesis] GM Canada, then Zavala Lab postdoc (UW-Madison), then faculty (Texas Tech)
Kai Wang Ph.D. Faculty (CSU, Changsha)
David Kong M.Sc. ML Engineer, Realtor.com
2017
Siang Lim
Siang Lim NSERC USRA FortisBC, now Burnaby Refinery Process Control
David Zamar Ph.D. Data Scientist, UBC SPPH
Steven Spielberg M.A.Sc. [Thesis] Amazon
Koji Kitano M.A.Sc. (Visiting) Kyoto University
Yilin Fan M.Eng. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) London
2016
Alireza Nazari Undergraduate Thesis Accenture then Harvard Law
Melissa Barazandegan Ph.D. [Thesis] Vancouver Coastal Health
Mahsa Sadeghassadi Ph.D. inCTRL Solutions
Lee Rippon
Lee Rippon M.A.Sc. [Thesis] PhD (UBC)
Aigerim Ongalbayeva M.A.Sc. Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools
2015
Clarin Houle Undergraduate Thesis Corvus Energy
Jiaqi Gao Internship Tsinghua then Yale, now Harvard
Yang Liu Internship PhD (Yale)
Feras Al-Rowaie Ph.D. Faculty (Jubail Industrial College)
Fatemeh Ekram Ph.D. STEM Education Instructor, Insight Chemistry Tutors
Navid Ghaffari M.A.Sc. Sanofi
Ramin Khoie M.A.Sc. AutomationX Industrial Solutions
Yiting Tsai
Yiting Tsai M.A.Sc. PhD (UBC)
2014
Sravan Nandhakumar Internship
Mahdi Yousefi M.A.Sc. Avestec Technologies
2013
Aditya Tulsyan* Ph.D. Postdoc (MIT), now Amgen
Omid Vahidi Ph.D. Faculty (IUST, Iran)
Kenneth McClure M.A.S.c Spartan Controls
Vinay Bhavdekar Postdoc Postdoc (UofA and UC Berkeley), then GE, then Wabtec Corp
2012
Daniel Esau Undergraduate Thesis UBC Medicine
Norman Siu Undergraduate Thesis Solaris then Coanda, now Enbridge
Jalaj Jain Internship Shell then Schlumberger, now McKinsey
Adriana Cajiao Ph.D. Response Biomedical Corp
Sayyed Soroush Nasseri M.A.Sc. PhD (UBC)
Cai Long M.A.Sc. World Health Organization
JiChuan Wu M.Eng. Petrochemicals, China
2011
Parisa Towfigi* M.A.Sc. Siemens
Mankaran Mehrok M.Eng. Seven Generations Energy
2010
Naveen Karthik Internship
Shreyas Rangan Internship
Devin Marshman M.A.Sc. NORPAC Controls
Lin Sun Postdoc (Visiting) China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Yanqin Li Research Associate (Visiting)
Phanindra Jampana Postdoc Faculty (IIT, Hyderabad)
2009
Anand Kaushik Internship
Shelly Jang M.A.Sc. PhD (U. Washington)
Do Yun Kim Postdoc
2008
Prince Nimoh Co-Op Student
Ma Edo Tanujaya Co-Op Student
Harigopal Raghavan* Research Associate Shell
2006
Anshul Jain* Co-Op Student
Varun Agarwal* Co-Op Student

Missing Names? Submit a pull request on GitHub to add your information - alumni.yml.

*My collaborators formally supervised these students but I played a significant role in guiding the research of the respective students.

Scholarships and Awards

  • 2021 NSERC CGS-M for Daniel McClement
  • 2020 NSERC CGS-D for Nathan Lawrence
  • 2019 Four Year Fellowship for Lee Rippon
  • 2018 Four Year Fellowship for Yiting Tsai
  • 2017 Killam Doctoral Scholarship for Lee Rippon
  • 2016 Graduate Entrance Scholarship for Yiting Lee
  • 2016 Graduate Entrance Scholarship for Lee Rippon
  • 2015 Vanier Scholarship for Qiugang Lu
  • 2015 NSERC PGS-M for Lee Rippon
  • 2015 GSI Major Award for Lee Rippon
  • 2014 John Grace Scholarship for Yiting Tsai
  • 2013 Four Year Fellowship for Qiugang Liu
  • 2011 Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship for Ken McClure
  • 2011 Four Year Fellowship for Melissa Barazendegan
  • 2010 Four Year Fellowship for Fatame Ekram
  • 2009 NSERC post graduate scholarship for Devin Marshman
  • 2009 Four Year Fellowship for Shelly Jang (declined)
  • 2009 Four Year Fellowship for Adriana Cajiao
  • 2008 Graduate Entrance Scholarship for Devin Marshman
  • 2008 MITACS/NORPAC Scholarship for Devin Marshman
  • 2008 NSERC graduate Scholarship for Devin Marshman
  • 2007 Graduate Entrance Scholarship for Shelly Jang