People
Faculty & Staff
- Dr. Bhushan Gopaluni, Principal Investigator
- Link to Department Page
- Link to Office of the Provost
Postdoc
Dr.
Vijay Kumar Pediredla
Data Analysis and Control
Dr.
Nikesh Patel
Data-Driven Modeling and Control
Dr.
Michael Kennedy
Urban Data Lab
PhD
Gregory Li
N/A - Bio unavailable
Shuyuan Wang
N/A - Bio unavailable
Hashim Migaybil
Performance Prediction of a Photovoltaic Assisted Single-Slope Solar Still via ML Models
Jingyi Wang
Sensor Fusion and Soft Sensor Design with Utilization of Machine Learning Techniques for the Process Industry
Iman Jalilvand
Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing
Atefeh Daemi
Bayesian Inference, System Identification, Data Analytics, and Machine Learning
Yixiu Wang
Modeling, Control and Optimization of Battery Systems
Maricela Best McKay
Scientific Machine Learning, Scientific Computing, Simulation and Modeling of Li-ion Batteries
Liang Cao
Soft Sensor Design and Causality Extraction in Industrial Processes
Ibrahim Yousef
Developing Predictive Analytics Techniques Towards Fault Detection in an Electric Arc Furnace
Ali Chamkalani
Data Analytic Techniques for Cell Therapy
MASc
Hody Chang
Scientific Computing and Scientific Machine Learning
MEng
Undergraduate
Atharva Laud
Data Analytics and Machine Learning
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 | 2023 |
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| Aria Azari | Undergraduate | PhD (Oxford) | |
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Thomas Lai | Undergraduate | MSc (McGill) |
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Siddharth Grover | Undergraduate | MS Data Science (UBC) |
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Yiting Tsai | PhD | Postdoctoral Researcher (McMaster) |
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Nathan Lawrence | PhD | Postdoctoral Researcher (UBC) |
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Yupeng Li | PhD (Visiting) | China University of Geosciences | 2022 |
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Tobi Michael Alabi | PhD (Visiting) | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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Frida Bjørnstad Konow | MASc (Visiting) | Data Scientist at Solution Seeker, Oslo |
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Shahab Bahrami | Postdoc | SenseNet Inc./Aqua Intelligent Technology |
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Seoeun Kim | MEng | UBC CHBE |
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Daniel McClement | MASc | Medical School, University of Alberta |
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Joel Della Siega | Undergraduate Thesis | Bioengineer, STEMCELL Technologies |
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Landon Jackson | Undergraduate Thesis | Process Engineer, Hatch |
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Kenechukwu (Kene) Ene | Undergraduate Thesis | Consultant, IBM |
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Mengqi Fang | Postdoc | Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) |
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Danial Arab | Postdoc | DarkVision |
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Peng Zhuang | Postdoc | |
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Ryan Jacobson | PhD | Adaptech Group |
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Lee Rippon | PhD | Advanced Process Control Engineer, Spartan Controls | 2021 |
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Jiachen Wei | Research Associate | Data Engineer, Marcon |
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Riley Ballachay | Undergraduate Thesis | BioTwin |
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Wenjia Hao | Undergraduate Thesis | |
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Olivia Garland | Undergraduate Thesis | AnalysisWorks |
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Jude Abu Namous | Undergraduate Thesis | EA SPORTS |
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Hashim Migaybil | MASc [Thesis] | PhD (UBC, DAIS Lab) |
| Bryan Bohn | MAsc [Thesis] | 2020 | |
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Yulan Zhang | MEng | PhD (McMaster University, Khan Research Group) |
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Shams Elnawawi | Undergraduate Thesis | ARIA Technologies, Cairo, now Burnaby Refinery Process Control |
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Ying Xiong | Postdoc | |
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Thomas Lai | Summer Student (Visiting) | Undergraduate Bioengineering, McGill University |
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Hui Tian | PhD [Thesis] | Instructor, Texas Tech University |
| Yi Luo | Ph.D. (Visiting) | BUCT, Beijing | 2019 |
| Ruyi Yang | Summer Student | 2018 | |
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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) | |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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