Alumni


Wesley Kendall

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Low-cost time domain UWB radar system: Analysis of electrical components [link]

Year of Graduation: 2021

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

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David Abraham

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Finite-element time-domain methods for nonlinear dispersive media [link]

Year of Graduation: 2020

Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

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Lena Kranold

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Time-domain RF breast health monitoring: Advancements and optimization of wearable prototype for a clinical setup [link]

Year of Graduation: 2020

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

Affiliation: IT'IS Foundation

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Chetan Midha

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: A study of topology optimization methods for the design of electromagnetic devices [link]

Year of Graduation: 2019

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: OPAL-RT Technologies

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Mohammad Hossain Mohammadi

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: A Data-Driven Design Process including Multiphysics for Synchronous AC Machines using High-Performance Computing [link]

Year of Graduation: 2019

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: NRCan CanmetENERGY Research Center

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Nizamuddin Hussain

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Geometric Multigrid Preconditioning for the Nonconforming Voxel Finite Element Method in Electromagnetic Scattering [link]

Year of Graduation: 2019

Supervisor: Jon P. Webb

Affiliation: MacEwan University

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Fatemeh Afshar

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Time domain numerical modelling of graphene [link]

Year of Graduation: 2018

Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

Affiliation: SESTECH

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Rodrigo César Pedrosa Silva

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Surrogate problem evaluation and selection for optimization with expensive function evaluations [link]

Year of Graduation: 2018

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)

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Ryan Galagusz

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: A spectral finite element method on non-conforming meshes: Domain decomposition for high frequency scattering problems [link]

Year of Graduation: 2018

Supervisor: Steve McFee

Affiliation: Infolytica Corporation

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Vahid Ghorbanian

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: An HPC-based Data-driven Approach to System-level Design Process for Integrated Motor-Drive Systems [link]

Year of Graduation: 2018

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: McGill University

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Adam Santorelli

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: A compact and low-cost microwave radar prototype for breast health monitoring [link]

Year of Graduation: 2017

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

Affiliation: National University of Ireland, Galway

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Armin Salimi

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Computer-Aided Design of Electrical Machines: The Role of Robustness and Application of Statistical Analysis Techniques in Multi-Objective Design Optimization [link]

Year of Graduation: 2017

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: CanmetEnergy

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Bofan Wang

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: A neural network based analytical model for predicting acoustic noise in synchronous reluctance motors [link]

Year of Graduation: 2017

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

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Zihuan Zhang

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: A finite element method for waveguide modes using transverse electric and magnetic fields [link]

Year of Graduation: 2017

Supervisor: Jon P. Webb

Affiliation:

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Ali Akbarzadeh Sharbaf

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Finite-Element Time-Domain Modelling of Dispersive Media and Layered Structures [link]

Year of Graduation: 2016

Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

Affiliation: McGill University

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Ankur Gupta

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Efficient generation of structured finite element meshes [link]

Year of Graduation: 2016

Supervisor: Jon P. Webb

Affiliation:

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Evgeny Kirshin

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Microwave breast cancer detection: Signal processing and device prototype [link]

Year of Graduation: 2016

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

Affiliation: Mawashi Science and Technology

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Linwan Liu

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Design of electromagnetic devices using blackboard architecture [link]

Year of Graduation: 2016

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: Montreal Neurological Institute

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Moein Nazari

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Computed Basis Functions for Nonconforming Voxel Finite Element Methods in Electromagnetics [link]

Year of Graduation: 2016

Supervisor: Jon P. Webb

Affiliation: SESTECH

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Sajid Hussain

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Development of Advanced Material Models for the Simulation of Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Devices [link]

Year of Graduation: 2016

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: Infolytica Corporation

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Arber Caushaj

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Making ore sorting a robust preconcentration process in the hard-rock mining industry: low-frequency electromagnetic analysis of ores using AC energized coils [link]

Year of Graduation: 2015

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: GE Energy Connections

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Emily Porter

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Microwave time-domain radar for monitoring breast health: development and testing of an early prototype [link]

