B. (Bahar) Haghighat, PhD

Current Lab Affiliates

• PhD Students:
  • Thiemen Siemensma, "Developing a Swarm of Miniaturized Robots for Surface Inspection", Co-supervised with Prof. B. Jayawardhana (Spring 2023 - Present)
  • Yulyan Whayu Hadi, "Modeling and Control of Soft Robotic Gripper Systems", Co-supervised with Prof. B. Jayawardhana
    (Spring 2023 - Present)
• MSc Students:
  • Ziad Moubayed, IEM Design Project at Philips, "Automated Tray Handling Interface System for Philips Shaving Head Production", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Mohebbi (Fall 2024 - Winter 2025)
  • Brendan Dijkstra, IEM Design Project at Bollegraaf, "Bollegraaf Smart Baler: A Data-Driven Approach to Optimizing Waste Compression", Co-supervised with Dr. G. Larsen (Fall 2024 - Winter 2025)
  • Maurice Stoffijn, IEM Design Project at FMI ImProvia, "Bollegraaf Smart Baler: A Data-Driven Approach to Optimizing Waste Compression", Co-supervised with Dr. N. Szirbick (Fall - Winter 2024)
• BSc students:
  • Matei Tanasa, AI Honors College Research Project at University of Groningen, "Bayesian Decision-Making in Swarm of Wheeled Robots in Simulation in Dynamic Environments", (Fall 2024 - Fall 2025)
  • Matei Benescu, AI Honors College Research Project at University of Groningen, "Simulated Source Seeking in Miniaturized Robotic Swarms for Sensing and Inspection Applications", (Fall 2024 - Fall 2025)
  • Niels de Boer, CS Honors College Research Project at University of Groningen, "Distributed Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA) using a Swarm of Miniaturized Robots", (Fall 2024 - Fall 2025)
  • Martin Gregory-Eaves, Applied Physics Independent Research Project, "Distributed Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA) using a Swarm of Miniaturized Robots", (Fall 2024 - Fall 2025)
  • William Buitenhuis, Applied Physics Research Project at University of Groningen, "Construction and flight control of a UAV for the European Rover Challenge Competition", (Fall 2024)

Past Lab Affiliates

• MSc Students:
  • Cosmin Cirlan, ME Design Project at CIG, "Industrial Robot Programming for Grinding and Polishing Operations of Stainless Steel", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Muñoz Arias (Summer - Fall 2024)
  • Joris van Etten, ME Design Project at Batenburg Beenen, "Snack Tomato Harvesting", Co-supervised with Dr. N. Szirbick (Spring - Summer 2024)
  • Ilse Overvelde, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Developing a Mobile Sensor Node for Urban Air Quality Measurement", Co-supervised with Prof. M. Cucuzella (Spring - Summer 2024)
  • Bharath Syamala, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Autonomous Flight Control Development of Micro-Aerial Vehicle RuGo", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Muñoz Arias (Winter - Spring 2024)
  • Brendan Dijkstra, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Roadmap to Large-Scale WiFi-Based Multi-Robot Localization Systems", Co-supervised with Prof. B. Jayawardhana (Fall 2023 - Winter 2024)
  • Bjorn Noordam, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Micro-UAV Swarm for Visual Inspection", Co-supervised with Prof. B. Jayawardhana (Fall 2023 - Winter 2024)
  • Guillermo Candel Perez, IEM Design Project at FMI ImProvia, "Predictive Maintenance on Industrial Equipment", Co-supervised with Dr. E. Wilhelm (Summer 2023)
  • Toloue Sharyfy, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Simulating Vibration Propagation on In-Orbit Shell Structures using the Abaqus Simulation Software", Co-supervised with Prof. B. Jayawardhana (Spring - Summer 2023)
  • Alex Sloot, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Experimental and Simulation Study of a WiFi-Based Localization Framework", Co-supervised with Prof. B. Jayawardhana (Winter 2022 - Spring 2023)
  • Yorik Maatman, ME Design Project at ilionx, "Design and Implementation of an Application for NLP-Based Information Extraction", Co-supervised with Prof. B. Jayawardhana (Fall - Winter 2022)
• BSc Students:
  • Diana Catana, AI Honors College Research Project at University of Groningen, "An Accelerometer-Based Embedded AI/ML Model for Inspection and Predictive Maintenance", (Fall 2022 - Fall 2024)
  • Iustin Lungu, AI Honors College Research Project at University of Groningen, "An Accelerometer-Based Embedded AI/ML Model for Inspection and Predictive Maintenance", (Fall 2022 - Fall 2024)
  • Flaviu Romanescu, Physics Honors College Research Project at University of Groningen, "Power Distribution Board Design for a Model Mars Rover", (Fall 2023 - Fall 2024)
  • Oscar de Francesca, CS Honors College Research Project at University of Groningen, "Simulated Source Seeking in Miniaturized Robotic Swarms for Sensing and Inspection Applications", (Fall 2023 - Fall 2024)
  • Sofie Schurink, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Designing an Experimental Setup for a Source-Seeking Robot Swarm", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Taheri and T. Siemensma (Spring 2024)
  • Jesper Schreurs, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Optimizing the Stochatic Multi-Robot Surface Inspection Problem using Particle Swarm Optimization", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Taheri and T. Siemensma (Spring 2024)
  • Lucas Deijkers, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "An Integrated Soft Gripper System using Off-the-Shelf Sensors", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Taheri and Y. W. Hadi (Spring 2024)
  • Martijn Schippers, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Calibration and Optimization of a Collective Decision-Making Algorithm by a Robot Swarm", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Taheri and T. Siemensma (Fall 2023)
  • Lars Hof, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "An Automatic Calibration for a Soft Robot Model in Webots", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Taheri and Y. W. Hadi (Fall 2023)
  • Max Kloosterman, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Optimizing Electro-Permanent Magnet Manufacturing Process under Practical Constraints", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Taheri (Spring 2023)
  • Dordzji Moshuldayev, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Automated Deployment of Simulations using the Webots Robotic Simulator for Robot Swarm Experiments", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Taheri (Spring 2023)
  • Alec Ruiters, IEM Research Project at University of Groningen, "Developing Software for Design and Control of Electro-Permanent Magnets", Co-supervised with Dr. M. Taheri (Spring 2023)