Visiting Scientists

Post Doctoral Scholars

Ph.D. Students

Ali Madadizadeh

Ali's research involves the investigation of building decarbonization strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings. Ali will use optimization techniques and economics models to propose decarbonization solutions toward creating cost-effective environmentally-aware buildings.

Mojtaba Safdari

Mojtaba's research involves the investigation of smart building controls toward decarbonization strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings. Mojtaba will use advanced controls and optimization techniques to find solutions for controlling building variables toward cost-effective environmentally-aware buildings.

Yusra Hasan

Yusra's research involves using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model in support of road management in the Winter, particularly in applying salt for deicing of roadway infrastructure. The WRF model will be utilized to predict meteorological conditions in air, road surface, and soil layers, in advance of ice/snow formation for efficient and timely application of salt on roads.

Md. Nauman Ashraf

Nauman's research involves developing atmospheric transport models at neighborhood scales in the urban environment. The intended models are computationally fast and accurate enough as alternatives to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) or Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP).

Hang Yin

Co-supervised with Scott Krayenhoff, Hang's research involves integration of Building Energy Models (BEMs) into the Global Environmental Multiscale (GEM) model. The GEM model is the primary weather forecast and climate model used by the Government of Canada. Hang will additionally consider integrating sustainable building components such as green and photovoltaic roofs into the GEM model.

M.A.Sc. Students

Iman Sekhavati

Iman's research involves understanding and predicting the spread of Avian Influneza Virus (AIV) across canada. He uses advanced spatio-temporal analysis using weather and wild bird migration data to find the influencing factors associated with causation/correltion of infection in Canadian poultry farms.

Undergraduate Students

Alumni and Past Highly Qualified Trainees

Research Associates

Manoj K. Nambiar
2018-2020
Follow-up Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM) (Canada); Research Scientist, Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources & Forestry (NDMNRF) (Canada)

Postdoctoral Fellows

Hossam Elmaghraby
2020
Follow-up Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Glen Dimplex Americas (Canada); Research and Development Engineer at Glen Dimplex Americas, CFD and FEA Specialist (Canada)

Mojtaba Ahmadi-Baloutaki
2018-2020
Follow-up Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Blue Valley Building Corp. (Canada); Instructor, Conestoga College (Canada)

Ph.D. Students

Xuan Chen
2022
Follow-up Position: Civil and Environmental Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (China)

Seyedahmad Kia
2018-2021
Follow-up Position: Engineering Project Coordinator, BayPath Inc. (Canada); Air Quality Engineer, AECOM (Canada)

Mohsen Moradi
2017-2021
Follow-up Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Guelph (Canada); Climate Change Specialist, WSP (Canada)

Hossam Elmaghraby
2016-2019
Follow-up Position: Linamar (Canada); Postdoctoral Fellow at Glen Dimplex Americas (Canada); Product Development Engineer, CFD and FEA Specialist, Caframo (Canada)

M.A.Sc. Students

Rachel Maeve McLeod
2021-2022
Follow-up Position: City of Toronto (Canada)

Benjamin Dyer
2019-2021
Follow-up Position: M.A.Sc. Student, Physics & Astromony, McMaster University (Canada)

Denis Clement
2018-2020
Follow-up Position: Project Specialist, Skychain Technologies Inc. (Canada); Junior Environmental Engineer, GHD (Canada)

Ryan Byerlay
2018-2019
Follow-up Position: Research Associate, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph (Canada); Environmental Specialist at Independent Environmental Consultants (IEC) (Canada); Air Quality Engineer/Scientist, RWDI (Canada)

Amir Nazem
2017-2019
Follow-up Position: Research Associate, School of Engineering, University of Guelph (Canada)

Md. Rafsan Nahian
2018-2019
Follow-up Position: Manufacturing Technician at Magna International Inc. (Canada); Ph.D. Student, Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto (Canada)

Soroush Ebadi
2017-2018
Follow-up Position: Project Coordinator and Manager at Complete Energy Solutions Ltd. (Canada)

M.Eng. Students

Adil Khan
2016-2017
Follow-up Position: Engineer In Training (EIT) at Terraprobe Inc. (Canada), Intermediate Environmental Engineer, Jacobs (Canada)

Undergraduate Students

Harsh Kedia
2024
Follow-up Position: Undergraduate Student, Jadavpur University (India)

Jashanpreet Singh Judge
2023
Follow-up Position: Undergraduate Student, Computer Science, University of Guelph (Canada)

William Childs
2023
Follow-up Position: Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guelph (Canada)

Benjamin Dyer
2018
Follow-up Position: M.A.Sc. Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guelph (Canada)

Denis Clement
2017
Follow-up Position: M.A.Sc. Student, Environmental Engineering, University of Guelph (Canada)