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Dr. Pragasen Pillay
Ph.D., P.Eng.,
C.Eng., FIEEE, FIEE
Professor, CUREE Director |
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E-Mail: |
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Website |
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Research Interests: |
- Modeling, analysis, design and control of Electrical Machines
- Electric Motor Drive Systems
- Traction Motors for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- RenewableEnergy including Wind
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- Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency and Conservation
- Sustainability issues in Power and Energy Engineering
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Biography:
Currently, Dr. Pillay is a Professor in the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia
University. He held the NSERC/Hydro-Québec Senior IRC at Concordia
(2009-2020). In addition, he is an Honorary Professor at the University
of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Leading to his current positions,
he held the Jean Newell Distinguished Professorship in Engineering from
1995 to 2007 at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. He has developed
expertise in modeling, design, and control of electric motors and drives
for industrial, electric vehicle and renewable energy applications. Dr.
Pillay’s leadership capabilities are further illustrated through his
Fellowship of IEEE, along with his memberships in the IEEE Power
Engineering, IEEE Industry Applications (IAS), IEEE Industrial
Electronics, and IEEE Power Electronics Societies. He is also a member
of the Canadian Standards Association. In addition, he is a member of
the Electric Machines Committee and Past Chairman of the IEEE Industrial
Drives Committee of the IAS, Past Chairman of the Induction Machinery
Subcommittee of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, Past Chairman of the
Awards Committee of the IAS Industrial Power Conversion Department. He
has recently been elected to serve on the IEE Tesla Award Committee,
arguably the most prestigious award in the area of the CUREe. He has
organized and taught short courses in electric drives at IAS Annual
Meetings. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and
Technologists, U.K., and a Chartered Electrical Engineer in the U.K, as
wells as being a Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a
registered Professional Engineer in Ontario. He was a recipient of a
Fulbright Scholarship for his PhD and received the Order of Mapungubwe
from the President of South Africa in 2008 for contributions to South
Africa in the area of energy conservation. To date, Dr. Pillay has
supervised/co-supervised to completion 47 doctorate and 52 Master’s
students; 34 Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Associate, Visiting Scholars
and full-time researchers. Currently, he has 11 Ph.D students, 1
Master’s student, 1 Postdoctoral Fellow and 1 Research Associate. He has
192 journal papers published and accepted for publication as well as 313
conference papers and 3 filed patents and 1 standard. In the last 6
years (2016- 2021), he has 57 refereed journal articles and 64 refereed
conference papers, with an h-index of 54 and 15360 citations on Google
Scholar as of 17 MAR 2021).
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Dr. Luiz
A. C. Lopes
Ph.D., ing., SMIEEE
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Telephone: |
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FAX: |
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E-Mail: |
lalopes@encs.concordia.ca |
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Website |
http://explore.concordia.ca/luiz-ac-lopes |
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Research Interests: |
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Distributed power systems
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Renewable energy sources
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Microgrids Islanding detection schemes
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Control of power electronic converters
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Biography:
Dr. Lopes joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at Concordia University in 2002 as an Associate Professor and was
promoted to Professor in June 2013. His expertise lies in renewable
energy systems and power electronic converters for distributed power
generation and microgrids and has been very active with research on
power electronics and renewable energy systems. For instance, he
obtained a ConGrant with Canmet – ENERGY (Varennes) on “Smart
Sustainable Energy Systems for Remote Communities.” He was a technical
representative for Canada in Task 11 “PV Hybrid Systems Centre for Urban
and Renewable Electrical Energy (CUREe) Dr. Pragasen Pillay 35 within
Mini-grids” of the International Energy Agency – Photovoltaic Power
Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS), and the lead author of Report T11-07:2012
“PV Hybrid Minigrids: Applicable control Methods for Various
Situations.” He has been a member of the Canadian National Committee on
the International Electrotechnical Committee since August 2006. Dr.
Lopes is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the Ordre des
Ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ). His international relations led to
collaborations in Brazil and France, just to name a few, as well as with
NRC, CANMET, Alcoa, GEO Data, and many others. Since the beginning of
his academic career, Dr. Lopes has supervised/co-supervised to
completion 6 PhD and 20 MASc students. He has 29 journal papers
published and accepted for publication as well as 68 conference papers.
In the last 6 years (2012-2018), he has 13 refereed journal papers and
30 refereed conference, and 1 other conference. To date he has 30
refereed journal papers and 67 refereed conference; with an h-index of 8
and 226 total number of citations (Web of Science, March 2015).
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Dr. Youmin Zhang
Ph.D., Professor |
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Office: |
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Telephone: |
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E-Mail: |
youmin.zhang@concordia.ca |
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Website |
http://explore.concordia.ca/youmin-zhang |
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Research Interests: |
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How can we make unmanned systems in the air,
space, land and water (UAVs, UGVs, USVs, UUVs), as well as smart grids
and smart cities more intelligent, autonomous, reliable and safe?
