Director
Dr. Matt Khoshdarregi
Assistant Professor (2017-present)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Education:
Ph.D. (2012-2017), Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada.
MASc (2010-2012), Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada.
BSc (2005-2010), Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran.
Research Interests:
Intelligent manufacturing, industrial robotics, precision motion control, deep learning, computer vision
Current Team
Ehsan Jalayeri, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Technologist
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba
Expertise:
Control systems, mechatronics, electrical systems, mechanical design.
Ali Maghami
PhD Student (2019-present)
Research Project:
Automated inspection using computer vision and deep learning
Rasool Mokhtari Homami
PhD Student (2019-present)
Research Project:
Modeling and monitoring of hybrid additive-subtractive processes
Michael Newman
PhD Student (2020-present)
MSc Student (2018-2020)
Research Project:
Vibration avoidance in high speed industrial robots
Jasper Arthur
MSc Student (2019-present)
Research Project:
Pose optimization and path planning in high speed robotic drilling
Meshkat Salehi
MSc Student (2020-present)
Research Project:
Efficient FRF updating techniques for chatter prediction in thin-wall machining
Bhavin Dharia
MSc Student (2020-present)
Research Project:
Autonomous vision-based motion control of industrial robots
Past Members
Sky Liu
MSc Student (2018-2020)
Research Project:
Modeling and compensation of positioning errors in robotic machining
Kaiyue Lu
Undergraduate Thesis Student (2019-2020)
Research Project:
Machine learning techniques for modeling structural dynamics of industrial robots
Connor Tompkins
NSERC USRA (summer 2020)
Research Project:
Real time error compensation in precision manufacturing robots
Praful Patel
Undergraduate Research Assistant
- UofM URA (summer 2018)
- UofM URA (summer 2019)
Research Project:
Modeling and simulation of a control system for 6-axis robots
Alejandro Hernandez Villa
Mitacs Globalink Research Intern (summer 2019)
Research Project:
Automated vision-based inspection of drilled holes in aerospace composite (CFRP) panels
Abiodun Emmanuel Koku
Undergraduate Research Assistant
- UofM URA (summer 2019)
Research Project:
Instrumentation of an open-architecture XY motion stage
Aleksandr (Alex) Usov
Undergraduate Thesis Student
(2018-2019)
Research Project:
Design and fabrication of a strain gauge based dynamometer for measuring machining forces