CV
This page covers all my Curriculum Vitae (CV).
General Information
| Name | Pouyan Asgharian |
| Emails | pouyan.asgharian@ieee.org |
| pouyan.asgharian@usherbrooke.ca | |
| Location | Montreal, Canada |
Education
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2021 Sherbrooke, Canada
PhD in Robotics
Université de Sherbrooke
A wards & Grants
- Recipient of Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (BSI) grant (x4) (2023-25)
- Scholarship recipient under the CoRoM program (CRSNG FONCER) (2023)
- Winner of 2 Minutes of Engineering competition - Université de Sherbrooke (2022)
- Awarded the Eureka Scholarship - Université de Sherbrooke (2021)
- Recipient of two governmental awards from Iran's National Elites Foundation(2017, 2019)
- Co-Authored Chapter in Iran's Best Electrical Industry Book (2018)
- Ranked in the top 3 of all M.Sc. electrical engineering students - University of Zanjan (2016)
Research Experience
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April 2024-present Montreal, Canada
Pfizer
- Working on the automation and robotization of laboratory workflows using the Mecademic Meca500 robot. The project focuses on integrating AI-driven learning methods to develop an intuitive and adaptable robotic solution for lab processes.
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Jan.2024-Feb.2024 Montreal, Canada
National Research Council (NRC), Canada
Part-time Volunteer Researcher- Served as a part-time volunteer researcher, focusing on electronic circuit design and robotic simulations for a collaborative cobotic drilling project.
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Sept.2017-Aug.2019 Tehran, Iran
Iran National Elites Foundation
Full-Time Research Engineer- Worked full-time under a governmental research grant. The project was about proposing an optimal design for electrical circuits in ships to reduce electromagnetic noise, costs, and increase reliability.
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Sept.2014-Sept.2016 Zanjan, Iran
Master Dissertation
- The objective was to apply the Model Predictive Control (MPC) method to interface power electronics converters, aiming to increase efficiency and improve power quality ["Modeling and modern control of distributed generation systems based on microturbine and storage for intelligent operation of the distribution networks"].
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Apr.2012-Oct.2014 Tabriz, Iran
Member of TOSAN Surface Vehicle group
Electrical Engineer- I contributed to the electronics and control parts of the Tosan surface vehicle, a student-based project financially supported by the university. Our efforts earned us nominations for several awards, including the admirable prize at the sixth national Harkat festival, Sharif University of Technology, Iran.
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Sept.2013-Sept.2014 Tabriz, Iran
Multi-output LED driver for balancing rectifier DC-link voltage
- The objective of this project was to design a reliable multi-output circuit capable of maintaining stable voltages across all branches. The circuit achieved stability at different voltage levels on all outputs while ensuring sinusoidal currents.
Professional Experience
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Sept.2022-Oct.2023 Montreal, Canada
Acrylic Robotics
- Full-time robotics engineering intern at an art-tech startup. Responsibilities included process and product development, hands-on work with Meca500, Kinova Gen3 Lite, Gen3, and Link6 robotic arms, and participation in events, demos, and technical workshops.
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June 2020-Sept.2020 Rasht, Iran
Noavaran Sabz Farda (NSF) company
- I worked as an electrical engineer in the R&D department of this company, which is one of the leading manufacturers of security electric fences in Iran.
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Nov.2019-June 2020 Bandar Anzali
Sayal Abzar Daghigh Mihan (SAM) company
- This company manufactures devices for the electrical analysis of water quality (chlorine, PH, conductivity, etc.) and it is one of the most renowned companies in Iran. I worked as an electrical engineer in the R&D department.
Teaching Experience
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Sept.2018-Sept.2019 Bandar Anzali, Iran
Lecturer, Mooj Institute of Higher Educations
- Taught undergraduate courses and labs across control systems and electronics domains. Courses Logic Electronics Lab, Electronics Lab, Industrial Control, Industrial Electronics, Power System Analysis, Single-phase and Special Purpose Motors, Electrical Machinery II
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2015, 2016 Zanjan, Iran
Teaching Assistant, University of Zanjan
- Teaching assistant for undergraduate and graduate-level courses. Courses Electrical Machinery I, Power Electronics
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2016 Bandar Anzali, Iran
Robotics and Astronomy teaching at Bu-Ali Sina student research centre
Conferences & Workshops
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Summer Schools
- Montreal Robotics Summer School (MRSS) - Mila, Montreal (2024)
- FRQS AI Summer School - Concordia University, Montreal (2023)
- INTER-REPAR Summer School - Université de Sherbrooke (2022)
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Presentations
- Judge at RoboHacks Hackathon - McGill University, Montreal (2023)
- Presenter, 11th Power Electronics, Drive Systems, and Technologies Conference (PEDSTC), Tehran (2020)
- Presenter, 24th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), Shiraz (2016)
- Presenter, International Conference on New Research Achievements in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tehran (2016)