Year of Graduation: 2015

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

Affiliation: NUI Galway, Ireland

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Mohammad Hossain Mohammadi

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Rotor design optimization of permanent magnet-assisted synchronous reluctance machines for traction applications [link]

Year of Graduation: 2015

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: NRCan CanmetENERGY Research Center

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Omar Saeed

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Effect of Static Stress and Magnetic Aging on Iron Losses for Non Oriented and Grain Oriented Electrical Steels [link]

Year of Graduation: 2015

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation:

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Swathi Sadagopan

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Design and Optimization of Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Devices [link]

Year of Graduation: 2015

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: Deloitte

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Tapabrata Mukherjee

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Hierarchical Polygonal Finite Elements of Arbitrary Order [link]

Year of Graduation: 2015

Supervisor: Jon P. Webb

Affiliation: SESTECH

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Maryam Golshayan

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Macroscopic anisotropy tissue modelling for three dimensional finite element analysis of internal myocardium defibrillation [link]

Year of Graduation: 2014

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

Affiliation: SESTECH

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Yousef El-Kurdi

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Parallel finite element processing using Gaussian belief propagation inference on probabilistic graphical models [link]

Year of Graduation: 2014

Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

Affiliation: McGill University

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Ali Aghabarati

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Multilevel and Algebraic Multigrid Methods for the Higher Order Finite Element Analysis of Time Harmonic Maxwell's Equations [link]

Year of Graduation: 2013

Supervisor: Jon P. Webb

Affiliation: ANSYS

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Min Li

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Robust Topological Design of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Devices [link]

Year of Graduation: 2013

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: Scotiabank

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Ali Bostani

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Finite element methods for finding the complex Floquet propagation constant of three dimensional periodic structures [link]

Year of Graduation: 2012

Supervisor: Jon P. Webb

Affiliation: SCP SCIENCE

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Hussein Moghnieh

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Design and Analysis of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Devices: Exploring and Exploiting Parallelism on Multi-Core Processors [link]

Year of Graduation: 2012

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Affiliation: Morgan Stanley

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Maryam Mehri Dehnavi

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Krylov subspace techniques on graphic processing units [link]

Year of Graduation: 2012

Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

Affiliation: University of Toronto

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David Fernandez

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Multi-core acceleration of sparse electromagnetics computation [link]

Year of Graduation: 2011

Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

Affiliation: Ansys, Inc.

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Farasatul Adnan

M.Eng. (Thesis), Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD): application to finite element analysis of electromagnetic diffusion [link]

Year of Graduation: 2011

Supervisor: Jon P. Webb

Affiliation: PhD student, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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Guangran Zhu

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Thesis: Application of Microwave Techniques in Breast Imaging [link]

Year of Graduation: 2011

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

Affiliation: Ansys, Inc.

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Name: Rajeev Das
Program: PhD
Thesis:: The Optimal Design of HTS Devices
Year of Graduation: 2014
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: Canada Nuclear Research Laboratories

Name: Yipeng Wang
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis:: Switched Reluctance Motor Analysis and Design for a Lunar Roving Vehicle
Year of Graduation: 2013
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: Infolytica

Name: Devon D. S. Kibby
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis:: Comparison of methodologies for induction motor design
Year of Graduation: 2013
Current Affiliation: Chatham Electric

Name: Jun Ouyang
Program: PhD
Thesis:: Case-based Reasoning for the Creative Design of Electromagnetic Devices
Year of Graduation: 2012
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: Huawei

Name: Huanhuan Gu
Program: PhD
Thesis: Computed Basis Functions for Finite Element Analysis Based on Tomography Data
Year of Graduation: 2012
Supervisor: Jonathon P. Webb
Current Affiliation: Blackberry

Name: Michael Vander Schueren
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Safety assessment of microwave radar breast imaging in the 0.434-9 GHz range
Year of Graduation: 2011
Supervisor: Milica Popovic
Current Affiliation: Ensign Energy Services

Name: Prakash Paul
Program: PhD
Thesis: An iterative truncation method for unbounded electromagnetic problems using varying order finite elements
Year of Graduation: 2009
Supervisor: Jon Webb
Current Affiliation: Intel

