Awards: 2024 Faculty Research Team Award, Northeastern University; 2022 Constantinos Mavroidis Translational Research Faculty Award, Northeastern University. Research Support: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Navy, and industry partners.
Research Experience
Currently, Gary C. Butler Family Associate Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and an Affiliated Faculty with the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. Served as a Visiting Professor with the HumanTech project at Politecnico di Milano and as a Visiting Scholar at the Next Level Lab, Harvard University. Completed a Postdoctoral Associate position at the GE-Purdue Partnership in Research and Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing.
Education
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (2016), Purdue University; M.S. in Industrial Engineering (2012), University of Tehran; B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering (2009), University of Tehran.
Background
Research Interests: Developing human-centered computational models, algorithms, and tools at the intersection of AI and spatial computing to enhance learning and creativity in various cognitive and psychomotor tasks within industrial settings. Professional Field: AI and Spatial Computing.