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Dr. Hamid D. Taghirad

 

 

Title :

Visiting Professor

Office Address:

3480 University St., McConnell Eng. Bldg, Room 423, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada, H3A 2A7

Research Interest :

Robust Control, Robotics, Nonlinear Control

E-mail:

Hamid@cim.mcgill.ca or Taghirad@kntu.ac.ir

Phone :

(514) 398-4400 ext 089772

Fax :

(514) 398-7348

Degree, From:

PHD. EE, McGill University, Montreal, Canada


Current Teaching:

 

   

MECH 573: Mechanics of Robotic Systems (E-course)

 

Winter

 2006
Current Research:

 

 

 Supervisory Control of Large Adaptive Reflector (LAR)

 

 

 Background

 

 

 

  Concepts of design of Canadian very large radio telescope

 

 

 

  What is the LARGE ADAPTIVE REFLECTOR (LAR)?

 

 

 

  What is the SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY (SKA)?

 

 

 

  Why build the SKA?

 

 

 

  Who is designing the LAR and the SKA?

 

 

 Literature:

 

 

 

 Dynamics and control of a novel radio telescope antenna

 1999

 

 

 The Large Adaptive Reflector: A 200-m diameter wideband, cm-m radio telescope

 2000

 

 

 The Large Adaptive Reflector: A Giant Radio Telescope with an Aero Twist

 2002

 

 

 Design of a One-Third Scale Multi-Tethered Aerostat System for Precise Positioning of a RTR

 2003

 

 

 Station Keeping and Slewing Control of a Multi-Tethered Aerostat

 2004

 

 Project Team

 

 

 

 Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory(DRAO): Peter Dewdney Team

 

 

 

 McGill University: Prof. Meyer Nahon Team.

 

 

 

 McGill University: Prof. Benoit Boulet Team

 

 

 

 Laval University: Prof. Clément Gosselin Team

 

 

 

 

 

 Related Sites

 

 

 International

 Square Kilometre Array

 

 

 Austria

 Australia Telescope National Facility

 

 

 China

 Beijing Astronomical Observatory

 

 

 Europe

 European SKA Consortium

 

 

 India

 National Centre for Radio Astrophysics

 

 

 Italy

 IRA SKA Group

 

 

 Netherlands

 ASTRON

 

 

 South Africa

 National Research Foundation

 

 

 UK

 Jodrell Bank Observatory

 

 

 USA

 US Consortium for a Square-Kilometer Array

 

 

 

 Allen Telescope Array

 

 

 

 

 


Education:

 

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

1997

 

McGill University, Montreal.

 

 

Thesis title: Robust torque control of harmonic drive systems, Supervisor: Dr. P.R. Belanger and Dr. G. Zames, GPA 4/4, among top 5%.

 

 

 

 

M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering

1993

 

McGill University, Montreal.

 

 

Thesis title: Analysis, design, implementation and control of a hopping robot,

 

 

GPA 4/4, among top 5%.

 

 

 

 

B. Eng in Mechanical Engineering                                                                          

1989

 

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

 

 

The second-best student (2/45) in the department, GPA 3.75/4.

 


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