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				PROFESSORS Dr. Tayfun Babadagli Professor Research http://www.ualberta.ca/~tayfun/ TECHNICAL SUPPORT Mihaela Georgeta Istratescu Research Technician/Lab Coordinator Lixing Lin Research Engineer/Lab Coordinator ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Pamela Keegan Research Administrative Assistant POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS - RESEARCH ASSOCIATES - VISITING SCHOLARS Continuing Alireza Rangriz-Shokri Postdoctoral fellow (July 2015 - April 2016) Research Completed Dr. Kayhan Develi Postdoctoral fellow (Jan. 2008-Sept. 2008) with Istanbul Tech. Univ., Turkey Research Dr. Yuichi Sugai Visiting Scholar (July 2008-Sept. 2008) with Kyushu Univ., Japan Research Dr. Kreangkrai Maneeintr Postdoctoral fellow (Aug. 2010-Oct. 2010) with Kyushu University Research Dr. Xiaojuan Ren Visiting Scholar (Dec. 2009-Dec. 2010) with Xi’An Shiyou University, China Research Dr. Achinta Bera Postdoctoral fellow (Feb. 2014-July 2015) Research PhD STUDENTS Continuing Saleh Hassan Provisional PhD Candidate Research Lanxiao Hu Provisional PhD Candidate (Co-advisor: Dr. H. Li) Research Completed Can Ulas Hatiboglu PhD (Graduated in 2007) Now with Shell Canada Research PhD Thesis Japan Trivedi PhD (Graduated in 2008) Now with the University of Alberta Research PhD Thesis Alireza Jafari PhD (Graduated in 2010) Now with the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Research PhD Thesis Al-Muatasim Al-Bahlani PhD (Graduated in 2011) Now with Petroleum Development Oman Research PhD Thesis Khosrow Naderi PhD (Graduated in 2013) Now with APEX Engineering Research PhD Thesis Yousef Hamedi Shokrlu PhD (Graduated in 2014) Now with CMG Research PhD Thesis Hannes Hofmann PhD (Graduated in 2015) Now with GFZ (Co-advisor: Dr. G. Zimmermann, GFZ Potsdam) Research PhD Thesis Francisco Javier Argüelles Vivas PhD (Graduated in 2015) Now with University of Texas as a PDF Research PhD Thesis Alireza Rangriz-Shokri PhD (Graduated in 2015) Research PhD Thesis Jose Ramon Mayorquin PhD (Graduated in 2015) Now with PEMEX Research PhD Thesis Héctor Leyva-Gómez PhD (Graduated in 2016) Now with PEMEX Research PhD Thesis Behnam Sedaee Sola Visiting PhD Student (Feb. 2006 - Sept. 2006) (Co-advisor: Dr. F. Rashidi) Now with Amir Kabir Univ., Iran Research Berna Hascakir Visiting PhD Student (Sept. 2007 - April. 2008) (Co-supervisor: Dr. S. Akin) Now with Texas A&M Research Phung Quoc Huy Visiting PhD Student (June 30 - Sept. 20, 2009) with Kyushu University, Japan Research Daisuke Oka Visiting PhD Student (Aug. 2010-Oct. 2010) with Kyushu University, Japan Research Ardy Arsyad Visiting PhD Student (June 4-Sept. 19, 2011) no with Hasanuddin University, Indonesia Research MSc - MEng STUDENTS Continuing Jingwen (Jessica) Cui MSc Student Research You (Yuliya) Wei MSc Student Research Yeji Soh MSc Student Research Siyuan (Jessie) Yi MSc Student (Co-advisor: Dr. H. Li) Research Completed Tarek Hamida MSc (Graduated in 2006) Now with ARC Research MSc Thesis Khosrow Naderi MSc (Graduated in 2008) Now PhD student with UofA EOGRRC Research MSc Thesis Dmitry Bogatkov MSc (Graduated in 2008) Now with Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Research MSc Thesis Mert Ozdemirtas MSc (Graduated in 2008) (Co-advisor: Dr. E. Kuru) Now with TOTAL Research MSc Thesis Vahapcan Er MSc (Graduated in 2009) Now with Saskatchewan Research Council Research MSc Thesis