
Jasmin Jelovica, PhD, P.Eng.
Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator
NSERC/Seaspan Industrial Research Chair

Short Bio and Research Agenda: I obtained my M.Sc from University of Rijeka, Croatia, and D.Sc. from Aalto University, Finland. I joined UBC as Assistant Professor in 2017, where I hold NSERC/Seaspan Industrial Research Chair since 2020. My interests focus on modeling response and failure of advanced structures. This involves a range of modeling approaches that I am advancing with my research group: shear-deformable beams and plates, swarm and evolutionary optimization, topology optimization, and data-driven physics-informed models. Crucial part of drive for high-quality structures is manufacturing; this is where our research on new low-heat-input welding techniques come in.

Mohammad M. Keleshteri
Postdoctoral research fellow
PhD: University of British Columbia
Research: Vibroacoustics of porous and architected materials
Email: momoke@mail.ubc.ca

Hossein Bisheh
NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
PhD: University of Manitoba
Research: Vibrations of natural fiber composites
Email: hossein.bisheh@ubc.ca

Alireza Babaee
PhD Candidate
M.Sc.: Amirkabir University
Research: Thermoelasticity of functionally graded plates subjected to low-temperature thermal shocks
Email: ababaee@mail.ubc.ca

Reza Karimi
PhD Candidate, co-supervised by Dr. S-H. Wang
M.Sc.: Isfahan University of Technology
Research: Weld cladding using Cold Metal Transfer process
Email: mohammadreza.karimi@ubc.ca

Yuecheng Cai
PhD Student
MASc: University of British Columbia
Research: Deep learning for structural reduced order models
Email: ycai05@mail.ubc.ca

Mostafa Jahangiri
PhD Student
M.Sc.: Sharif University
Research: Architected materials for suppression of structural vibrations and noise
Email: mjmech@mail.ubc.ca

Siddharth Rout
PhD Student, co-supervised by Dr. R.K. Jaiman
M.Sc.: IIT Madras
Research: Shape and topology optimization of ship panels and propellers for suppression of underwater noise
Email: sidrout@mail.ubc.ca

Jason Yan
PhD Student
MASc: University of British Columbia
Research: Deep learning for topology optimization of multifunctional structures
Email: jasonsy.yan@ubc.ca

Narges Mokhtari
MASc student
BSc: Amirkabir University
Research: Deep transfer learning for structural optimization
Collaborators
Dr. Rajeev K. Jaiman, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UBC
Dr. Sheng-Hui Wang, Senior Research Scientist, National Research Council of Canada
Dr. Mihkel Kõrgesaar, Assistant Professor, Tallinn University of Technology
Graduated students and former members

Wrik Mallik
Postdoctoral research fellow, currently Lecturer at University of Glasgow
Ph.D.: Virginia Tech
Research: Deep learning models for underwater radiated noise prediction

Mohammad M. Keleshteri
PhD candidate
MSc: Amirkabir University
Research: Nonlinear vibrations of porous structures
Email: momoke@mail.ubc.ca

Faezeh Samanipour
MASc Student
B.Tech: Sharif University
Research: Constraint handling in multi-objective evolutionary algorithm

Faegheh Farbod
MASc Student
B.Sc.: Isfahan University of Technology
Research: Material characterization of E36 steel subjected to cryogenic temperature shocks

Yuecheng Cai
MASc Student
M.Eng.: University of British Columbia
B.Sc.: Harbin Institute of Technology
Research: Machine learning for constraint handling in structural optimization

Jason Yan
MASc Student
B.Sc.: University of British Columbia
Research: Topology optimization of sandwich panel joints
Email: shengy01@mail.ubc.ca
Visiting PhD students
- Qilong Xia
BASc and MEng students:
- Chris Kelly (BASc student, UBC Materials Engineering)
- Bedir Goybulak (BASc student, UBC Mechanical Engineering)
- Visal Katamaneni (MEng student, UBC Mechanical Engineering)
- Joe Zhang
- Bobsy Narayan
- Jeff Yoon
- Jasbir Singh
- Harshdeep Reen
- Gurpreet Singh
- Minh Duc Ha
- Yaxi Xiao
- Chinmay Singh
- Lucas Braga