Ali Pakniyat is a researcher in the Centre for Intelligent Machines (CIM) and a course instructor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University. He received the B.Sc. degree in 2008 from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, and the M.Sc. degree in Applied Mechanics and Design from the School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2010. He received the Ph.D. degree in 2016 from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. His research interests include deterministic and stochastic optimal control, nonlinear and hybrid systems, analytical mechanics and chaos, with applications in automotive industry, sensors and actuators, and robotics.

Educations:

Doctor of Philosophy                       2011 - 2016

McGill University  |  Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thesis: Optimal Control of Deterministic and Stochastic Hybrid Systems: Theory and Applications
Supervisor: Peter E. Caines

Master of Science                               2008 - 2010

Sharif University of Technology  |  Mechanical Engineering - Applied Design
Thesis: On the Nonlinear Dynamics and Bifurcations in a New Class of MEMS Gyroscopes with Parametric Resonance
Supervisors: Hassan Salarieh and Aria Alasty

Bachelor of Science                             2004 - 2008

Shiraz University  |  Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: Solving Differential Equations using Wavelet Transform
Supervisor: Mohammad Eghtesad