Team Leader

JL

Dr. Jihyun Lee

Education

  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA, 2016
    • Mechatronics, manufacturing, dynamics, vibrations, control
  • MS.c. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA, 2011
    • Automotive, design optimization, control
  • BS.c. Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2009

Positions

  • Associate professor, 2024 July - Current
  • Assistant professor, 2019 - 2024 June
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering
    • University of Calgary
  • Senior Researcher, 2016 - 2019
    • Department of Ultra-precision machines and systems
    • Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials

Field of Interest

  • Manufacturing automation, Mechatronics in Manufacturing, Robot manufacturing, Metal 3D additive and subtractive manufacturing system, Artificial Intelligence

 

Current team members

Postdoc

erfan

Erfan Shojaei Barjuei

Postdoc

2022-Current

Vision, 3D printing, Robotics

PhD

Ali

Ali Khishtan

PhD student

2021- Current

Robotics, Control, Machining

Zhicong

Zhicong Rong

PhD student

2023-Current

Predictive maintenance, instruments

mohammad

Mohammad Khoshnazar

PhD student

2024-Current

Control of Cable assisted robotic system

MSc

Omer

Omer Sajjad

MSc student

2022-Current

Cable-Assisted Robotic System, Control

Brett

Brett Wallace

MSc student (SKF Magnetic Mechatronics-Calgary engineer)

2023-Current

Active Magnetic Bearing System

Undergraduate

Juan

Juan Cruz Niever

Intern

2024-Current

Active damper development

faiyaz

Faiyaz Muhammad Zahed

Intern 

2024-Current 

Automated mechatronics system

ihfaz

Ihfaz Muhammad Zahed

Intern

2024-Current

Vision technology development

Visiting Students

Minseo

Minseo Kim

MSc visiting student 

2024-Current 

Robot pick-and-place based on AI and vision

Cho

Geunsik Cho

PhD visiting student 

2024-Current 

Robot gripper design and control

Suvin

Suvin Lee

MSc visiting student 

2024-Current 

Autonomous Mobile Robots Simulation

Alumni

  • Ebrahim Mahairi (MSc.21)-Questat in Ontario
  • Zhanghao Wang (MSc. 22) - DEG engineering in Calgary
  • Mitchell Weber (MSc. 23) - AGILE ROBOTS in Germany
  • Max Kim (MSc. 24) - HATCH in Ontario
  • Jeff Shin (MSc. 24) - 

 

Visiting Students

  • Yeseop Park, Hongik University, 2022, Injury prognostic and diagnostic using an Ultrasound transducer
  • Changhyeon Mun, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2020-2021
  • Dongchan Kim, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2020-2021, 2022
  • Jiho Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, 2021
  • Inwoong Noh, Sungkyunkwan University, 2021

Undergraduate interns

  • Nadeem Moosa, 2024, SSE scholarship
  • Anjali Patadia, 2022, PURE scholarship
  • Mehal Kushalkar, 2021, Waterloo Coop
  • James Watkinson, 2020, Waterloo Coop
  • Wenpu Ou, 2019, Summer intern
  • Byeongjin Kim, 2019, Summer intern (Co-supervisor)
  • Jonathan Brent, 2019, Summer intern (Co-supervisor)