Name: Amir Hajiaboli
Program: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2008
Thesis: Light Interaction with Human Retinal Photoreceptor: Finite-Difference Time-Domain Analysis
Year of Graduation: 2009
Supervisor: Milica Popovich
Current Affiliation: Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging

Name: Hussam Al Maleh
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: A vector Element-Free Galerkin method for waveguide eigenvalue problems
Year of Graduation: 2009
Supervisor: Jonathon P. Webb
Current Affiliation:

Name: Rajeev Das
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis:: Meshless Methods and Kohonen Neural Network for Electromagnetics design
Year of Graduation: 2009
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation:

Name: Dileep Nair
Program: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2008
Thesis: An accuracy controlled combined adaption-optimization scheme for improving the performance of 3D microwave devices over a frequency band
Supervisor: Jon P. Webb
Current Affiliation: BDO Canada

Name: Helder Pinheiro
Program: PhD
Thesis: The application of Trefftz-FLAME to electromagnetic wave problems
Year of Graduation: 2008
Supervisor: Jon P. Webb
Current Affiliation: ANDRITZ HYDRO

Name: Lin Han
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis:: A comparison of permanent magnet motor structures for traction drive applications in hybrid electric vehicles
Year of Graduation: 2008
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: ABB

Name: Michael Legesse
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis:: Coupled simulation of an indirect field oriented controlled induction motor drive
Year of Graduation: 2008
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: Brosz Group

Name: Subhasis Ray
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis:: Multi-objective optimization of an interior permanent magnet motor
Year of Graduation: 2008
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: Deloitte

Name: Ahmad Almaghrawi
Program: PhD
Thesis: Collaborative design in electromagnetics
Year of Graduation: 2007
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation:

Name: Judicael Zounmevo
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Proposai of an optimized checkpoint-recovery environment for Windows NT 5.x
Thesis: 2007
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Affiliation: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA

Name: Houssam Kanj
Program: PhD
Thesis: Resistively-loaded Antenna Designs for Ultra-wideband Confocal Microwave Imaging of Breast Cancer
Year of Graduation: 2007
Supervisor: Milica Popovic
Current Affiliation:

Name: Huanhuan Gu
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Year of Graduation: 2007

Name: Min Li
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Continuum Design Sensitivity Analysis based force calculation in EM devices
Year of Graduation: 2007

Name: Daqi Ren
Program: PhD
Thesis: Analysis and design development of parallel 3-D mesh refinement algorithms for finite element electromagnetics with tetrahedra
Year of Graduation: 2006
Supervisor: Dennis
Current Affiliation: Futurewei Technologies


Name: H. K. Fung
Program: PhD
Thesis: Finite Element Modeling for Metamaterials
Thesis: 2006
Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

Name: Mark Dorica
Program: PhD
Thesis: Novel Electromagnetic Design System Enhancements using Computational Intelligence Strategies
Year of Graduation: 2006
Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos
Current Affiliation:

Name: Weijie Wan
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Simulation and Optimization of MEMS Actuators and Tunable Capacitors
Year of Graduation: 2006
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: Honeywell Aerospace

Name: Yasmin Ahmad
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: The Use of Sound in Enhancing the Reality of Computer Simulations of Electromagnetic Devices
Year of Graduation: 2005
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: CAE

Name: Vinay Kumar Jaiswal
Program: PhD
Thesis: Modeling of Electric Field Distributions around Post Station Insulators for Improving Their Electrical Performances under Icing Conditions
Year of Graduation: 2005
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation:

Name: Mark Maalouf
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Meshless Methods in Electromagnetics
Year of Graduation: 2005

Name: Phillip J. Weicker
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: A Parameterized, Sensitivity-Driven EM Design Environment
Year of Graduation: 2005
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: Energy Control Systems Engineering Inc.

