Members
Director
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Milad Siami, Assistant Professor |
Graduate Students
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Atefe Darabi Bio: Atefe received the B.Sc. degree in aerospace engineering from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2015, and the M.Sc. degree in space engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2018. In 2020, she started her Ph.D. as a research assistant in electrical engineering at Northeastern University. Her research interest includes dynamical modeling and control of aerospace and robotic systems as well as epidemic networks. Her current research focus is on analyzing epidemic networks and designing preventive policies for epidemic containment. Research title: “Mitigation Strategies in Delayed Epidemic Networks” |
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Arthur Castello Branco de Oliveira Bio: Arthur graduated as a Control Engineering in 2016 and his master in Hybrid Zero Dynamics for Bipedal Locomotion in 2018, both from the University of São Paulo. He is currently a PhD student at Northeastern University working with Professor Milad Siami on Analysis and Control of Bilinear Networks. His research interests include Nonlinear Systems, Robust and Optimal Control, Robotics and Mechatronic Systems, and Control of Networks. |
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Reza Vafaee Bio: Reza is a second-year PhD student in electrical engineering at Northeastern University. He is currently a research assistant in the Dr. Siami’s research group. He is conducting research focusing on the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of perception for safe and reliable autonomy in the real world. Despite tremendous progress, most of the perception algorithms are generally still fragile, require ad hoc tuning, and are not amenable to verification. His research builds on spectral graph theory, optimization, estimation theory, and distributed computing. Prior to joining the program, he received his second master with highest distinction in pure and applied mathematics at Montclair State University, US, in 2020. Reza's Master's research focused on Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)-based multidimensional data augmentation. When he is not doing research, he likes to read Persian poetry, play soccer, jog, and hang out with his friends. Research title: “Secure and Reliable Perception for Mobile Robots” |
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Hamidreza M. Dehesh Bio: HamidReza is a first-year PhD student in electrical engineering at Northeastern University. He is currently a research assistant in the Dr. Siami’s research group. Hamidreza has obtained his BSc in Aerospace engineering at Sharif University of Technology in 2017. His BSc thesis was on the control of and underactuated Satellites. He continued his MSc study in Space Engineering at Sharif University of Technology. He worked on path optimization and control of a coupled orbit-attitude dynamics of solar sails as his MSc thesis. He started His PhD in Control Engineering at Northeastern University in 2021. His research interests are dynamical system modeling, optimization and control of nonlinear systems, and robotics. |
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Dinesh Murugan Bio: Dinesh completed his Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Anna University in 2020. He is currently a Master's student in Northeastern University majoring in Communications, Control and Signal Processing. He is currently working in Dr. Milad Siami's lab on Robust Analysis of Fractional Order Consensus Networks.
His research interests include Non-Linear Control, Optimal Control, Robust Analysis, Robotics, and Graph Theory. |
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Elaheh Motamedi |
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Moh Kamalul Wafi |
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Rojin Zandi |
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Kian Behzad |
Visitors
* Professor M. Habibi (from Tennessee State University)
Visited during the summer 2023 as part of the DHS SRT with SENTRY
* Ms. Zambia Shores (from Tennessee State University)
Visited as an Undergraduate during the summer 2023 as part of the DHS SRT with SENTRY
Alumni
Graduate Students:
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Christopher Wei Now at MAGNA ELECTRONICS as a Sensors Engineer |
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Yu-Mei Huang Bio: Yu-Mei received a BS in Power Vehicle and Systems Engineering from Chung Cheng Institute of Technology. She is working on a project, Key Agent Selection in a Swarm of Drones, and an MS in Robotics. |
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Kun Zhao |
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Qixu Wang |
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Yilin Fu |
Postdocs/Visiting Researchers:
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Dr. Ali Azizi (Ph.D., UCI) |