Faculty members of the Design Optimization under Uncertainty Group warmly welcome students interested in pursuing Doctoral and/or Master's degrees to contact any of the group members in order to provide further information and answer specific questions. Students from Canada and many countries from around the world have the pleasure of pursuing interesting research topics of their choice within a challenging and very friendly academic environment.
During the past two decades, more than 5 Ph.D. students and 25 Master's students have completed theses that overlap with research activities carried out within the Design Optimization under Uncertainty Group. All of these students have obtained meaningful employment in industry, universities, research institutes, and government organizations. Some representative theses are listed below.
Ph.D. Students
M.A.Sc. Students
Areas of application:
ENV - Societal and Environmental Systems; ELEC - Electrical Engineering, SOFT - Software Engineering;
FIN - Financial Engineering, HEA - Health; Multi - Multidisciplinary applications
|
Name |
Degree |
Title |
Graduation Year |
Current Position |
|
P.Kumar |
M.A.Sc. |
Parameter Estimation of Groundwater Problems defined by Stochastic Partial Differential Equations [ENV] |
1991 |
Research Engineer, India |
|
A. Singh |
M.A.Sc. |
Trust Region Method of Large-Scale Engineering Optimization using Barrier/Potential Function Models [ENV] |
1992 |
CEO, Simplex |
|
R. Curi |
Ph.D. |
An Optimal Distributed Parameter Filter and Predictor for Shallow Water Flow [ENV] |
1993 |
Prof, Brazil |
|
El-Hadi Shakshuki |
M.A.Sc. |
Probabilistic Systems Analysis for the Estimation of Variances and Covariances [ELEC] |
1994 |
Prof, Halifax |
|
T. Wodaj |
M.A.Sc. |
Probabilistic Modelling of Contaminant Transport [ENV] |
1994 |
Engr, IBM |
|
S.G. Fletcher |
Ph.D. |
Stochastic Control of Reservoir Systems [ENV] |
1995 |
Engr and Prof, T&T |
|
W. Curi |
Post-Doc |
Stochastic Analysis of Large scale Systems [ENV/ELEC] |
1993 |
Prof, Brazil |
|
T. Dravia |
Post-Doc |
Probabilistic Analysis of Algebraic Equations [ENV] |
1994 |
Consultant, Waterloo |
|
R. Unny |
M.A.Sc. |
Application of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations to Contaminant Transport [ENV] |
1996 |
Engr, Earthtech |
|
J. Sadjadi |
Ph.D. |
Nonlinear Optimization using an Expanded Lagrangian Function for Water Resources Management Problems [ENV] |
1997 |
Prof, Iran |
|
S. Muthanna |
M.A.Sc. |
Assessment of Maintainability Models for Industrial Software Systems using Design Level Metrics [SOFT] |
1997 |
Engr, USA |
|
M. Possmayer |
M.A.Sc. |
Optimal Groundwater Remediation under Parameter Uncertainty [ENV] |
1998 |
Consultant, UN |
|
R. Chanchlani |
M.A.Sc. |
Software Architecture Recovery and Design using Partitioning Techniques [SOFT] |
1998 |
Engr, Flextronics,Toronto |
|
S.Kalyana-sundaram |
M.A.Sc. |
Software Architecture Recovery and Assessment of a Telecommunication System [SOFT] |
1998 |
Engr, RIM |
|
R. Paramanathar |
M.A.Sc. |
Distributed Design Patterns in Parallel Processing for Dynamic Programming Applications [SOFT] |
1998 |
Engr, Bellview |
|
M Bessa |
Ph.D. |
Optimization of the Operation of Multireservoir Systems: A Great-Lakes Case Study [ENV] |
1998 |
Engr, Brazil |
|
T. Chellathurai |
M.A.Sc. |
Dynamic Optimization of Consumption and Portfolio Selection [FIN] |
1999 |
Ph.D. Student ,UW |
|
M. Sadek Ali |
M.A.Sc. |
Planning Renewable Electricity using Life Cycle Analysis [ENV] |
1999 |
Grad. Student, TO |
|
P. Mohanavadivu |
Post-Doc |
Reliability Analysis of Large-Scale Systems [Multi] |
1999 |
Engr, TO |
|
A. Vassighi |
M.A.Sc. |
Efficient Treatment of Feasibility Constraints in Partitioning using Genetic Algorithms [Multi] |
2000 |
Engr, Dallas |
|
V. Vanghani |
M.A.Sc. |
Protein Docking using Shape Complimentarity and Electrostatics [Multi] |
2000 |
Ph.D. Student, UW |
|
S. Sivakumaran |
M.A.Sc. |
Distributed Image Processing on the Internet [Multi] |
2000 |
CEO, TO |
|
T. Mei |
M.A.Sc |
Automation of Business Logic in Web Applications [SOFT] |
2001 |
Engr, Caprion |
|
S. Vempati |
M.A.Sc. |
A Database Adapter for Peer-to-Peer Systems [SOFT] |
2002 |
Res. Asst, UW |
|
J. Xu |
M.A.Sc. |
Dynamic Rate Allocation in WCDMA System using Fuzzy Logic [ELEC] |
2002
|
Ph.D. Student, UW |
|
P.Kohli |
M.A.Sc. |
Visualization Tool for Life-Cycle Analysis [ENV] |
2002 |
Engr, TO |
|
T. Chellathurai |
Ph.D. |
Dynamic Portfolio Management under Transaction Costs [FIN] |
2003 |
Consultant, Waterloo |
|
J. Zhang |
M.A.Sc. |
Hydro Energy Mangement in Deregulated Markets [ENV] |
2003 |
Engr,Bantrel, TO |
|
K. Bellamkonda |
M.A.Sc. |
Architecture and Evaluation of Seamless Vertical Handoffs in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks [ELEC] |
2003 |
Motorola, TO |
|
A. George |
M.A.Sc. |
Application of Data Mining in Medical Applications [HEA] |
2004 |
NCR, Waterloo |
|
P. Pedarla |
M.A.Sc. |
E-Intelligence Form Design and Data Preprocessing in Health care [HEA] |
2004 |
Consultant, USA |
|
C. Zhang |
M.A.Sc. |
A Study on Urban Water Reuse Management Modelling [ENV] |
2004 |
Res. Asst., UW
|
|
S. Vallamsundar |
M.A.Sc. |
Numerical evaluation of classification techniques for flaw detection [CIVIL] |
2007 |
L&T Const. India |
|
B. Vallamsundar |
M.A.Sc. |
Congestion control for adaptive satellite communication systems with intelligent systems [ELEC] |
2007 |
Ph.D. Student (in the process) |
|
J. Alvarez |
Ph.D. |
Risk minimization in power system expansion and power pool electricity markets [ELEC] |
2007 |
Professor, Mexico |