Alumnus, Engineering Science
University of British Columbia, Applied Science
RWTH Aachen University, Biomedical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology, Aerospace Engineering
Post-Graduate Research Associate
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Carolyn Sparrey
Farid Golnaraghi, Siamak Arzanpour, Ash Parameswaran Dirk Abel, Anja Brunberg Gerd Hirzinger, Jordi Artigas, Carsten Preusche Klaus Radermacher, Victor Vargas da Silviera Cunha Cruz Amir A.A. Khayyat, Nasser Sadati |
About
I got my undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering at Sharif University of Technology in 2005. My main interest was in mechanical design and control systems. My B.Sc. thesis topic was the intelligent control of servo-hydraulic valves with stiction and dead-zone using adaptive online neuro-fuzzy networks.
From 2005 to 2008, I worked on my M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering at RWTH Aachen, Germany. During my master's in Germany, I worked for MediTeC at Helmholtz Institute Aachen, and Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics of German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen. My master’s thesis research was in area of haptics, virtual reality, master-slave systems, and tele-robotics, with a focus on system passivity in presence of time-varying time-delays and information loss over communication networks. The representative outcomes of my research was published in proceedings of 5th International Conference on Enactive Interface, Italy.
In 2008, I moved to Vancouver, Canada, to do my second master's degree in Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University. My research at SFU involved the modeling of electromechanical systems, robotics, dynamics, control, vibration isolation, instrumentation, and fabrication. At Simon Fraser, I had the opportunity to work on multiple vehicle dynamics mini projects with AUTO21, cooper standard, standen’s, and future vehicle technologies. Moreover, I was actively involved as a teaching assistant, lab facilitator, and tutor for the Dynamics and Kinematics, the Automatic Control Systems, and the Biomechanics. I defended my M.A.Sc. thesis in November 2010. My thesis title was: "A solenoid-based active hydraulic engine mount: modelling, analysis, and verification." The results of my research will be appearing on the January 2011 issue of the Journal of Vibration and Control.
I continued my work as a research associate and co-op supervisor in the Intelligent Vehicle Technologies; I managed an industry engage project on automatic sizing of passive hydraulic engine mounts. From April 2011 to August 2011, I worked on biomechanics and vehicle accident modeling at SFU. I am currently taking one year off to work on a personal project.
Apart from academia, I am an active part of community and regularly work with physically challenged patients with cerebral palsy at false creek residence in Vancouver; I also volunteer with the elderly patients in transitional care of UBC hospital and work regular shifts with the Vancouver Coastal Health Community addiction services in East Hastings and Pender Clinic. I am a brown belt Judo player, a mediocre foil and epee fencer, and a newbie snowboarder! I enjoy playing acoustic and electric guitar in my free time.
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