- Presenter, National Astronomical Conference at Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University (2012)
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Attendance
- Canadian Robotics Council (CRC) - Montreal (2023)
- CoRoM Summer Forum - ÉTS, Montreal (2023)
- 23rd & 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) - USA (2021, 2022)
- 4th, 5th & 6th IPM Advanced School on Computing & AI - Iran (2020-22)
- TransAIR Workshop on Cognitive Architectures for Robot Agents - University of Bremen (2021)
- Healthcare Robotics (HeRo) Summit - University of Toronto (2021)
- 31st International Power System Conference (PSC) - Iran (2016)
- 1st Asian Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Wave Optics (ASEPE) - Iran (2012)
- Workshop about Learning of new moon's observation, North Star Scientific Research Institute - Iran (2012)
- Astrophotography workshop, Ayaz Astronomical Society - Iran (2011, 2012)
Leadership & Engagement
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Academic Involvement & Service
- Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (since 2021)
- Member, IEEE Computer Society (since 2024)
- Member, Young Researchers and Elite Club of Iran (since 2017)
- Student board member, HCI International Conference (2021-2022)
- Member, Iran Electrical Electronics Engineers Association - Gilan Branch (2018-2020)
- Member of IAENG (International Association of Engineers) (2018-2020)
- Editorial Board of American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (EPES) (2019 - 2020)
- Member of Iranian Solar Energy Scientific Society (2018-2019)
- Member of Iran's Energy Association, Gilan Branch (2016-2018)
- Member of reviewer committee at the second international conference on electrical engineering, Ardabil, Iran (2017)
- Head of Astronomy Society, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University (2012-2013)
- Member of Ayaz Astronomical Society, Tabriz (2011-2015)
- Member of Astronomical Helix Magazine of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University (2011-2013)
- Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals and conferences like IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
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Mentorship & Outreach
- Volunteer mentor, Mentspot (2022-present)
- Student mentor, Université de Sherbrooke (Fall 2023)
- Mentor, WiML Mentorship Program (Oct 2023-Mar 2024)
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Science Communication
- Robo Tik podcast (2022-present) Persian-languag podcast on robotics and AI
- Sherbotics podcast (2021-2022) English-language podcast on robotics - collaboration with CFAK radio station
- Course 'Zero to Hero of Scientific Paper Writing' in collaboration with Faranesh website (it is available on my YouTube channel)
- Founder of ElEcTic website (2014 - 2020) a Persian-language website on electronics and robotics topics
Certifications
| Other | |||
| Québec Scientific Entrepreneurship (QcSE) Program | V1 Studio 2025 | DOC | |
| Robotics | ||||
| Drone Pilot Certificate | Basic Operations | Transport Canada 2021 | DOC | |
| Electronics | ||||
| Design and Manufacturing of LED Display Panels | GPA 98/100, 21 hours | Poul Gilan Complex (Iran) & ANCCP (Italy) 2018 | DOC | |
| Electronics | ||||
| Installation and Wiring of Electrical Circuits Inside Buildings | 126 hours | Iran Technical Vocational Training Organization 2015 | DOC | |
| Programming | ||||
| Programming and Installation of PLC S7-300 | 140 hours | Iran Technical Vocational Training Organization 2014 | DOC | |
| Electronics | ||||
| Installation and Troubleshooting of Protective and Security Systems | 315 hours | Iran Technical Vocational Training Organization 2014 | DOC | |
| Robotics | ||||
| Begin Robotics | 12 hours | University of Reading (UK) 2019 | DOC | |
| Software | |||
| Tulip Essentials Certified | Tulip University 2024 | DOC | |
| Programming | |||
| The Local LLM Crash Course | Udemy 2024 | DOC | |
| Robotics | ||||
| Industrial Robotics | 6 hours | Udemy 2024 | DOC | |
| AI | |||
| Introdu ction to Generative AI | Coursera 2023 | DOC | |
| Programming | |||
| Machine Learning for Everyone | DataCamp 2021 | DOC | |
| Programming | |||
| Intro to Machine Learning | Kaggle 2022 | DOC | |
| Programming | |||
| Reinforcement Learning in Python | Udemy 2021 | DOC | |
| Software | |||
| ROS 1 | Udemy 2021 | DOC | |
| Software | |||
| ROS 1 | Udemy 2021 | DOC | |
| Other | |||
| Confidence and self esteem_Develop Confident Body Language | Udemy 2024 | DOC | |
| Other | |||
| 10 Ways to Stay Motivated While Job Hunting | Linkedin Learning 2022 | DOC | |
Skills
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Programming Languages
- Python
- MATLAB
- C++
- C
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Robots
- Kinova Gen3
- Kinova Gen3 lite
- Kinova Link6
- Universal Robots UR5
- Mecademic Meca500
- TIAGo PAL Robotics
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Software & Tools
- ROS 1&2
- Gazebo, PyBullet, Robosuite, RoboDK, Webots
- ML and computer vision frameworks
- Simulink
- Pycharm, VS Code, Spyder
- PSCAD, PSAT, DIgSILENT Power Factory
- Fritzing, Proteus, BASCOM AVR, Codevision AVR
- AutoCAD electrical, FreeCAD
- LaTeX
- HD 2016, HDR, SWiSH Max
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Embedded Systems
- Arduino
- Raspberry Pi
- ESP32
- AVR
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Soft Skills
- Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Problem Solving
Languages
| Persian | Native |
| English | Fluent |
| French | B1 (TEFAQ) |
References
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François Ferland
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke francois.ferland@usherbrooke.ca -
Reza Noroozian
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Zanjan noroozian@znu.ac.ir