{"id":53,"date":"2017-05-10T02:38:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T02:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cscl.engr.uga.edu\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2023-04-03T15:33:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T19:33:26","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Faculty<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"tmm tmm_faculty\"><div class=\"tmm_3_columns tmm_wrap tmm_theme_f\"><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_container\"><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_faculty_0\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/JM_portrait.jpg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Javad<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Mohammadpour Velni<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">Professor<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:center\"><p>BS in Electrical Engineering, Sharif Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran<br>MS in Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran<br>PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Houston, TX<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tmm_sociallink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/cecas\/departments\/me\/people\/faculty\/velni.html\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/plugins\/team-members\/inc\/img\/links\/website.png\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"tmm tmm_students\"><div class=\"tmm_3_columns tmm_wrap tmm_theme_f\"><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_container\"><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_students_0\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/avatar.png); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Pegah<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Ghaf-Ghanbari<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">PhD student at Clemson (2022-current)<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:left\"><p>BS and MS: Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_students_1\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Thomas.jpg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Tristan<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Thomas<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">PhD student at Clemson (2022-current)<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:left\"><p>BS: Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tmm_sociallink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tristan-thomas-40011115b\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/plugins\/team-members\/inc\/img\/links\/linkedin.png\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sahand_photo.jpg\" title=\"Sahand Mosharafian Dehkrodi\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_students_2\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sahand_photo.jpg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><\/a><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Sahand<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Mosharafian Dehkrodi<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">PhD student at UGA (2019-current)<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:left\"><p>BS: Electrical Engineering, KN Toosi Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran <br> MS: Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tmm_sociallink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sahand-mosharafian-45958a157\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/plugins\/team-members\/inc\/img\/links\/linkedin.png\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\"tmm_columns_containers_desktop\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_container\"><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vaishnavi_picture.png\" title=\"Vaishnavi Thesma\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_students_3\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vaishnavi_picture.png); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><\/a><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Vaishnavi<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Thesma<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">PhD student at UGA (2022-current)<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:left\"><p>BS: Computer Systems Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/p><p>MS: Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sajad.jpg\" title=\"Sajad Ahmadi\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_students_4\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sajad.jpg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><\/a><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Sajad<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Ahmadi<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">PhD student at Clemson (2023-current)<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:left\"><p>BS: Electrical Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_students_5\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/avatar.png); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Hossein<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Nejatbakhsh<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">PhD student at Clemson (2023-current)<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:left\"><p>BS and MS: Electrical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><\/div><span class=\"tmm_columns_containers_desktop\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_container\"><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_students_6\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Oliver.jpg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Oliver<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Zanone<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">MS student at Clemson (2012-current)<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:left\"><p>BS: Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tmm_sociallink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/oliver-zanone\/\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/plugins\/team-members\/inc\/img\/links\/linkedin.png\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_students_7\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Issac.jpeg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Amanda<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Issac<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">MS