Name: Ayman Afanah
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: The Use of Haptics in Enhancing the Reality of Computer Simulations of Electromagnetic Devices
Year of Graduation: 2004
Supervisor: David A. Lowther
Current Affiliation: Microsoft

Name: Andre Auclair
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Feed-Forward Neural Networks Applied to the Estimation of Magnetic Field Distributions
Year of Graduation: 2004

Name: Jean-Franrois Beaumont
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Adaptation Non Supervisee Des Modeles de Langage Pour le Sous-Titrage de Ulletins de Nouvelles
Year of Graduation: 2004


Name: Y. F. Wong
Program: PhD
Thesis: Adaptive Parallel Finite Element Analysis for Interconnects
Thesis: 2004
Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

Name: Andrew Cowan
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Efficient Sensitivity-Based Optimization of Magnetic Devices
Year of Graduation: 2003

Name: Prakash Paul
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis:: Application of high-order edge elements and PML to horn antenna analysis
Year of Graduation: 2003
Supervisor: Jon Webb
Current Affiliation: Intel

Name: Fan Zhang
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Construction of an Induction Machine Database for a Case-Based Reasoning System
Year of Graduation: 2002

Name: Jie Wen
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: A Numerical Simulation of MEMS Micro-Mirrors
Year of Graduation: 2002

Name: Gerardo Corro Fuentes
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: A Framework for Distributed Objects with Application to Genetic Algorithms
Year of Graduation: 2002

Name: Quang Vinh Vo
Program: PhD
Thesis: Case-based reasoning approach for the Non-Routine design of Electromagnetic devices
Year of Graduation: 2000

Name: Hamadou Saliah-Hassane
Program: PhD
Thesis: The Implementation of Generalized Models of Magnetic Materials using Artificial Neural Networks
Year of Graduation: 1999

Name: Ahmed Almaamoun Almaghrawi
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: The Application of an Algebraic Constraint System In Electromagnetics
Year of Graduation: 1999

Name: Bebe N. Bondoc
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Development of a Pulsed Atmospheric Pressure Ion Source
Year of Graduation: 1999

Name: Jose Antonio Gallardo Romero
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Optimization of Electromagnetic Devices using Niching Genetic Algorithms
Year of Graduation: 1998

Name: Qiuming Li
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Magual 2D Visualization Software
Year of Graduation: 1998

Name: Frederic Dandurand
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Knowledge-Based Artificial Neural Networks for C-Core Actuator Design
Year of Graduation: 1998

Name: Suk Ho Emmy Choi
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Using Conventional Image Processing Techniques to Improve the Performance of the Optimizing Material Distribution Method
Year of Graduation: 1997

Name: Ruowen Rong
Program: PhD
Thesis: Toward the Paradigm of a Knowledge Based Electromagnetic Design System: A Case Based Reasoning Approach
Year of Graduation: 1995

Name: Derek Dyck
Program: PhD
Thesis: Automating the Topological Design of Magnetic Devices
Year of Graduation: 1995

Name: Luc Tremblay
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: A Dimensional Analysis System for Knowledge-Aided Design in Electromagnetics
Year of Graduation: 1995

Name: Raymond M. Sassine
Program: PhD
Thesis: A Knowledge-Based System for Integrating Design Tools
Year of Graduation: 1992

Name: Zongfan Zhu
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: An Intelligent CAD System for Dc Machines
Year of Graduation: 1991

Name: Derek Dyck
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Determining Finite Element Mesh Density from Problem Specification using Neural Networks
Year of Graduation: 1990

Name: Karam Michael Noujeim
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: A User Interface to EDS Using the X Window System And XT
Year of Graduation: 1990

Name: James Stephan McFee
Program: PhD
Thesis: Accurate and Consistent Force Calculation for Finite Element Magnetics
Year of Graduation: 1989

Name: Juan Carlos Perez Hernandez
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: An Experimental Document Preparation System
Year of Graduation: 1987

Name: Toulfic I. Boubez
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Three-Dimensional Finite-Element Mesh Generation Using Serial Sections
Year of Graduation: 1986

Name: Munna Mishra
Program: PhD
Thesis: A Computationally Economic Three Dimensional Magnetic Modelling System
Year of Graduation: 1985

Name: Behzad Forghani
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: Mesh Generation and Equipotential Plotting in 3-D
Year of Graduation: 1981

Name: Munna Mishra
Program: MEng (with thesis)
Thesis: A Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Frontal Solver
Year of Graduation: 1981