Mechanical Engineering doctoral student Matthew Pan is the 2013 recipient of the Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship. The $5,000 annual award is granted to a second-year Masters or PhD student who is supervised by an ICICS member, and who demonstrates excellence in multidisciplinary, application-oriented research. Matthew’s research interests are in human–machine interaction and biomedical engineering. He is currently investigating novel methods of performing human–robot co-operative manipulation of objects in the Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (CARIS), supervised by Professor Elizabeth Croft.
Motion Metrics International was founded by President and CEO Shahram Tafazoli following completion of his PhD in electrical engineering at UBC in 1997. The company, incubated in ICICS, provides intelligent monitoring solutions designed to improve safety, efficiency, and productivity in the mining industry. Now internationally successful, Motion Metrics maintains its relationship with ICICS through research partnerships and hiring of new graduates. In addition to being an ICICS member, Dr. Tafazoli is also an Adjunct Professor with the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and has co-supervised several Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. students.
We thank Dr. Tafazoli for giving back to UBC by supporting ICICS-affiliated graduate students.