Current HQP

Faculty

Dr Geoff Fink

Geoff Fink received the B.Sc. degree in computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 2007, the M.Sc. degree in computer and electrical engineering from the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in control systems from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, in 2018 under the supervision of Dr Alan Lynch and Dr Martin Jagersand.

From 2018-2021 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Dynamic Legged Systems lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia with Dr. Claudio Semini. Since 2021 has been a faculty member at the Department of Engineering at Thompson Rivers University, and currently holds the rank of Assistant Professor.

His research interests include robotics, visual servoing, sensing, perception, state estimation, and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM).

Graduate Students

Ylenia Nisticò

PhD Student October 2021 – Present
Topic:
Co-Supervisor: Claudio Semini

She received the B.Sc degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2018, and the M.Sc. degree in Robotic and Automation Engineering in 2021 from the University of Pisa, Italy.

She has been guest student at the Dynamic Legged Systems (DLS) lab, at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy, where she worked on her M.Sc. thesis.

Currently, she is a Ph.D student in Advanced and Humanoid Robotics at DLS. Her research interests include robotics, state estimation, perception, vision, and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM).

Undergraduate Students

Mitacs Student

Mitcas Globalink Research Internship, May – August 2024
Current University and program of study
Project Title: Quadruped Robot Perception

Mitacs Student

Mitcas Globalink Research Internship, May – August 2024
Current University and program of study
Project Title: Quadruped Robot Perception

Mitacs Student

Mitcas Globalink Research Internship, May – August 2024
Current University and program of study
Project Title: Quadruped Robot Perception

Past HQP