(Apr. 2022 – Present) Battery State Estimation Engineer, Automotive R&D Center, Stellantis (Fiat-Chrysler), Canada 
  • (Feb. 2021 – Apr. 2022) Cardiff Metropolitan University
    • Lecturer (Assistant Professor), School of Technologies 
  • (Jul. 2019 – Mar. 2021) University of Windsor, Canada
    • Visiting Assistant Professor & Research Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering 
  • (Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2020) Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
    • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering 
  • (Oct. 2016 – Apr. 2017) University of Calgary, Canada
    • Research Associate, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, School of Medicine
  • (Oct. 2015 – Aug. 2016) Duke University, USA
    • Senior Research Associate, Brain Stimulation Engineering Laboratory, School of Medicine
  • (Mar. 2014 – Aug. 2015) University of Oxford, UK
    • Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Energy & Power Group, Department of Engineering Science
  • (Apr. 2009 – Feb. 2014) Simon Fraser University, Concordia University and University of Windsor, Canada
    • Post Doctoral Research Assistant and Sessional Instructor, Departments of Electrical Engineering
  • (2004 – 2006) Niroo Research Institute
    • Research Engineer & Project Manager
  • (Jun. – Nov. 2020)(Sep. – Dec. 2019) Non-invasive Neuro-stimulation Therapies Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada. 
  • (Aug. – Sep. 2015) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada.
  • (May – Oct. 2007) Laboratoire d’Automatique, EPFL, Switzerland.
  • (Feb. – Mar. 2007) Center for Embedded Software System, Aalborg University, Denmark.  
  • Ph.D.: EE, University of Limerick, Ireland (May 2006 – Viva Successfully Passed in Dec. 2008 – Awarded at Convocation Aug. 2009)
    • Thesis: Robust distributed active power control for IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor networks – A Quantitative Feedback Theory Approach
    • Supervisor: Prof. Martin J Hayes
  • M.A.Sc.: EE(Control), Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Iran (Sep. 2001 – Nov. 2003)
    • Thesis: Multivariable QFT design with tracking error specifications
    • Supervisor: Prof. Ali Khaki Sedigh, Dr. Batool Labibi
  • B.A.Sc.: EE(Control), Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Iran (Sep.1996 – Sep. 2001)
  • Co-Inventor of TMS ioFit software. For commercial licensing, please contact Duke OLV office: Disclosure Title: Optimal Estimation of Neural Recruitment Curves; Reference Number: T-006931; Licensing Manager: Name: Dinesh Divakaran, Phone #: 919-684-3131, Email: dinesh.divakaran@duke.edu
  • Best teaching evaluation (1st Rank), Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, 2nd Semester 2017-18. [Download Eval] (in Persian)
  • Best teaching evaluation (1st Rank), Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, 1st Semester 2017-18. [Download Eval] (in Persian)
  • Dr. Kazemi Ashtiani’s Award from the National Foundation of Elite, Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran, September 2017. 
  • Best teaching evaluation (1st Rank), Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Windsor, Canada, Summer 2013. [Download Eval]
  • Student Award (second rank), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran, 2001.
  • Depression: its trend during Covid-19, and non-invasive brain stimulation therapies at CardiffMet Pandemic Panels, June 2021. 
  • The Role of Control Systems Technologies in Multidisciplinary Research, Inaugural (online) seminar, Cardiff School of Technologies, Cardiff Metropolitan University, February 2021.
  • Closed-Loop Input-Output Curve Estimation in TMS: Hardware and Software Development & Clinical Test, Noninvasive Neurostimulation Therapies (NINET) Lab., Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2019. 
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, May 2019.
  • Electric Vehicle Roadmap10th Int. Conference on Internal Combustion Engines and Oil, Tehran, Iran, February 13, 2018. 
  • Impedance spectroscopy and applicationsInstitute of Medical Science and Technology, Shahid Bebehsti University, Iran, December 2017.
  • Image Analysis Using Phase Congruency and OptimizationInstitute of Medical Science and Technology, Shahid Bebehsti University, Iran, February 2017. 
  • Current and Future Technology for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), 3rd International Human Brain Mapping Congress, Tehran, Iran, September 2016. 
  • Optimal and fast estimation of input-output curve in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Dr. Z.J. Daskalakis Research Group, University of Toronto, April 2016.
  • Three cutting-edge topics in mechatronics engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Windsor, April 2016.
  • The role of impedance and electrochemical models in battery management systems, Centre for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering, University of Maryland, USA, June 13, 2014.
  • Diagnostics in battery management systems, IEEE International Workshop on Electrified Vehicle Components & Systems, University of Windsor, ON, Canada, June 20, 2013.

My research was supported by

  • (100,000,000Rials) Early Career Award, Sahid Beheshti University 2017-2019.  
  • (200,000,000Rials) Dr. Kazemi Ashtiani’s Award from the National Foundation of Elite, Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran, September 2017. 
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, 2016-2017
  • National Institute of Health (NIH), USA, 2015-2016
  • Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, 2015-2016 
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK, 2014-2015
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2009-2014
  • Mitacs, Canada, 2012
  • (36,000EUR) PhD student scholarship from the Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI), May 2006 – Dec. 2008.
  • (7,200CHF) Visiting PhD student scholarship from the Laboratoire d’Automatique, EPFL, Switzerland, May 2007 – Oct. 2007.
  • (10,000DKK) Visiting PhD student scholarship from the Center for Embedded Software System, Aalborg University, Denmark, Feb. 2007 – Mar. 2007.