dr. B. (Bahar) Haghighat

I have multiple open projects for MSc or BSc thesis in three main research directions listed below. Please contact me directly with (i) your CV and (ii) your availability in the next two weeks, if you wish to set an appointment to discuss.

1. Surface Inspection using a Swarm of Miniaturized Wheeled Robots as a Mobile Sensor Network.
2. Urban Air Quality Monitoring using a Custom-Designed Low-Cost Mobile Sensor Network.
3. Visual Inspection of Urban Infrastructure using a Swarm of UAVs.

Current Lab Affiliates

• PhD Students:
  • Thiemen Siemensma, "Surface Inspection using a Swarm of Miniaturized Wheeled Robots as a Mobile Sensor Network", 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)