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DAIS Lab > People
Faculty & Staff
- Dr. Bhushan Gopaluni, Principal Investigator
- Aleli Capuno, Admin Assistant to Associate Deans
Postdoc
Ying Xiong
Started 2019
MPC Design for the Mechanical Pulping Process
PhD
Yixiu Wang
Started 2019 | Co-supervisor: Yankai Cao
Modeling and Control of Battery Systems
Liang Cao
Started 2019
Predicting Quality-relevant Variables in Industrial Process via Causality Analysis PDF
Maricela Best McKay
Started 2019 | Co-supervisor: Brian Wetton
RNN Approximation of Mathematical Models of Li-Ion Batteries
Nathan Lawrence
Started 2018 | Co-supervisor: Philip Loewen
Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Maintenance-free Control in Industrial Applications PDF
Ali Chamkalani
Started 2018 | Co-supervisor: James Piret
Data Analytic Techniques for Cell Therapy
Seoeun Kim
Started 2017
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Wheat Crop Modelling
Started 2017 | Co-supervisor: Philip Loewen
Process Analytics and Machine Learning Techniques for the Kraft Pulping Process
Ryan Jacobson
Started 2016 | Co-supervisor: Shahab Sokhansanj
Optimization of Biomass Supply Chains
Yiting Tsai
Started 2016
Data-based Deep Optimal Feature Learning
MASc
Ibrahim Yousef
Started 2019 | Co-supervisor: Sirish Shah
Developing Predictive Analytics Techniques Towards Fault Detection in an Electric Arc Furnace
Hashim Migaybil
Started 2019
Performance Prediction of a Photovoltaic Assisted Single-Slope Solar Still via ML Models
Undergraduate
Shams Elnawawi
Started 2019
Data Visualization and Analysis for Large-Dimensional Model Predictive Controllers
Alumni
Former students and visitors
| Name | Degree | Position After Leaving/Now At | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | UC Berkeley MSc |
| Logan Phillips | Undergraduate Thesis | DuBois Chemicals |
| Simeng Li | Co-Op Student | UBC BASc |
| Qiugang Lu | Ph.D. | General Motors, then UW-Madison Zavala Lab postdoc, then tenure-track faculty at Texas Tech |
| Kai Wang | Ph.D. | Associate Prof, 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. | UBC PhD |
| 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. | Assistant Prof, 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. | UBC PhD | 2014 |
| Sravan Nandhakumar | Internship | |
| Mahdi Yousefi | M.A.Sc. | Avestec Technologies | 2013 |
| Aditya Tulsyan* | Ph.D. | MIT Postdoc, now Amgen |
| Omid Vahidi | Ph.D. | Assistant Prof, IUST Iran |
| Kenneth McClure | M.A.S.c | Spartan Controls |
| Vinay Bhavdekar | Postdoc | Postdocs UofA and UC Berkeley, then GE, now 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. | UBC PhD |
| 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 | Assistant Prof at IIT, Hyderabad | 2009 |
| Anand Kaushik | Internship | |
| Shelly Jang | M.A.Sc. | University of Washington PhD |
| 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