Biography
Amir Shabani is currently NSERC’s Industrial Chair for Colleges (IRCC) in Smart Connected Buildings where his research team is collaborating on several applied research projects with multiple industry partners on the product development and validation of intelligent building/home automation technologies and systems.
Amir joined School of Engineering Technologies at George Brown College in September 2013. He taught courses in the Mechatronics (Electromechanical) Engineering field, including PLC-Programmable Logic Controller (Omron, Allen Bradley), Electro-pneumatic Systems, Motors and Controls, and Electronic Devices.
Amir received his PhD from Systems Design Engineering Department at the University of Waterloo, Canada, with the focus on time-series data analytics. He has extensive R&D experience in hardware and software design for advanced automation systems. He worked as hardware design engineer in electronics industry before moving to automotive industry. As Control and Instrumentation Engineer in job-sharing projects with international companies, he worked on multi-million-dollar automation projects for design and commissioning of new production lines at a car manufacturing plant
Academic Credentials
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Smart Connected Buildings, 2015-2020
P.Eng., Professional Engineers of Ontario, 2016
Postdoc: Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University, 2011
Ph.D.: Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo,2011
MSc.: Electronics Eng., University of Science and Technology, 2004
BSc.: Electrical & Electronics Eng., University of Science and Technology, 2000
Areas of Specialization
Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Expertise
Robotics
Automation Systems
Instrumentation and Control
Data Analytics
Image/Video Processing
Career Highlights
2015-present: NSERC Industrial Research Chair
2013-present: Professor of Engineering, George Brown College
2012-2014: Professor of Engineering, Sheridan College
2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
2009-2010: Research Support Eng., Wilfrid Laurier University
2007-2011: Research Assistant, University of Waterloo
2001-2006: Senior Instrumentation and Control Engineer, TAM IK Co.
1999: Electronics Engineer
Other Activities
NSERC Industrial Research Chair on Smart Connected Buildings
Member of Research and Innovation Advisory Board (RIAC) at GBC
Awards
Industrial Research Chair for Colleges (IRCC), NSERC Canada, 2015
Ontario Graduate Scholarship for Science and Tech., Ministry of Ontario, 2011
Graduate Student Award, University of Waterloo, 2010
Graduate Student Award, University of Waterloo, 2009
Best Poster Presentation Award at UW-GSR Conf., University of Waterloo, 2009
Dean’s honor, Master’s in Electrical Eng., Univ. of Science & Technology, 2003
