Dr. Reza Tafreshi

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR  

Office Number: 228E
Office Phone: +974 423-0237
Fax Number: 4230011
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INTEREST AREAS
Reza Tafreshi, a visiting professor at Texas A&M University in Qatar and an associate researcher with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, has seven years of industrial experience. During his Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship award he developed a novel wavelet-based algorithm for effective detection of seizures in epileptic patients.

• Biomedical signal processing
• Machine fault diagnosis
• Dynamic systems and control
• Robotics and automation

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2005
• Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1995
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1991

EXPERIENCE

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar, since Jan. 2007
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, 2006
• Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of British Columbia, 2005-2006
• Sessional Instructor, The University of British Columbia, 2005

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
R. Tafreshi, F. Sassani, H. Ahmadi, G. Dumont, "An approach for the construction of entropy measure and energy map in machine fault diagnosis", ASME Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics (in print).

R. Tafreshi, F. Sassani, H. Ahmadi, G. Dumont, "Entropy measure and energy map using dictionary projection pursuit in pattern recognition applications", submitted to IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence (2008).

R. Tafreshi, F. Sassani, H. Ahmadi, G. Dumont, "Local discriminant bases in machine fault diagnosis using vibration signals", Journal of Integrated Computer-aided Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2005).

B. Ahmed, R. Tafreshi, "Using the wavelet packet transform in automatic sleep analysis", European Congress for Medical and Biomedical Engineering (Nov. 2008).

A. Zandi, G. Dumont, M. Javidan, R. Tafreshi, B.A. MacLeod, C. R. Ries, and E. Puil, "A Novel Wavelet-Based Index to Detect Epileptic Seizures Using Scalp EEG Signals", IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vancouver, Canada (Aug. 2008).

B. Ahmed, R. Tafreshi, R. Langari, "The future of automatic EEG mointoring in the intensive care", International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, Hainan , China (May 2008).

A. Zandi, R. Tafreshi, G. Dumont, C.R. Ries, B.A. MacLeod, E. Puil, "Electroconvulsive therapy: a model for seizure detection by a wavelet packet algorithm", IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Lyon, France (2007).

R. Tafreshi, G. Dumont, D. Gross, C.R. Ries, E. Puil, B.A. MacLeod "A wavelet packet measure for epilepsy detection", IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, USA (2006).

R. Tafreshi, H. Ahmadi, F. Sassani, G. Dumont, "Malfunction detection in multi-cylinder engines using wavelet packet dictionary", SAE Noise & Vibration Conference and Exhibition, Traverse City, MI, USA (2005).