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Avionics and Flight Control
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Fault Tolerant Control Systems
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Reliability and Fault Tolerant Techniques
for Safety-critical Engineering Systems
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Reliability and Fault Tolerant Techniques for
Computer Systems and Software
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Modelling, Simulation, Control, and
Diagnosis for Engineering Applications
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Estimation, Identification and Information
Fusion Techniques
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Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for
Diagnosis and Control
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Advanced Control Algorithms and
Implementation
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Real-time, Distributed and Embedded Systems
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Biography:
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
· Ph.D., 08/1995, Northwestern Polytechnical University
· M.S., 04/1986, Northwestern Polytechnical University
· B.S., 07/1983, Northwestern Polytechnical University
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Dr. Subhash
Rakheja
Ph.D.,
Professor |
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Office: |
S-EV 4.124 |
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Telephone: |
(514) 848-2424 Ext. 3162 |
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E-Mail: |
subhash.rakheja@concordia.ca |
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Website |
http://explore.concordia.ca/subhash-rakheja |
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Biography:
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1984/5 Doctorate, Vehicular vibration analyses and control,
vehicle dynamics, Mechanicalsystems, Concordia
UniversitySupervisors: Sankar, S., 1979/9 - 1984/4
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1979/5 Bachelor's, Thermo-fluids, Concordia University
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1974/4 Bachelor's Equivalent, Refrigeration &
Air-conditioning, YMCA Institute of EngineeringSupervisors: , 1970/6
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Dr. Anjali Awasthi
Ph.D.,
Associate
Professor |
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S-EV 7636 |
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Telephone: |
(514) 848-2424 Ext. 5622 |
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E-Mail: |
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Website |
http://explore.concordia.ca/anjali-awasthi |
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Research Interests: |
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City Logistics
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Sustainable Mobility
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Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Quality assurance in supply chain management
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IT & Decision making
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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Biography:
Dr. Anjali Awasthi is Full Professor and Concordia University
Research Chair (Tier-II) in Connected Sustainable Mobility Systems at
Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), in
Concordia University, Montreal. She received a PhD in industrial
engineering and automation from INRIA Rocquencourt and University of
Metz, France and a Masters in Industrial and Management Engineering from
IIT Kanpur, India. Prior to Concordia, Dr. Awasthi worked at University
of British Columbia and University of Laval where she was involved in
several projects on industrial applications of operations research. In
France, she was involved in many European projects aimed at improving
urban mobility in cities, city logistics and on cybernetic
transportation systems. Her areas of research are modeling and
simulation, data mining, Information Technology and decision making,
sustainable logistics planning, quality assurance in supply chain
management and sustainable supply chain management. She is currently
serving as the Education Chair for CORS (Canadian Operations Research
Society), a senior member of ASQ (American Society for Quality),
associate of LSRC (Loyola Sustainability Research Center), and regular
member of CIRRELT (Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur les
Reseaux d'Entreprise, la Logistique et le Transport). She is also the
recipient of Eldon Gunn service award (CORS 2018, Halifax) and IEOM
Special Recognition Award (4th North American Conference on Industrial
Engineering and Operations Management, Toronto, 2019).
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Dr. Chunyan
Lai
Ph.D., MIEEE
Assistant
Professor |
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Office: |
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Telephone: |
(514) 848-2424 Ext. 5279 |
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FAX: |
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E-Mail: |
clai@encs.concordia.ca |
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Website |
http://explore.concordia.ca/chunyan-lai
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Research Interests: |
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Electric Motor Drives
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Biography:
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering. She has a Ph.D. from the University of
Windsor, Canada. She joined Concordia University as a junior faculty
member in 2018. Her research interest is in electric motor drives and
controls, electrified vehicles, power electronics and charging station
design and optimization.
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Dr.
Walaa Hamouda
Ph.D.,
Professor |
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Office: |
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Telephone: |
(514) 848-2424 Ext. 4138 |
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FAX: |
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E-Mail: |
walaa.hamouda@concordia.ca |
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Website |
http://explore.concordia.ca/walaa-hamouda
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Research Interests: |
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Wireless communications
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Channel/source coding
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MIMO communications
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Cooperative/Relay networks
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Power-line/smart-grid communications
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Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
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Cross-layer design
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Biography:
Walaa Hamouda received his B.Sc (Telecommunications
& Electronics) from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, M.A.Sc. and
Ph.D. degrees from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada in 1998 and
2002, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 1994 to 1996, he
worked as a system engineer for Siemens R&D, Cairo, Egypt.
During his Ph.D study, Dr. Hamouda received many fellowships and
scholarships including Ontario Graduate scholarships (OGS) and Queen's
graduate fellowship, Queen's graduate award, IEEE Student Conference
Award (ICC2001), and outstanding-engineering award (Siemens).
In July 2002, Dr. Hamouda joined the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Concordia University as an assistant professor
where he is now a Full Professor.
