Team Leader
Prof. Jihyun Lee, PhD., P. Eng
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow for Experienced Researcher (2026-2028)
Education
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA, 2016
- Mechatronics, manufacturing, dynamics, vibrations, control
- MS.c. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA, 2011
- Automotive, design optimization, control
- BS.c. Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2009
Positions
- Associate professor, 2024 July - Current
- Assistant professor, 2019 - 2024 June
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- University of Calgary
- Senior Researcher, 2016 - 2019
- Department of Ultra-precision machines and systems
- Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials
Field of Interest
- Manufacturing automation, Mechatronics in Manufacturing, Robot manufacturing, Metal 3D additive and subtractive manufacturing system, Artificial Intelligence
Current team members
Postdoc
Dr. Ali Khishtan
Postdoc
2026-Current
Robotic machining, Dynamics, Identification
Dr. Soheil Amani
Postdoc
2026-Current
Machining, FEA, Receptance Coupling, ML
PhD
Zhicong Rong
PhD student
2023- Current
Predictive maintenance, Fault diagnosis, AI/ML
Mohammad Khoshnazar
PhD student
2024-Current
Control of cable-assist robotic system
MSc
Seunghwan (Peter) Song
MSc student
2026.05-Current
Human Robot Collaboration
Muhammad Farhan Ejaz
MSc student
2026.05 - Current
AI-based 3D Measurement for Post-processing or Repair
Eitan Friedmann
MSc student
2026.09-Current
Robotic Deburring Automation
Undergraduate
Anaya Adil
Intern
2026.01-Current
IMU-based Armband, Active Damping System assistance
Joshua Ho
Intern
2025.09-Current
Design of identification tool
Jinu Park
Intern
2025 - Current
Quadruped Robot
Visiting Students
Alumni
- Brett Wallace (MSc. 25) - SKF Magnetic bearings and systems
- Erfan Shojaei Barjuei (Postdoc. 25) - R&D engineer at GN Corporations Inc.
- Omer Sajjad (MSc. 25) - Mechanical EIT for Gerdau
- Jeff Shin (MSc. 24) - R&D management at Fidelity
- Max Kim (MSc. 24) - HATCH in Ontario
- Mitchell Weber (MSc. 23) - AGILE ROBOTS in Germany
- Zhanghao Wang (MSc. 22) - DEG engineering in Calgary
- Ebrahim Mahairi (MSc.21)-Questat in Ontario
Visiting Students
- Junho Hwang, Kangwon National University, 2026
- Chayeop Kim, Kangwon National University, 2026
- Insik Choi, Kangwon National University, 2025
- Beomkeun Ki, Kangwon National University, 2025
- Subin Lee, Kangwon National University, 2024
- Geunsik Cho, Kangwon National University, 2024
- Minseo Kim, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 2024-2025
- Yeseop Park, Hongik University, 2022, Injury prognostic and diagnostic using an Ultrasound transducer
- Changhyeon Mun, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2020-2021
- Dongchan Kim, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2020-2021, 2022
- Jiho Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, 2021
- Inwoong Noh, Sungkyunkwan University, 2021
Undergraduate interns
- Jinu Park, 2025, NSERC scholarship
- Nadeem Moosa, 2024, SSE scholarship
- Anjali Patadia, 2022, PURE scholarship
- Mehal Kushalkar, 2021, Waterloo Coop
- James Watkinson, 2020, Waterloo Coop
- Wenpu Ou, 2019, Summer intern
- Byeongjin Kim, 2019, Summer intern (Co-supervisor)
- Jonathan Brent, 2019, Summer intern (Co-supervisor)