student at UGA (2021-current)<\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:left\"><p>BS: Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tmm_sociallink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amanda-issac-b1759a170\/\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-content\/plugins\/team-members\/inc\/img\/links\/linkedin.png\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Nikhil<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Pagar<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">PhD student at Clemson (2022-current) co-advised with Prof. Kelkar<\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\"tmm_columns_containers_desktop\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_container\"><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Yalun<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Jiang<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">PhD student at Clemson (2022-current)<\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Former Postdoctoral Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shaho Alaviani (Postdoc fellow at UGA &#8212; 09\/2021 to 07\/2022)\n<ul>\n<li>Current employment: Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tairan Liu (Postdoc fellow at UGA &#8212; 10\/2020 to 09\/2021)\n<ul>\n<li>Current employment: Assistant Professor, Cal State at Long Beach, CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/liutairan.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tairan&#8217;s homepage<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mohammadreza Davoodi (Postdoc fellow at UGA &#8212; 07\/2017 to 12\/2019)\n<ul>\n<li>Current employment: Assistant Professor at Univ. of Memphis (<a href=\"https:\/\/rezadavoodi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reza&#8217;s homepage<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Qin Liu (Postdoc fellow at UGA &#8212; 03\/2015 to 08\/2016)\n<ul>\n<li>Current employment:\u00a0IAV GmbH, Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Afshin Mesbahi (Postdoc fellow at UGA &#8212; 11\/2014 to 05\/2016)\n<ul>\n<li>Current employment: Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Behrouz Ebrahimi (Postdoc fellow at UGA &#8212; 06\/2013 to 12\/2013)\n<ul>\n<li>Current employment: Halliburton, Houston, TX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Former Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yajie Bao (PhD at UGA &#8212; 08\/2019 to 12\/2022)\n<ul>\n<li>Title of thesis: Data-driven modeling and learning-based control of nonlinear systems<\/li>\n<li>Current employment: TBD, Germantown, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Andres Salazar (PhD at UGA &#8212; 01\/2016 to 04\/2021)\n<ul>\n<li>Title of thesis: Nonlinear interoperability and optimal energy management study for energy storage systems used in residential AC nanogrids<\/li>\n<li>Current employment: sonnen Inc., Atlanta, GA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Saba Faryadi (MS at UGA &#8212; 01\/2018 to 06\/2020)\n<ul>\n<li>Title of thesis: Coverage control of agricultural fields using heterogeneous multi-robot systems<\/li>\n<li>Current employment: Tata Consultancy Services, Atlanta, GA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ramin Moslemi (PhD at UGA &#8212; 09\/2013 to 12\/2018)\n<ul>\n<li>Title of dissertation: Secure and resilient control of smart grids<\/li>\n<li>Current employment:\u00a0NEC Research Labs America, Cupertino, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Farshid Abbasi (PhD at UGA &#8212; 01\/2013 to 12\/2016)\n<ul>\n<li>Title of dissertation: Coverage control for heterogeneous multi-agent systems<\/li>\n<li>Current employment:\u00a0Cymer, an ASML company, San Diego, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Syed Zeeshan Rizvi (PhD at UGA &#8212; 01\/2013 to 12\/2016)\n<ul>\n<li>Title of dissertation: Data-driven learning-based identification and control of linear parameter-varying systems<\/li>\n<li>Current employment:\u00a0Corning Inc., Corning, NY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mark Trudgen (PhD at UGA &#8212; 08\/2013 to 12\/2016)\n<ul>\n<li>Title of dissertation: Low-order LPV model development and robust control design for automotive and manufacturing applications<\/li>\n<li>Current employment: Lecturer at CENGR, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Oglesby Miller (MS at UGA &#8212; 01\/2014 to 07\/2016)\n<ul>\n<li>Title of thesis:\u00a0Semi-autonomous safety critical applications in power systems and transportation systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ali Hooshmand (PhD at Univ. of Houston &#8212; 01\/2009 to 11\/2012)\n<ul>\n<li>Title of dissertation: Predictive energy management methods for smart grids<\/li>\n<li>Current employment: LinkedIn, San Jose, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Former Undergraduate and High-school Student Researchers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Buzzy (UGA ME student, 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Hunsinger (UGA Young Dawgs Program, 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Nico Hoernle (UGA EE student, 2016-2017)<\/li>\n<li>Al-Maaz Kadri (UGA EE student, 2016-2017)<\/li>\n<li>Matheus Matos (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program at UGA, 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Breon A.T. Myers (UGA EE student, 2015-2016)<\/li>\n<li>Bhaskar Lokanathan (UGA EE student, 2015-2016)<\/li>\n<li>Diogo Joao (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program at UGA, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Aswin Mannakulathil (UGA Young Dawgs Program, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Siddharth Gore (UGA ME student, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Marcelo Fernandes (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program at UGA, 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Edgar Rebollar (UGA Young Dawgs Program, 2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Graduate Students Former Postdoctoral Fellows Shaho Alaviani (Postdoc fellow at UGA &#8212; 09\/2021 to 07\/2022) Current employment: Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Tairan Liu (Postdoc fellow at UGA &#8212; 10\/2020 to 09\/2021) Current employment: Assistant Professor, Cal State at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/velnilab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}