From Sept. 2008-May 2009, he was the Associate Chair for Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University.
His current research interests are wireless communications, cognitive
radios, ad hoc networks, cross-layer design, MIMO communications,
power-line/smart-grid communications.
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Dr.
Luis Rodrigues
Ph.D., Professor |
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Office: |
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Telephone: |
(514) 848-2424 Ext. 3135 |
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E-Mail: |
luis.rodrigues@concordia.ca |
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Website |
http://explore.concordia.ca/luis-rodrigues
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Research Interests: |
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Control theory
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Aerospace applications
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Automotive applications
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Industrial engineering applications
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HYbrid CONtrol Systems (HYCONS) Lab
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Biography:
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CIADI, Montréal, Québec, Canada
(6/2018-5/2020): Director of Education at the Concordia Institute of
Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI).
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Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
(6/2016-present): Professor at the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering.
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Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
(6/2010-5/2016): Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering.
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Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
(6/2008-5/2010): Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering.
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Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
(1/2003-5/2008): Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering.
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Ydreams, Lisboa, Portugal, EU (9/2002-12/2002):
Project Manager for the development of a virtual reality GIS flight
simulation over large terrains.
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Eliza Corporation , Beverly, MA, USA
(2/2002-8/2002): Consultant for a project of automatic speech
recognition.
PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University , June
2002. During my PhD, I was a visiting student at MIT from June 2000
to January 2002.
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Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and
Computers, September 1997 from Instituto Superior Técnico -
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
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"Licenciatura" Degree in Electrical Engineering
and Computers, September 1995 from Instituto Superior Técnico,
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST/UTL)
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Dr.
Xia Li
Ph.D.,
Assistant
Professor |
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Office: |
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Telephone: |
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http://explore.concordia.ca/xia-li
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Research Interests: |
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Battery materials and interface design in
all-solid-state batteries
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Synchrotron radiation X-ray techniques for
energy materials
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High energy secondary Li-ion, Li-sulfur, and
Na-sulfur batteries
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Advanced nanomaterials synthesis and
fabrication
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Ph.D. (2016) Mechanical and Materials
Engineering, Western
University (Canada)
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M.Sc. (2012) Material
Physics & Chemistry, Nankai
University (China)
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B.Eng. (2009) Chemical Engineering, Dalian
University of Technology (China)
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Dr.
Ashutosh Bagchi
Ph.D., Professor |
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S-EV 006.107 |
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Telephone: |
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ashutosh.bagchi@concordia.ca |
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Website |
https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~abagchi/
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Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
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Rehabilitation and Structural Health
Monitoring (SHM) of Civil Infrastructure
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Reinforced Concrete Structures
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Computer Aided Design and Engineering /
Information Technology
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Biography:
Dr. Bagchi received the Ph.D. degree in Civil
(Structural) Engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, M.S.
degree in Civil (Structural) Engineering from Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras, and B.Eng. degree in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur
University, Calcutta, India.
His research interests include Structural Dynamics and Earthquake
engineering, Structural Health Monitoring, Infrastructure
Rehabilitation, Finite and Boundary Element Methods, and Computer Aided
Design and Engineering.
Dr. Bagchi has industrial experience in both Civil Engineering and
Information Technology. He has received a number of prestigious awards
including the NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship and ISIS Canada Postdoctoral
Fellowships, ENCS Teaching Excellence Award, Concordia University
Provost's Fellow.
He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario and affiliated to
CSCE, ASCE, CAEE, and ISHMII. He has authored/coauthored more than one
hundred articles in technical journals and conferences, two patent
applications, and a number of technical reports for academia and
industry, and delivered keynote and invited lectures in National and
International Conferences.
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Dr.
Muthukumaran Packirisamy
Ph.D., Professor |
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Telephone: |
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http://explore.concordia.ca/muthukumaran-packirisamy |
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S^3 Additive Manufacturing
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Cellular Cancer Studies
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Tactile Sensing
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Bio-Nano-Micro Integration
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Biography:
Muthukumaran Packirisamy received the B.S. degree from the University of
Madras, Chennai, India, the M.S. degree from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Chennai, and the Ph.D. degree from Concordia University,
Montreal, QC, Canada.,He is currently a Professor and the Concordia
Research Chair of Optical bioMEMS with the Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering, Concordia University. He has experience with
many microelectromechanical systems industries in Canada. He is also
involved in the development of bioMEMS devices in collaboration with
industry. He has authored or coauthored more than 225 articles published
in journals and conference proceedings. He holds nine patents. His
current research interests include optical bio-MEMS, integration of
microsystems, and micro- and nano-integration.,Prof. Packirisamy is a
Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineers. He was a
recipient of the I. W. Smith Award from the Canadian Society for
Mechanical Engineers, the Concordia University Research Fellowship, the
Petro Canada Young Innovator Award, and the ENCS Young Research
Achievement Award.
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