News

Jan 26,
2026 		[paper] Our paper “Small HVAC Control Demonstrations in Larger Buildings Often Overestimate Savings” was accepted to the 2026 American Control Conference (ACC).
Nov 20,
2025 		[award] I received the Best PhD Forum Presentation Runner-up Award at ACM BuildSys 2025 in Golden, CO!
Jul 09,
2025 		[paper] Our review paper “Lessons learned from field demonstrations of model predictive control and reinforcement learning for residential and commercial HVAC: A review” was published in Applied Energy. This was my first PhD journal paper.
May 19,
2025 		[milestone] I joined Tesla as an Engineering Intern, Applied ML on the Drive Unit team!
May 02,
2025 		[award] I received the ASHRAE Graduate Student Grant-in-Aid Award!
Oct 11,
2024 		[milestone] I passed my PhD Area Exam in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue!
Jul 16,
2024 		[talk] I presented “What Have We Learned From Field Demonstrations of Advanced Commercial HVAC Control?” at the 8th International Conference on High Performance Buildings as part of the 2024 Herrick Conferences at Purdue.
Jul 15,
2024 		[talk] I gave a talk on Field Demonstrations of Advanced Commercial HVAC Control at the 2024 Intelligent Building Operations (IBO) Workshop at Purdue.
Nov 03,
2023 		[paper] Our paper “Mixing hydrogen into natural gas distribution pipeline system through Tee junctions” was published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. This was my first-ever journal paper and a major part of my MS thesis.
Oct 31,
2023 		[milestone] I defended my MS thesis “Mixing gaseous hydrogen into natural gas distribution pipelines” at the University of British Columbia.
Sep 15,
2023 		[milestone] I started my PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University!
May 30,
2023 		[award] I received the Best Paper Award at the 2023 CSME International Congress at the Université de Sherbrooke for our paper “Blending of hydrogen into a natural gas distribution pipeline in British Columbia through a tee junction for reducing GHG emissions”!
May 29,
2023 		[talk] I presented our paper “Blending of hydrogen into a natural gas distribution pipeline in British Columbia through a tee junction for reducing GHG emissions” at the 2023 CSME International Congress at the Université de Sherbrooke.
Jun 07,
2022 		[award] I received the Best Presentation Award at the Advanced Energy Symposium during the 2022 CSME International Congress at the University of Alberta for our abstract “Green Hydrogen Supply to Urban Infrastructure and Buildings through Blending into the Existing Grid”!
Jun 07,
2022 		[talk] I presented our abstract “Green Hydrogen Supply to Urban Infrastructure and Buildings through Blending into the Existing Grid” at the 2022 CSME International Congress at the University of Alberta.
Jul 15,
2021 		[talk] I presented our abstract “The Blending and Transmission of Hydrogen and Natural Gas in Transmission and Distribution Pipelines” at the 13th International Green Energy Conference (IGEC-XIII).
May 01,
2021 		[milestone] I started my MS in Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia!
Aug 01,
2020 		[milestone] I graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with Highest Distinction from the University of Tabriz, ranking first in a class of 155+ students.