Congratulations to Dylan Eisen for receiving the 2022 Dean’s Teaching Assistant Award! Dylan put in outstanding work as a teaching assistant for MECH 310 and MECH 323 this past year. Keep up the great work Dylan!
Stephen Roper Publication in SMO
Stephen recent had his paper published to Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization! His paper is titled “Integrated topology and packaging optimization using coupled
material and component pseudo-densities”. Congratulations, Stephen!
Link to paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00158-021-02992-2
Stephen Roper Defends Thesis
Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Roper for successfully defending his thesis! Stephen’s paper was titled “Integrated Topology and Packaging Optimization Using the Component-Existence Model”.
Stephen has been an invaluable source of knowledge and experience for many in SMSD, and we are all wishing him the best in the future!
Rubens Publication to Composite Structures
Congratulations to Rubens Bohrer for his recent publication to Composite Structures! His paper is titled “Concurrent topology and stacking sequence optimization of composite laminate plates using lamination parameters” and introduces a methodology for simultaneous optimization of both topology and composite stacking sequence. Incredible work, Rubens!
Link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114556
Shayan Promoted to PhD Program
Congratulations to Shayan for recently being promoted to the PhD program from MASc! He will be working under the supervision of Dr. Kim. Shayan, we are thrilled to have you on our team over the next several years!
SMSD Scholarship Recipients
SMSD is pleased to announce our scholarship recipients for this year. Congratulations to all of you!
Luke Crispo: Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral, 2021 – 2024
Wesley Dossett: NSERC Scholarship Recipient
Tim Sirola: NSERC Scholarship Recipient
Zane Morris: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Recipient
Luke Crispo Publication in IJNME
Congratulations to Luke Crispo for his recent publication in the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering! Luke’s paper titled “Part consolidation for additive manufacturing: A multilayered topology optimization approach” presents a novel method for part consolidation using a multi-objective problem statement in topology optimization.
Well done, Luke!
Link to paper : https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6754
Rubens Publication in SMO
Rubens recently published his paper “Multi-material topology optimization considering isotropic and anisotropic materials combination” in Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Rubens’ paper looks into new methods for multi-material topology optimization that aim to maintain computational efficiency.
Congratulations Rubens!
Link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-021-02941-z
Vishrut Successfully Defends PhD
SMSD sends massive congratulations to Dr. Vishrut Shah for recently defending his PhD thesis “Multi-Material Topology Optimization Considering Dissimilar Material Joining Cost and Natural Frequency”.
Vishrut has been an integral part of SMSD. We are all sad to see him go and wishing him the best in his future career!
Way to go Vishrut!
Kiarash publication in SMO
Kiarash Kashanian recently published his paper titled “A novel method for concurrent thickness and material optimization of non-laminate structures” in Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization! The paper introduces a gradient-based approach for simultaneous thickness and material optimization using fully analytical sensitivities. Congratulations, Kiarash!
Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-021-02928-w