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RESEARCH TEAM

UIHI Lab Director


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Ibrahim Demir

Director of Technology, CHD
Associate Professor, CEE, ECE, URP
Associate Research (Faculty) Engineer, IIHR
Faculty Affiliate, UI3, IFC, CHD, AMCS, CGRER, MATC
University of Iowa

ibrahim-demir@uiowa.edu
+1 (319) 335-5780 (office)
+1 (319) 335-5238 (fax)

Open Positions


Students and Postdocs

We are always looking for students and postdocs with strong programming skills, interested to work on JavaScript, Python, Database, Web Systems, Mobile Applications, GIS, OpenGL/WebGL, Unity, Graphic Design, AR/VR Applications, and more.. Applicants to NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) and NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF) are welcome to contact us for support.

We have several openings for Masters and PhD Graduate Research Assistantships and interns for our lab.

Researchers and Postdocs


Omer Mermer

Senior Researcher, PhD
omermer@uiowa.edu

Jerry Mount

Research Scientist, PhD
jmount@uiowa.edu

Yusuf Sermet

Research Scientist, PhD
msermet@uiowa.edu
https://myweb.uiowa.edu/msermet/

Özlem Baydaroğlu Yeşilköy

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, PhD
ozlem-baydaroglu@uiowa.edu

Graduate Students


Gregory J. Ewing

Graduate Assistant, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
gregory-ewing@uiowa.edu

Bekir Z. Demiray

Graduate Assistant, PhD, Informatics
bekirzahit-demiray@uiowa.edu

Carlos Valentin Erazo Ramirez

Graduate Assistant, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
cerazoramirez@uiowa.edu

Ram Sajja

Graduate Assistant, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
ramteja-sajja@uiowa.edu

Samiul Islam

Graduate Assistant, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
smsamiul-islam@uiowa.edu

Ali Rahmani

Graduate Assistant, PhD, Informatics
ali-rahmaniqeranqayeh@uiowa.edu

Samrat Shrestha

Graduate Assistant, MS, Computer Science
samrat-shrestha@uiowa.edu

Vinay Pursnani

Graduate Assistant, MS, Computer Science
vinay-pursnani@uiowa.edu

Uditha Karunarathne

Graduate Assistant, MS, Computer Science
udithalayank-herathmudiyanselage@uiowa.edu

Eveline Gonzalez

Graduate Assistant, MS, Informatics
eveline-gonzalez@uiowa.edu

Gabriel Vald

Graduate Assistant, MS, Informatics
gabriel-vald@uiowa.edu

Likith Anoop

Graduate Assistant, MS, Computer Science
likithanoopvenkata-kadiyala@uiowa.edu

Ege Duran

Graduate Assistant, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
ege-duran@uiowa.edu

Deepika Mitta

Graduate Assistant, MS, Data Science
deepika-mitta@uiowa.edu

Moiyyad Sufi

Graduate Assistant, MS, Data Science
msufi@uiowa.edu

Dilara Kizilkaya

Graduate Assistant, MS, Computer Science
kizilkaya@uiowa.edu

Moaiz Abrar

Graduate Assistant, MS, Computer Science
mabrr@uiowa.edu

Harshal Lele

Graduate Assistant, MS, Computer Science
harshal-lele@uiowa.edu

Undergraduate Students


Ishan Dhanani

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science
ishan-dhanani@uiowa.edu

Ella Thompson

Undergraduate Student, Chemical Engineering
ethompson8@uiowa.edu

Collaborators and Visiting Students & Scholars


Visiting Scholars
  • Baran Kaynak, 2023-present, Postdoctoral Scholar
  • Sumeyye Kaynak, 2023-present, Postdoctoral Scholar

Collaborators
  • Zhouyayan Li, 2024-present, Research Scholar
  • Yazeed Alabbad, 2024-present, Research Scholar
  • Serhan Yesilkoy, 2023-present, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Students
  • Kevin Song, 2023-present, High School

