Faculty
Javad Mohammadpour Velni
Professor
BS in Electrical Engineering, Sharif Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran
MS in Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Houston, TX
Graduate Students
Pegah Ghaf-Ghanbari
PhD student at Clemson (2022-current)
BS and MS: Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Tristan Thomas
PhD student at Clemson (2022-current)
BS: Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Vaishnavi Thesma
PhD student at UGA (2022-current)
BS: Computer Systems Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
MS: Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Sajad Ahmadi
PhD student at Clemson (2023-current)
BS: Electrical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Hossein Nejatbakhsh
PhD student at Clemson (2023-current)
BS and MS: Electrical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran
Oliver Zanone
MS student at Clemson (2012-current)
BS: Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Amanda Issac
MS student at UGA (2021-current)
BS: Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Nikhil Pagar
PhD student at Clemson (2022-current) co-advised with Prof. Kelkar
Yalun Jiang
PhD student at Clemson (2022-current)
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
- Shaho Alaviani (Postdoc fellow at UGA — 09/2021 to 07/2022)
- Current employment: Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Tairan Liu (Postdoc fellow at UGA — 10/2020 to 09/2021)
- Current employment: Assistant Professor, Cal State at Long Beach, CA (Tairan’s homepage)
- Mohammadreza Davoodi (Postdoc fellow at UGA — 07/2017 to 12/2019)
- Current employment: Assistant Professor at Univ. of Memphis (Reza’s homepage)
- Qin Liu (Postdoc fellow at UGA — 03/2015 to 08/2016)
- Current employment: IAV GmbH, Germany
- Afshin Mesbahi (Postdoc fellow at UGA — 11/2014 to 05/2016)
- Current employment: Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Behrouz Ebrahimi (Postdoc fellow at UGA — 06/2013 to 12/2013)
- Current employment: Halliburton, Houston, TX
Former Graduate Students
- Yajie Bao (PhD at UGA — 08/2019 to 12/2022)
- Title of thesis: Data-driven modeling and learning-based control of nonlinear systems
- Current employment: TBD, Germantown, MD
- Andres Salazar (PhD at UGA — 01/2016 to 04/2021)
- Title of thesis: Nonlinear interoperability and optimal energy management study for energy storage systems used in residential AC nanogrids
- Current employment: sonnen Inc., Atlanta, GA
- Saba Faryadi (MS at UGA — 01/2018 to 06/2020)
- Title of thesis: Coverage control of agricultural fields using heterogeneous multi-robot systems
- Current employment: Tata Consultancy Services, Atlanta, GA
- Ramin Moslemi (PhD at UGA — 09/2013 to 12/2018)
- Title of dissertation: Secure and resilient control of smart grids
- Current employment: NEC Research Labs America, Cupertino, CA
- Farshid Abbasi (PhD at UGA — 01/2013 to 12/2016)
- Title of dissertation: Coverage control for heterogeneous multi-agent systems
- Current employment: Cymer, an ASML company, San Diego, CA
- Syed Zeeshan Rizvi (PhD at UGA — 01/2013 to 12/2016)
- Title of dissertation: Data-driven learning-based identification and control of linear parameter-varying systems
- Current employment: Corning Inc., Corning, NY
- Mark Trudgen (PhD at UGA — 08/2013 to 12/2016)
- Title of dissertation: Low-order LPV model development and robust control design for automotive and manufacturing applications
- Current employment: Lecturer at CENGR, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Rebecca Oglesby Miller (MS at UGA — 01/2014 to 07/2016)
- Title of thesis: Semi-autonomous safety critical applications in power systems and transportation systems
- Ali Hooshmand (PhD at Univ. of Houston — 01/2009 to 11/2012)
- Title of dissertation: Predictive energy management methods for smart grids
- Current employment: LinkedIn, San Jose, CA
Former Undergraduate and High-school Student Researchers
- Michael Buzzy (UGA ME student, 2019)
- Hannah Hunsinger (UGA Young Dawgs Program, 2016)
- Nico Hoernle (UGA EE student, 2016-2017)
- Al-Maaz Kadri (UGA EE student, 2016-2017)
- Matheus Matos (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program at UGA, 2016)
- Breon A.T. Myers (UGA EE student, 2015-2016)
- Bhaskar Lokanathan (UGA EE student, 2015-2016)
- Diogo Joao (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program at UGA, 2015)
- Aswin Mannakulathil (UGA Young Dawgs Program, 2015)
- Siddharth Gore (UGA ME student, 2015)
- Marcelo Fernandes (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program at UGA, 2014)
- Edgar Rebollar (UGA Young Dawgs Program, 2013)