Congratulations to Noah for being promoted to the PhD program, under the supervision of Dr. Kim, from a Master’s! SMSD is excited to be working with over of the coming years!
Successful Master’s Thesis Defense
Congratulations to Evan Munroe for successfully defending his Master’s thesis on “Structural Design of a Morphing Serpentine Inlet using a Multi-Material Topology Optimization Methodology“. Evan has made a great contribution to the SMSD group. We are wishing you the best of luck in your future pursuits!
Daniel Kriskapa promotion to PhD program!
SMSD is excited to announce that Daniel for will now be completing his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Kim. Congratulations, Daniel! We are looking forward to working with you over the coming years!
SMSD welcomes eight new Master’s students!
SMSD is pleased to announce eight new students will be joining the group as of summer 2020! All of these students will be pursuing their Master’s degree under the supervision of Dr. Kim. This includes:
Wesley Dossett,
Andrew Hardman,
Yuhao Huang,
Shayan Jalayer,
Owen Pintar,
Ben Sinek,
Tim Sirola,
and Melissa Young.
Best of luck over the next two years!
5 Successful Defenses and Graduations!
It’s been a busy end to the fall semester as 5 SMSD members have successfully defended their theses and will be graduating in time for Christmas! Congratulations to Dr. Chris Carrick on his PhD defense and Garrett Vierhout, Ben Blackford, Patrick Kendall, and Michael Nucci for completing their MASc degrees.
We are all happy to see your hard work paying off and you will be missed in the lab. Good luck to you all in your future endeavors!
Vlad Florea Publication!
Congratulations to Vlad Florea for his publication of “3D multi-material and multi-joint topology optimization with tooling accessibility constraints“. His paper has been published in ” Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization“. Vlad’s work greatly expands the multi-material topology optimization research suite, with the continued development of joint optimization.
The link for Vlad’s paper can be found at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00158-019-02344-1
Multiple SMSD Scholarships
Congratulations to the many SMSD students who have earned various scholarships!
Emily Dowdell: NSERC Scholarship
Kevin Conklin: NSERC Scholarship
Luke Crispo: NSERC Scholarship
Stephen Roper: OGS (Ontario Graduate Scholarship)
Rosalie Morin: Seanix Graduate Scholarship
Congratulations to Graeme Sabiston!
Graeme recently graduated with his MASc and has been hired as a flight test engineer at a Silicon Valley aerospace startup. Congratulations on your wonderful achievement, we wish you the best of luck in California; you will be very missed in the lab!
Multiple SMSD Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to many of our students on earning various scholarships. We are all proud to see your hard work pay-off, keep up the excellent work!
Benjamin Blackford: NSERC Scholarship
Kevin Fritz: R.S. McLaughlin Award
Stephen Roper: OGS (Ontario Graduate Scholarship)
Luke Crispo: OGS
Emily Dowdell: OGS
Kevin Conklin: QEII Graduate Scholarship
Evan Munroe: Zurbrigg Memorial Scholarship
Professorship Appointment at McMaster University
Congratulations to Dr. Kim on his recent appointment as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at McMaster University!