Group Members

Jasmin Jelovica, PhD, P.Eng.

Associate 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.


Yuecheng Cai

PhD Student

MASc: University of British Columbia

Research: Graph neural networks for structural analysis and optimization of ships

Email: ycai05@mail.ubc.ca

Reza Karimi

PhD Candidate, co-supervised by Dr. S-H. Wang

M.Sc.: Isfahan University of Technology

Research: Characteristics of weld cladding using Cold Metal Transfer and other GMAW processes

Email: mohammadreza.karimi@ubc.ca

Jason Yan

PhD Student

MASc: University of British Columbia

Research: Topology optimization of large-scale multifunctional structures

Email: jasonsy.yan@ubc.ca

Narges Mokhtari

MASc student

BSc: Amirkabir University

Research: Convolutional neural networks for structural analysis and optimization

Email: nargesmj@student.ubc.ca

Mahdi Karimi

MASc student

MSc: Arak university

Research: Simulation of welding distortions and prediction using deep learning models

Email: karimi94@mail.ubc.ca

Fardad Homafar

MASc student

BSc: Tehran University

Research: Optimization of ship structures

Email: fhomafar@student.ubc.ca

Ishan Neogi

MASc student

BE: BITS Pilani Goa Campus

Research: Near-field noise around ship from propeller and structural vibrations

Co-supervision with Dr. Jaiman

Email: ineogi@mail.ubc.ca


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 fellow, currently Lecturer at University of Glasgow

Research: Deep learning models for underwater radiated noise prediction

Mohammad M. Keleshteri

PhD graduate (2022) and postdoctoral fellow, currently postdoc at University of Arizona

Thesis title: Nonlinear vibration behavior of metal foam structures

Hossein Bisheh

NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, currently Lecturer at Anglia-Ruskin University

Research: Vibrations of natural fiber composites

Alireza Babaee

PhD graduate (2024)

Thesis title: Computational study of nonlinear thermoelastic behavior in axisymmetric plates under rapid cooling

Mostafa Jahangiri

PhD student

Research: Sound transmission loss of prismatic sandwich panels

Faezeh Samanipour

MASc Student

Research: Constraint handling in multi-objective evolutionary algorithm

Faegheh Farbod

MASc Student

Research: Material characterization of E36 steel subjected to cryogenic temperature shocks

Yuecheng Cai

MASc Student

Research: Machine learning for constraint handling in structural optimization

Jason Yan

MASc Student

Research: Topology optimization of sandwich panel joints

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