5G-enabled Smart Buildings for Energy and Space Management
Faculty & Staff
- Bhushan Gopaluni, Principal Investigator
- Link to APSC Staff Directory
Research Associate
Postdoc
5G-enabled Smart Buildings for Energy and Space Management
Stochastic Optimization of Power System Planning and Operation
Bayesian Theory, Probabilistic Graphical Model, Machine Learning, and Process Monitoring
PhD
Sensor Fusion and Soft Sensor Design with Utilization of Machine Learning Techniques for the Process Industry
Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing
Bayesian Inference, System Identification, Data Analytics, and Machine Learning
Modeling, Control and Optimization of Battery Systems
RNN Approximation of Mathematical Models of Li-Ion Batteries
Soft Sensor Design and Causality Extraction in Industrial Processes
Developing Predictive Analytics Techniques Towards Fault Detection in an Electric Arc Furnace
Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Maintenance-free Control in Industrial Applications
Data Analytic Techniques for Cell Therapy
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Wheat Crop Modelling
Process Analytics and Machine Learning Techniques for the Kraft Pulping Process
Data-based Deep Optimal Feature Learning
Optimization of Biomass Supply Chains
MASc
Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Maintenance-free Control
Performance Prediction of a Photovoltaic Assisted Single-Slope Solar Still via ML Models
MEng
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-time Optimization
Undergraduate
Application of Reinforcement Learning to Cell Therapy Manufacturing
Recurrent Neural Networks with Variational Autoencoders for Predicting Linear MIMO Parameters with Uncertainty
Data Visualization and Analysis for Large-Dimensional Model Predictive Controllers
Alumni
Former students and visitors
Name | Degree | Position After Leaving/Now At | 2020 |
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Ying Xiong | Postdoc | |
Thomas Lai | Summer Student (Visiting) | Undergraduate Bioengineering, McGill University |
Hui Tian | PhD | |
Yi Luo | Ph.D. (Visiting) | BUCT, Beijing | 2019 |
Ruyi Yang | Summer Student | 2018 |
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 | Ph.D. | 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 | NSERC USRA | FortisBC, now Burnaby Refinery |
David Zamar | Ph.D. | Data Scientist, UBC SPPH |
Steven Spielberg | M.A.Sc. | 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. | Vancouver Coastal Health |
Mahsa Sadeghassadi | Ph.D. | inCTRL Solutions |
Lee Rippon | M.A.Sc. | 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 | Yale PhD |
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 | M.A.Sc. | PhD (UBC) | 2014 |
Sravan Nandhakumar | Internship | |
Mahdi Yousefi | M.A.Sc. | Avestec Technologies | 2013 |
Aditya Tulsyan* | Ph.D. | MIT Postdoc, 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 |
*My collaborators formally supervised these students but I played a significant role in guiding the research of the respective students.
Scholarships and Awards
- 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