Alumni


Graduate / Full-time Students
  • Anchit Dave, 2022-2024, MS, CS
  • Beyza Cikmaz, 2022-2024, MS, Urban Planning
  • Cori Ann Grant, 2022-2023, BS, Data Science
  • Yazeed Alabbad, 2019-2023, PhD, CEE
  • Maeve Q Reynen, 2022-2023, MS, Sustainable Development
  • Stewart Sankey, 2023, MS, CS
  • Jacob Nemec, 2022-2023, BS, EES
  • M. Ali Sit, 2019-2023, PhD, Informatics (now Data Scientist at PWC)
  • Samiul Islam, 2022-2023, MS, Urban Planning (now PhD student at UIOWA)
  • Amitha George, 2022-2023, MS, CS, UIOWA
  • Nikhil Singh, 2021-2022, MS, CS, UIOWA (now Sofware Engineer at Electronic Arts (EA))
  • Enes Yildirim, 2017-2022, PhD, CEE (now GIS Coordinator at Iowa DNR)
  • Zhongrun Xiang, 2017-2022, PhD, CEE (now Principal Data Scientist, Capital One)
  • Vahid E. Akhlaghi, 2020-2022, PhD, BA, UIOWA (now Postdoc at GATech)
  • Ashani Vaidya, 2021-2022, MS, CS, UIOWA
  • Zeeshan Ahmed, 2021, MS, CS, UIOWA (now Software Engineer at Antech Diagnostics)
  • Bekir Demiray, 2021, MS, CS, UIOWA (now PhD student at UIOWA)
  • Muneeb Shahid, 2021, MS, CS, UIOWA (now Software Engineer at USC Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute)
  • Yusuf Sermet, 2015-2020, PhD, ECE (now Researcher at UIOWA)
  • Carlos Erazo Ramirez, 2019-2020, CEE, MS (now PhD student at UIOWA)
  • Isha Panvalkar, 2020, MS, CS, UIOWA
  • Muhammed Sit, 2017-2019, MS, CS, UIOWA (now PhD student at UIOWA)
  • Haowen Xu, 2015-2019, PhD, CEE, UIOWA (now Postdoc at ORNL)
  • Shobhit Narain, 2019, MS, CS, UIOWA (now Software Engineer at Google)
  • Peng Chen, 2017-2019, MS, CS (non-thesis)
  • Zhongyang Guan, 2017-2018, MS, CS, UIOWA (now Developer at Tuniu.com)
  • Dichha Rai, 2016-2017, MS, CS, UIOWA (non-thesis)
  • Mudathir Yahia, 2016-2017, MS, CS, UIOWA (now PhD student at UIOWA)
  • Suleyman Uslu, 2016-2017, MS, CS, UIOWA (now PhD student at IUPUI)
  • Enes Yildirim, 2015-2017, MS, CEE, UIOWA (now PhD student at UIOWA)
  • Haider Hameed, 2015-2017, MS, CS, UIOWA (now Software Engineer at Amazon)
  • Osman Sonmez, 2012-2013, PhD, IIHR, UIOWA (now Prof at Sakarya Univ)
Professionals
  • Dinesh J. Samuel, 2023-2024, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Chris M. Murphy, 2023, Application Developer
  • Serhan Yesilkoy, 2021-2023, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dixon Vimalajeewa, 2021, Postdoctoral Researcher (NGI Explorer)
  • Andre D. L. Zanchetta, 2017-2018, Software Developer
  • Samuel Debionne, 2015-2017, Software Developer
Part-time Students / Researchers
  • Chris M. Murphy, 2023, Application Developer
  • Muhammed Cikmaz, 2022-2024, High School (intern)
  • Talat Satilmisoglu, 2022-2024, PhD, CEE (collaborator)
  • Ege Duran, 2022-2024, BS, CEE (collaborator)
  • Riya Patil, 2023, High School (intern)
  • Anish Jain, 2023, High School (intern)
  • Satvik Sandru, 2023, High School (intern)
  • Joshua Qin, 2022-2023 High School (intern)
  • Zitong Wang, 2022-2023 High School (intern)
  • Joshua Qin, 2022, High School (intern)
  • Shiva Goli, 2022, High School (intern)
  • Sahil Bhatia, 2022, High School (intern)
  • Jiaqi Zhao, 2022, High School (intern)
  • Mehmed Sahin, 2022, High School (intern)
  • Qiuayu Gu, 2022, BS, CS
  • Beyza Cikmaz, 2021, BS, UP
  • Kane Templeton, CS, MS, 2021 (part-time)
  • Ryan Skrzypek, CSE, BS, 2021 (part-time student)
  • Kevin Nguyen, Business, BS, 2021 (part-time student)
  • Ishan Goyal, High School, 2021 (SSTP intern)
  • Edgar Babajanyan, High School, 2020-2021 (intern)
  • Akshat Gautam, High School, 2018-2021 (intern, part-time student)
  • Anson Hu, High School, 2018-2021 (intern, part-time student)
  • Indrani Ghosh, CS, MS, 2020 (collaborator)
  • Zachary Macke, 2019-2020 (undergraduate researcher)
  • Joshua Feuerstein, High School, 2019-2020 (intern)
  • Anthony Maggio, High School, 2019 (intern)
  • Aman Manazir, High School, 2018-2019 (intern)
  • Zhouyayan (Iris) Li, 2019-2020, BS, CEE (intern)
  • Takumi Niwa, 2019, BS, ECE (collaborator)
  • Arman Habib, 2019, MS, CEE (intern)
  • Runxiong Dong, 2019, MS, CS (part-time)
  • Yifan He, 2019, MS, CS, UIOWA (part-time)
  • Omar Bin Salamah, 2018, BS, CS, UIOWA (part-time)
  • Bekir Zahit Demiray, 2018, MS, CS (intern)
  • Jeremy M. Ferguson, 2018, High School (intern)
  • Flavia K. R. Hauss, 2018, BS, CEE (intern)
  • Tsutomu Fujisawa, 2017, BS, CS (intern)
  • Muhammed Sit, 2015-2017, BS, CS (intern)
  • Mary B. Windsor, 2015-2017, IIHR (researcher)
  • Paul E. Villanueva, 2016, BS, part-time (intern)
  • Bomo Shen, 2014-2016, BS, CS, UIOWA (part-time)
  • Ian Wold, 2014-2015, BS, CS, UIOWA (researcher)
  • Yusuf Sermet, 2014, BS, ECE (intern)
  • A.T.M. Saleh, 2014, part-time (remote)
  • Darnell K. Melvin Jr., 2014, BS, ISU (researcher)
  • Ramil Agliamzanov, 2013, BS, ECE (intern)
  • Rachel Cortez, 2013, BS, CEE, UIOWA (researcher)
  • Skeel Lee, 2013, part-time (Google SOC)
  • Hemant Singh, 2013, part-time (Google SOC)
  • Nikhil Upadhye, 2013, part-time (Google SOC)
  • Eric Osgood, 2012-2013, MS, MIE, UIOWA (researcher)
  • Jake Maschoff, 2012, BS, CEE, UIOWA (researcher)
  • Aaron Fisher, 2011, BS, CS, UIOWA (researcher)