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
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!
Successful PhD Defense
Congratulations to Dr. Matt Schmitt for recently defending his PhD thesis! Matt’s thesis was titled “Development of Material Extrusion Infill Optimization Approaches for Various-Resource Entities.” The whole SMSD Group is commending you for your outstanding accomplishment, Dr. Schmitt, and wishing you the best!
Logan Successfully Defends Thesis
Congratulations to Logan Kupchanko for successfully defending his Master’s thesis! His paper was titled “Design and Computational Validation Methods of a Composite Passenger Aircraft Seat with Advanced Material Modeling Technique.” Everyone in the SMSD Group is wishing Logan the best in his future endeavours!
Yuhao Huang promotion to PhD program
SMSD is pleased to announce that Yuhao has been promoted from the MASc program to the PhD program! We are excited to have Yuhao’s hard-working attitude on our team in the coming years. Congratulations, Yuhao!
Kiarash Successful Thesis Defense
Congratulations to Kiarash Kashanian for defending his Master’s thesis “Concurrent Thickness and Material Optimization”! Everyone in the SMSD Group is excited to see your hard work paying off, and are wishing you the best in the future!
Kevin Chai promotion to PhD program
Congratulations to Kevin for being promoted from the Master’s program to the PhD program, under the supervision of Dr. Kim! We are pleased to be working with you in the coming years.
Emily Dowdell Thesis Defense
Congratulations to Emily for successfully defending her Master’s thesis titled “Deep Reinforcement Learning for Packaging Optimization“!
We are all happy to see your hard work paying off. Wishing you the best of luck in your future endeavors!
Kevin Conklin Thesis Defense!
Congratulations to Kevin Conklin for successfully defending his Master’s thesis! His thesis was titled “Topology Optimization and Additive Manufacturing-Based Parts Consolidation of an Aircraft Avionics Pedestal“. SMSD wishes Kevin the best in his future endeavors!