Faculty

Firouz Badrkhani Ajaei, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Power Systems Engineering (Protection and Control of Power Systems with a focus on large HVDC-AC Grids, Renewable Energy Systems, and Microgrids; Application of Power Electronics to improve Power Quality, Power System Dynamics, and Stability).

Shaimaa Ali, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Software Fault Localization (Debugging), Program Comprehension, Machine Learning Practical Applications, Effective Pedagogical Methods for Software Engineering, and Educational Psychology for Software Engineering

Lyndon Brown, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Robotics & Control (Applied electrostatics: electric and magnetic field analysis and design, machines)

Luiz Fernando Capretz, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Software Engineering (Software Estimation, Predictive Models, Human Factors in Software Engineering, Technology-Enhanced Learning, Empirical Software Engineering, Software Testing, Software Engineering Education)

Miriam Capretz, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Software Engineering, Software Maintenance and Evolution, Service-Oriented Architecture, Web-based Systems, Web-enabled Applications and Services, Business Process Management, Data Management, Health Informatics, Cloud Computing

Elvis C.S. Chen, P.h.D, LEL

Assistant Professor/Chair of IEEE EMBS, London Chapter

Research Interests / Specializations: Computer-assisted medical interventions, medical image computing, biomedical systems, surgical simulation, mixed reality, surgical metrology

Anestis Dounavis, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Communication Systems and Data Networking (Circuit simulation, signal integrity, high-speed interconnects, transmission lines, macromodeling, sensitivity analysis, model-order reduction, Incident field coupling, VLSI circuits, MEMS, Optoelectronics)

Roy Eagleson, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomedical Systems, Software Engineering (Artificial Intelligence: Computer vision and robotics, biomedical imaging. Human-Computer Interaction: Facilitated learning, spatial reasoning)

Aleksander Essex, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Software Engineering (Information security, cyber security, applied cryptography, privacy, anonymity, secure multi-party computation, privacy preserving health informatics, trustworthy internet voting)

Fang (Fiona) Fang Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Machine Learning for Intelligent Wireless Communications, Internet of Things/Everything (IoT/IoE), Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) Networks, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) aided Wireless Communications, Edge AI for 6G, and Blockchain

Katarina Grolinger, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Software Engineering (Data analytics, Big Data, machine learning, IoT data analytics, databases, data management, NoSQL and NewSQL data stores, software integration and interoperability)

Jing Jiang, Ph.D., P.Eng., FIET, FCAE, FEIC, FIEEE

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Power Systems Engineering, Robotics & Control, Microsystems & DSP (Control systems, power systems, digital signal processing)

Mehrdad Kermani, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Robotics & Control (huRobotics & Control (Human-robot interactions; collaborative robots; smart-material based complaint actuators; robotic grasping; robotic hands; agricultural robotics; industrial automation; vibration control and modal analysis)

James Lacefield, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomedical Systems (Biomedical ultrasound: Aberration correction, acoustic scattering, phased array imaging systems, high frequency imaging)

Hanif Ladak, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomedical Systems, Microsystems & DSP (2D and 3D medical image analysis, EEG analysis, surgical simulation, virtual reality, moire interferometry)

Ken McIsaac, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Robotics & Control (Mobile robotics; Robotic locomotion; Multi-robot coordination)

John McLeod, Ph.D., EIT

Assistant Professor

Dennis Michaelson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Renewable Energy Systems and Microgrids; Small Modular Reactors; Real-time Embedded Systems; Indigenous Engineering Education.

Gerry Moschopoulos, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Power Systems Engineering (Power Electronics: power factor correction, soft-switching techniques, high-frequency power converters, power converters for telecommunication and computer applications)

Apurva Narayan Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Data Analytics, Applied AI, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Safety & Security of Cyber-Physical Systems, Dependable AI Systems, AI in Health Care, Decision Making under Uncertainty, and Quantum Machine Learning

Soodeh Nikan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Computer Vision

Abdelkader Ouda, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Software Engineering (Information Security and Technologies: Cryptography, Network Security, Big Data Security and Privacy, Data warehousing and Big Data Analytics)