Akshay Gunde MSc (Graduated in 2011) (Co-advisor: Dr. S. Mitra) (Degree in Mechanical Eng.) Research MSc Thesis Varun Pathak MSc (Graduated in 2011) Now with CMG Research MSc Thesis Katya Stalgorova MSc (Graduated in 2011) Now with FEKETE Research MSc Thesis Mohammad Al-Gosayir MSc (Graduated in 2012) (Co-advisor: Dr. J. Leung) Now with ARAMCO MSc Thesis Research Mohsen Keshavarz MSc (Graduated in 2013) (Co-advisor: Dr. R. Okuno) Now PhD student at the University of Calgary MSc Thesis Research Laura Smith Moreno Arciniegas MSc (Graduated in 2014) Now with Cenovus Research MSc Thesis Mohammedalmojtaba Mohammed MSc (Graduated in 2014) Now with Sudapet, Sudan Research MSc Thesis Andrea Paola Marciales Ramirez MSc (Graduated in 2015) Research MSc Thesis Aigerim Raimbay MSc (Graduated in 2015) (Co-advisor: Dr. E. Kuru) Research MSc Thesis Fang Fang MSc (Graduated in 2015) Research MSc Thesis Machiko Oka Visiting MSc student (Sept. 1-Sept. 30, 2008) with Kyushu Univ., Japan Research Hiroyuki Kono Visiting MSc student (Aug. 6-Oct. 15, 2009) with Kyushu Univ., Japan Research Takafumi Yamakawa Visiting MSc Student (Aug. 2010-Oct. 2010) with Kyushu University, Japan Research Yusuke Matsunami Visiting MSc student (Aug. 4-Oct. 18, 2011) with Kyushu Univ., Japan Research Tomonao Saito Visiting MSc student (Oct. 17, 2011-Mar. 14, 2012) with Akita Univ., Japan Research Yuta Yoshioka Visiting MSc student (Aug. 3, 2012-Oct. 16, 2012) with Kyushu Univ., Japan Research Junpei Kumasaka Visiting MSc student (Sept. 9, 2014-Oct. 14, 2014) with Kyushu Univ., Japan Research Javed Lashari MEng (Graduated in 2008) Research Pavel Resnyanskiy MEng (Graduated in 2008) Research Rajpreet Singh MEng (Graduated in 2011) Research John Greff MEng (Graduated in 2013) Research Syed Raza MEng (Graduated in 2013) Research Juan Carlos Eugenio MEng (Graduated in 2014) Research Jamal Farooqui MEng (Graduated in 2015) (Co-advisor: Dr. H. Li) Research Marian Korfanta MEng (Graduated in 2015) Research Bolorma Bayarsaikhan (Graduated in 2015) (Co-advisor: Dr. H. Li) Research UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS - VOLUNTEERS Continuing Wentao Liu PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (June-Sept. 2011) Dean's Research Award-2011 Xuefeng Ding PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (July-Sept. 2011) Research Ziyue Hu PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (Aug.-Sept. 2011) Research Yasir Ali PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (June-Sept. 2011) Dean's Research Award-2011 Gefei Wang PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (July-Sept. 2012) Research Subhi Sadigov PETE Undergradute Student Summer Intern (May 1 - July 31, 2013) Research Peter Batruny PETE Undergradute Student Summer Intern (May 1 - Sept. 12, 2014) Research Nahai Cao PETE Undergradute Student Summer Intern (May-Sept. 2014) Dean's Research Award-2014 Research Chun Gong PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (May-June 2014) Research Shubham Gaur PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (May-June 2014) Research Yifei Yan PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (Feb.-Aug. 2015) Research Yu Wang PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (July-Dec. 2015) Research Qianhui Sun PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (Nov.-Dec. 2015) Research Kaiyan Jiang PETE Undergradute Student Volunteer in the lab (Nov.-Dec. 2015) Research