Currently supervised and co-supervised PDFs, students and research staff (as of March 2023)

  • Post-doctoral Researchers
    • Dr. Nick Tepylo – social acceptance of advanced air mobility systems
    • Dr. Hayat El Fazani – design and performance of electric aircraft propulsion systems
  • UTILI Project Coordinator and UAS Graduate Course Instructor
    • Salman Shafi
  • PhD Candidates
    • Olivia Maria Chamberland (with Dr. Chun Li NRC) – use of machine learning to identify and characterize damage in aerospace composites
    • Peyman Shabani (with Dr. Chun Li NRC) – impact and post-impact modelling of aerospace composite laminates
    • Leila Hashemi (with Prof. Richard Millar GWU) – cyber-physical systems for crewed/uncrewed cooperative operations
    • Armin Mahmoodi (with Prof. Richard Millar GWU) – control strategies and optimization
  • Masters Candidates (MASc and MSc)
    • Teresa de Jesus Krings (with Dr. Borschchova NRC) – use of machine learning to classify air traffic in Canadian Domestic airspace
    • Mary Patrick MASc (with Prof. Xin Wang) – axial-torsional fatigue of high-strength steels
    • Boyan Zhou MASc – 3D printing and optimization of micro aerial vehicle flapping wing mechanisms
    • Aman Basawanal MASc – urban wind flows and drone risk assessments in urban environments
    • Sam Kingma MASc (with Dr. Borschchova NRC) – airspace modelling
    • Sam Nadler MASc – 3D printing of custom propellers for drones
    • Alex Urquhart MASc (with Prof. Shawn Kenny) – cold weather operation of drones
    • Stephanie Dadzie MASc – precision agriculture using drones
    • Chloe Richards MASc – low-emission electric aircraft system design
    • Devon Rudyk MASc (with Prof. Mario Santana) – automated identification and classification of heritage building masonry and stonework
    • Joshua Levy MSc (with Prof. Jeff Dawson) – effect of drone operations on wild bird behaviour
    • MAJ Patrick Wheeler (with Prof. Diane Wowk RMC)
  • Undergraduate and I-CUREUS Researchers
    • Daniel Nelson – domestic airspace modelling
    • Jillian Davis – social acceptance of advanced air mobility systems