^{International Conference on} Mechatronics & Robotics October 15-16, 2018 | Helsinki, Finland

Dr. T. Tashtoush is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, TX. He got his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Systems and Industrial Engineering from State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton on 2013 and 2009, respectively and his B.S. in Mechatronics - Mechanical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan on 2005. He is one of the founders and the Vise-President for The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Laredo Professional Chapter. He is the founder, faculty adviser and team leader of TAMIU DustyTRON and DustySWARM Robotics and intelligent systems teams, DustyMOTOR Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Team/Chapter, and the TAMIU Society of Woman Engineers (SWE) student Chapter, also, he is the Faculty Advisor of TAMIU Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Chapter, Students Engineering Council. In addition, Dr. Tashtoush is the West Officer for the Corpus Christi Section of IEEE and the advisory and facilitator for the Youth Science Leader of Laredo non-profit organization. He is a professional member in Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and Society of Woman Engineers (SWE) organizations, and a life-member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and the Secretary of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Chapter 296. He is a multi-discipline engineer, who has experience in the field of Systems Simulation and Design, Production Quality and Management, Lean Manufacturing, Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligent, 3D Printing Processes, Engineering Statistical Analysis, Project Management, Optimization, Instruments and Electrical Devices, Reliability, Healthcare Systems, Nano-Technology and Energy Harvesting, and Human Factors.

Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma Implementation, Health Care, Human Factors, Robotics and Automation, Process Improvements, Reliability, Electronics Packaging, Quality Control, Production Scheduling and Control, Optimization, Systems Simulation and Modeling, Statistical Process Control, STEM Education and Student Success, Artificial Intelligent, and K-12 Education.

Dr. Mehrandezh received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, and the Queens University in 1999 and 1995, respectively. He is currently an associate professor in the Industrial Systems Engineering program at the University of Regina, Canada. Mehrandezh’s research revolves around robotics, machine vision, and control. A pipe crawling robot co-invented by him was highlighted in the Popular Mechanics magazine as one of the 5 high-tech fixes to infrastructures in 2009. He also holds a patent on “design and development of an adaptable climbing machine”. Mehrandezh is a member of IEEE and served as the vice-president of the IEEE (south Saskatchewan section) for two consecutive terms. He is also a registered professional engineer (P. Eng.) in Canada.

Motion planning of co-operating robotic arms in dynamic environments, Autonomous sensor-based motion planning of robots (mobile and articulated), Computer integrated manufacturing, inspection, assembly, Remote control/analysis via Internet, Urban search and rescue robotics, Time-optimal rendezvous planning of co-operating robots for pick-and-place task sharing

Afshin Mesbahi received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Semnan University in 2007. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Sharif University of Technology in 2009 and 2014 respectively. Dr. Mesbahi is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with RAIN Lab at the University of Washington. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Rohani Lab at University of Georgia (May 2016–May 2017), a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Complex Systems Control Laboratory at University of Georgia (November 2014–April 2016), and one of the Visiting Research Scholars with New Mexico State University (March 2013–June 2013) and University of L’Aquila in Italy (October 2012–February 2013).

His current research interests focus primarily on distributed coordination algorithms, matrix decomposition, network control, computational neuroscience, power grids, stochastic modeling of epidemiology, and generally lie in the area of modeling, analysis, and control of large-scale networks.

Valery Komissarova is an advisor & mentor to early-stage startups in frontier tech space in the areas of marketing, business development & fundraising. Until recently, she was a Principal at Grishin Robotics, first hardware-only VC firm. As the first employee, Valery played instrumental role in getting firm's brand off the ground as well as building its investment portfolio, ultimately leading to a successful fundraising of $100M fund. She sourced multiple investments in Grishin Robotics's portfolio, including Spire, littleBits, Zipline, Sphero and others. Prior to that, Valery worked in engineering, marketing & business development roles at multiple startups, most notably - Mail.Ru Group, which became the largest internet-company in Eastern Europe and went public on LSE in 2010.

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