Intelligent Automation

Research Lab. (iAR Lab)

Hiring M.S. and Ph.D. Students

Dr. Jihyun Lee

Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering/ University of Calgary
2019-04-02
Position description

• Hiring position
• M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

• Start from
• Summer or Fall of 2019

• The minimum requirements for those who wish to join in our

lab are as follows:
1) Have completed dynamics, vibration and control courses with a grade
of A- or above
2) Have experienced in hands-on experiments
3) Have project experience with MATLAB, C++ or Python

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 Current research topics

1 Robot machining (Ph.D.)

• Objective : Dynamic analysis and accuracy improvement
• Application: Aerospace
• Brief work description
• Dynamic modeling
• Position control with sensors and laser tracker
Boeing’s
Fuselage Automated Upright Build (FAUB) Project
• Machining

2 Active vibration absorber(Ph.D.)

f1
X1 U(t) • Objective : Vibration reduction of systems varying dynamics
K1
• Application: Manufacturing, automobile
K2 • Brief work description
C1 M1 M1 M2
C2
Active TMD
• Target system modeling
Structure
• Control logic development
• Mechanical-electronic system development

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Current research topics (cont.)

3 Intelligent monitoring and predictive maintenance(M.S.)

• Objective : Fault detection/prediction
• Application: Pipeline engineering
• Brief work description
• Modal analysis
• Signal processing
Pipeline • Machine learning and deep learning

4 Future research topics

• Automatic model update in Cyber-Physical-Systems
• Human-machine-interface
• Automation with vision
• Energy harvesting with mode coupling
• Any fun topics 

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iAR Lab’s Benefits & Rules

• What can be obtained as our lab members is as follows:

1) Salary (21K~24K)
2) An additional performance bonus (depending on # of journal publications,
awards, and other work)
3) Carefully supervised according to your desired career
4) Building career networks in manufacturing, aerospace and pipeline
engineering communities in Canada, the United States and Korea
5) Chance to attend domestic and international conferences
6) Summer vacation (two weeks)
• Rules in our lab
1) Passion to achieve your goal (one Journal and one conference paper per year)
2) Diligence (Basic working hour: 9 am to 5 pm, should be on campus from 10 am
to 4 pm)
3) Honesty
4) Working with colleagues
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Application

• Application documents
1. CV (including GPA)
2. Transcripts and TOEFL result
3. Statement of Interest
4. Any papers or thesis you wrote.
• Please check the minimum requirement at the MME department website
https://www.ucalgary.ca/future-students/graduate/explore-programs/mechanical-manufacturing-engineering-doctor-philosophy-thesis-based

Please send them to my email: jihyun.lee@ucalgary.ca

Who is Dr. Jihyun Lee?

Profile: https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/contacts/jihyun-lee
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=nDMhFS8AAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jihyun-lee-ba68211b/