Experience & leadership
Research and teaching, alongside mentoring, service, and recognition.
Research & teaching experience
Graduate Researcher and PhD Candidate
2022 - Present
McMaster University
Research in deep reinforcement learning, safe reinforcement learning, scientific machine learning, and control for nonlinear process systems across simulation, Aspen Dynamics, and laboratory experimentation.
Teaching Assistant
2023 - 2026
McMaster University
Supported Process Control, Transport Phenomena, and Reactor Design through tutorials, grading, student consultation, and examination support.
Leadership, service & recognition
SERVICE
Engineering Council Member
McMaster Engineering Graduate Society
2025 - Present
Represent Chemical Engineering graduate students, support communication between students and faculty, and contribute to reviewing graduate-student submissions for EGS awards.
MENTORING
Summer Student Mentoring and Supervision
Mentored and supervised summer students in research activities over four years.
RECOGNITION
2024 CSChE Best Poster Presentation
CSChE Student Poster Presentation Competition
2024
Presented “A Study on Distillation Columns Investigating Generative Adversarial Networks for Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Chemical Processes.”
Education
PhD Process Systems Engineering
2022 - Expected Jan 2027
McMaster University
Thesis: Data-Driven Control and Fault Detection for Complex Process Systems
MSc Process Design Engineering
2018 - 2021
University of Tehran
Thesis: Data-Driven Modeling and Metaheuristic Optimization of a Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process
BSc Chemical Engineering
2012 - 2017
Iran University of Science and Technology
Thesis: Design of a municipal-waste leachate treatment plant