Experience

  1. Lead Researcher

    Oakland University, In Real-Life Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (IRL$^$2)

    Director: Prof. Geoffrey Louie

    Responsibilities:

    • Leading Original Research Studies in Human-AI/Robot Interaction
    • Developing Generative AI/ML Frameworks for Social Robot and Virtual Avatar’s Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors
    • Advising Undergraduate Lab Members

  2. Lab Instructor

    Oakland University, School of Engineering and Computer Science

    Course Lecturer: Prof. Osamah Rawashdeh

    Responsibilities include:

    • Instructing the Lab’s Experiments: Embedded Programming, Electronic Circuit Design, Sensors and Actuators
    • Leading and Training Graduate Teacher Assistants
    • Mentoring Senior and Sophomore Design Project Team Works

  3. R&D Lead

    Federation of International Robot Sports Association (FIRA), Taipei, Taiwan

    Responsibilities:

    • Designed and Organized the Innovation and Business League
    • Led Syllabus and Educational Platform Products
    • Led the Content Production Team for Online Trainings
    • Trained Educators

  4. Researcher

    University of Tehran, Taarlab HRI Laboratory

    Responsibilities:

  5. Teaching Assistant

    University of Tehran, College of Engineering / Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Course Lecturer: [Prof. Mostafa Ersali]

    Responsibilities:

    • Designed a Modular Educational Robot Platform Based on Raspberry Pi and Arduino Capable of Interfacing with Different Sensors and Actuator Modules
    • Taught Lab Experiments of the Course
    • Supervised the Students’ Final Projects

  6. Internship

    Mechatronics Research Laboratory (MRL)

    Responsibilities:

    • Developed a Push Recovery Model Using an Inverted Pendulum Model and a PID Controller
    • Developed a Navigation Model Towards the Opponent’s Gate Utilizing Compass Data

Education

  1. Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Oakland University (MI-USA)

    Dissertation on “Emotional Intelligence and Context Awareness in Social HRI” Supervised by Prof. Geoffrey Louie

    Selected Courses:

    • Human-Robot Interaction
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Advanced Autonomous Vehicle
    • Engineering Project Management

  2. M.Sc. Mechatronics Engineering

    Azad University of Qazvin (Iran)

    Thesis on “Whole-Body Imitation of Human Motions by a NAO Humanoid Robot” Supervised by Prof. Mehdi Tale Masouleh

    Selected Courses:

    • Advanced Robotics
    • Mobile Robots (Navigation)
    • Dynamic System Modeling
    • Mechatronics Design (I and II)

  3. B.Sc. Robotics Engineering

    Hamedan University of Technology (Iran)

    Final Project on “Balance Recovery Techniques in Humanoid Robots” Supervised by Prof. Behnam Miripour Fard

    Selected Courses:

    • Robotic Systems and Control
    • Robot Sensors
    • Artificial Neural Networks
    • Fuzzy Systems and Control
    • Embedded Programming
Skills & Hobbies
Programming
Python
C++
Matlab
Simulink
Mathematica
R
Kotlin
AI Tools
OpenCV
PyTorch
scikit-learn
TensorFlow
Keras
JAX
Hugging Face
LangChain
AI Techniques
NLP/NLU
LLM APIs
LLM Prompt Engineering

Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Prompting of LLMs, Supervised and Instructional Fine-Tuning, Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT)

Reinforcement Learning

Deep Q-networks

Time-Series Machine Learning

LSTM Networks

Robotic and Mechatronic Tools and Techniques
ROS/ROS2
Gazebo
NVIDIA Isaac Sim
C++ Libraries

OpenCV, PCL, Eigen

Controller Design
Embedded System Design

AVR, ARM

Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)

FreeRTOS

Single-board Microcontroller

Arduino

Single-board Computer

Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard

CAD

Solidworks

Miscellaneous
Linux
LaTeX
QT Creator

Python and C++

SPSS
Unreal Engine
Hobbies
Basketball

Coorditator of the Intermural Oakland United Team

Hiking
Playing Music

Piano, Keyboard, Tar and Setar (Persian Instruments)

Languages
95%
English
100%
Persian
40%
Azerbaijani