Team Leader
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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
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Erfan Shojaei Barjuei
Postdoc
2022-Current
Vision, 3D printing, Robotics
PhD
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Ali Khishtan
PhD student
2021- Current
Robotics, Control, Machining
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Zhicong Rong
PhD student
2023-Current
Predictive maintenance, instruments
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Mohammad Khoshnazar
PhD student
2024-Current
Control of Cable assisted robotic system
MSc
Omer Sajjad
MSc student
2022-Current
Cable-Assisted Robotic System, Control
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Brett Wallace
MSc student (SKF Magnetic Mechatronics-Calgary engineer)
2023-Current
Active Magnetic Bearing System
Undergraduate
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Juan Cruz Niever
Intern
2024-Current
Active damper development
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Faiyaz Muhammad Zahed
Intern
2024-Current
Automated mechatronics system
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Ihfaz Muhammad Zahed
Intern
2024-Current
Vision technology development
Visiting Students
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Minseo Kim
MSc visiting student
2024-Current
Robot pick-and-place based on AI and vision
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Geunsik Cho
PhD visiting student
2024-Current
Robot gripper design and control
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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)