Vijay Parsa, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomedical Systems, Microsystems & DSP (Speech and audio signal processing with applications to hearing aids, assistive listening devices and augmentative communication devices; speech production and perception; microphone array processing)

Rajni Patel, Ph.D., P.Eng., FRSC, FCAE, Life Fellow IEEE, FASME, FIET, FEIC

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Robotics/Mechatronics for Surgery and Therapy; Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions; Haptics and Teleoperation; Concentric-Tube Robots; Force and Shape Sensing; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Surgical Training and Skills Assessment; Robotics for Stroke Rehabilitation; Robotic Applications for Neurological Movement Disorders; Biomedical Systems; Human-Computer Interaction; Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems; Robot Design and Control; Space Robotics, Real-Time Simulation and Control.

Joshua Pearce, Ph.D.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Photovoltaic Technology, Sustainability, Free and Open Source Hardware, Distributed Production, Recycling, 3-D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Computer Vision, AI, Appropriate Technology, Sustainable Development

Ilia Polushin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Robotics & Control (Teleoperation, Nonlinear Systems and Control, Biomedical Applications)

Serguei Primak, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Communication Systems and Data Networking (Non-Gaussian Random Processes, Wireless Communications, MIMO Channels Modelling, Statistical Electromagnetics)

Quazi Rahman, Ph.D., P.Eng., SMIEEE

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Communication Systems and Data Networking, Software Engineering (Spread spectrum and MIMO systems, OFDM systems, neural networks, channel estimation and detection in the physical layer of wireless mobile and satellite communications)

Raveendra K. Rao, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Communication Systems and Data Networking (Digital Modulations, Wireless Digital Communications, Satellite Communications, Distributed Detection, Data Networks and Object-Oriented Programming)

Arash Reyhani-Masoleh, Ph.D.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Microsystems & DSP, Communication Systems and Data Networking (Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, Computer Arithmetic and Architecture, Information Security, Fault-Tolerant Computing, Error Control Coding)

Jayshri Sabarinathan, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Microsystems & DSP (Developing photonic integrated circuits for nanoscale biosensors, microfluidics and high speed communications applications; Photonic crystals waveguides and lasers; nanofabrication; microcavity lasers; optoelectronics)

Abbas Samani, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomedical Systems (Soft tissue modeling; magnetic resonance elastography; electrical impedance tomography; medical image registration; imaging of myocardial biomechanical parameters)

Jagath Samarabandu, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomedical Systems, Microsystems & DSP, Software Engineering (Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, 3D Image Analysis, Computer Vision, Biomedical Imaging)

Abdallah Shami, Ph.D., P.Eng., FCAE, FEIC

Professor and Department Chair

Research Interests / Specializations: Smart Infrastructure/Digital Services, Network Security, Smart Distributed Systems, Internet of Things, and Smart Cities/Communities

Yili (Kelly) Tang, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Transportation Networks, Human Behavior, Infrastructure Resilience & IoT, Robotics and Multi-Agent Coordination, Smart Grid and Energy, Big Data & AI, Operation Research, Economics and Game Theory, Smart and Sustainable Communities

Ana Luisa Trejos Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomedical Systems, Robotics & Control (Mechatronics design; Medical mechatronics; Surgical devices; Wearable devices; Skills assessment and training in Minimally Invasive Surgery)

Rajiv K. Varma, Ph.D., P.Eng., FCAE

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Smart Inverters; Grid Integration of PV Solar and Wind Plants, Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS); HVDC Transmission, Power System Stability; Subsynchronous Resonance; Power Quality, RTDS and Control Hardware-In-Loop Simulation Studies; Hardware Implementation of Smart Inverters

Pooja Viswanathan Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Xianbin Wang, Ph.D., P.Eng., FCAE, FEIC, FIEEE

Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair

Research Interests / Specializations: Communication Systems and Data Networking (5G and 6G Technologies, Wireless Security, Internet-of-Things, Intelligent Communications and Networking, Machine Learning, Edge Intelligence, MIMO/NOMA/OFDM, Collaborative Computing, Heterogeneous Networks, Software Defined Networking, Locationing Technology, Network Synchronization)

Yimin Yang Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition (Machine Learning Methodolgy, Deep Learning, Ensemble Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Image Processing, Feature Extraction, Scene Understanding)