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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


M. Yusuf Sermet

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

Özlem Baydaroğlu Yeşilköy

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

Dinesh Jackson Samuel

Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD
dravindrancharles@uiowa.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinesh-jackson-samuel-9ab0ba29/

Chris M. Murphy

Application Developer
cmmurphy@uiowa.edu

Baran Kaynak

Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD
bkaynak@uiowa.edu

Sümeyye Kaynak

Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD
skaynak@uiowa.edu

Graduate Students


Yazeed Alabbad

Graduate Assistant, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
yazeed-alabbad@uiowa.edu

Gregory J. Ewing

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

Zhouyayan (Iris) Li

Graduate Assistant, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
zhouyayan-li@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

Talat Satilmisoglu

Graduate Assistant, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Samiul Islam

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

Ali Rahmani

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

Beyza Cikmaz

Graduate Assistant, MS, Urban Planning
atiyebeyza-cikmaz@uiowa.edu

Anchit Dave

Graduate Assistant, MS, Computer Science
anchit-dave@uiowa.edu

Maeve Q Reynen

Graduate Assistant, MS, Sustainable Development
maeve-reynen@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

Stewart Sankey

Graduate Assistant, MS, Computer Science
stewart-sankey@uiowa.edu

Gabriel Vald

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

Likith Anoop

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

Undergraduate Students


Cori Ann Grant

Undergraduate Student, Data Science
coriann-grant@uiowa.edu

Jacob Nemec

Undergraduate Student, BS, EES
jacob-nemec@uiowa.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-nemec-b70664229

Part-time Students and Collaborators


Students
  • Enes Yildirim, 2022-present, PhD, Collaborator
  • Zhongrun Xiang, 2022-present, PhD, Collaborator
  • Serhan Yesilkoy, 2023-present, PhD, Collaborator
  • Muhammed Sit, 2023-present, PhD, Collaborator
  • Ege Duran, 2022-present, BS, Collaborator
  • Eslim Rana Emiroğlu, 2023, BS, Collaborator
  • Muhammed Cikmaz, 2022-present, High School (intern)
  • Riya Patil, 2023-present, High School (intern)
  • Anish Jain, 2023-present, High School (intern)
  • Satvik Sandru, 2023-present, High School (intern)
  • Kevin Song, 2023-present, High School (intern)

Alumni


Graduate / Full-time Students
  • M. Ali Sit, 2019-2023, PhD, Informatics
  • Samiul Islam, 2022-2023, MS, Urban Planning
  • Amitha George, 2022-2023, MS, CS, UIOWA
  • Nikhil Singh, 2021-2022, MS, CS, UIOWA
  • 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
  • Bekir Demiray, 2021, MS, CS, UIOWA (now PhD student at UIOWA)
  • Muneeb Shahid, 2021, MS, CS, UIOWA
  • Yusuf Sermet, 2015-2020, PhD, ECE (now Postdoc 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
  • 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 at Amazon)
  • Osman Sonmez, 2012-2013, PhD, IIHR, UIOWA (now Prof at Sakarya Univ)
Researchers
  • Serhan Yesilkoy, 2021-2023, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Dixon Vimalajeewa, Postdoc, CS, 2021 (NGI Explorer)
  • Andre D. L. Zanchetta, 2017-2018, Software Developer
  • Samuel Debionne, 2015-2017, Software Developer
Part-time Students / Researchers
  • 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)