Director
Director
Reza Faieghi, PhD
Reza Faieghi is an assistant professor in the aerospace engineering department at Toronto Metropolitan University. Since starting his appointment in August 2020, he has founded the Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory (AVL), which focuses on control systems and machine learning research in aerospace engineering.
PhD Students
Master Students
Undergraduate Students
Recent Graduates
Alumni & Past Visitors
18. Jann Cristobal, Sep 2022 - Aug 2025.
Thesis Title: Design, Modeling and Control of an Omnidirectional Quadrotor with Gimballed Rotor
17. Basaam Rassas, Sep 2023 - Aug 2025.
Thesis Title: A Scalable Framework For Air-to-Air Object Detection And Tracking Using Simulated UAV Imagery
16. Shashank Singoji, Sep 2023 - Aug 2025.
Thesis Title: Air-to-Air Object Detection, Tracking, and Prediction
15. Surrayya Mobeen, Sep 2023 - Aug 2025.
Thesis Title: Computationally Efficient Moving Horizon Estimator for Linear Time-Invariant Systems
14. Robert Barnsley, Sep 2022 - Jan 2025
Thesis Title: The Conceptualization, Design, and Development of a Variable Incidence Swept Wing for Vertical Flight
13. Nasim Fallahi, Sep 2022 - Aug 2023.
Thesis Title: Fault-tolerant control of space systems in the presence of component faults
12. Jason Xi, May 2021 - Apr 2023.
Research Area: Biomedical analysis of human-seat interactions
11. Miqdad Khimji, May 2022 – Dec 2022.
Research Area: Thrust vectoring quadrotor
10. Tanmay Bishnoi, May 2022 – Dec 2022.
Research Area: Visual simultaneous localization and mapping
9. Gaurang Kotasthane, May 2022 – Dec 2022.
Research Area: Thrust vectoring quadrotor
8. Atharva Khanduja, May 2022 – Dec 2022.
Research Area: State estimation methods in PX4
7. Obidah Alawneh, Sep 2020 – Aug 2022.
Thesis Title: Computational methods application for musculoskeletal analysis for seating comfort
6. Vishaal Venkatesh, Sep 2020 – Aug 2022.
Thesis Title: Intelligent systems for active noise control within aircraft cabins
5. Anas Saad, Aug 2020 – Aug 2021.
Thesis Title: Reinforcement learning fuzzy algorithm for adaptive cabin management system with the application for adaptive interior lighting
4. Ali Aboubih, May 2021 – May 2022.
Thesis Title: Deep reinforcement learning controller design for unmanned aerial vehicles
3. Anika Shafi, Jun 2021 – Apr 2022.
Research Area: Seating pose tracking of aircraft passengers using computer vision
2. Jann Cristobal, May 2021 – Apr 2022.
NSERC USRA
Research Area: Adaptive-shape quadrotor design
1. Syed Jafri, May 2021 – Dec 2021.
Undergraduate research assistant
Research Area: Hybrid electric propulsion for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle