Congratulations to Jonathan Ryu for successfully defending his thesis,
“Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Retractable Nose Landing Gears with Two Degrees of Freedom Considering Out of Plane Loading.”
On behalf of all SMSD members, it has been an absolute pleasure working with Jonathan,
and we wish him all the best in the future.
Daniel Krsikapa Passes PhD Comp B Exam
Congratulations to Daniel Krsikapa on successfully passing his
PhD Comp B Exam!
He did a beautiful job!
Dylan Eisen Receives 2022 Dean’s Teaching Assistant Award
Congratulations to Dylan Eisen on receiving the
2022 Dean’s Teaching Assistant Award!
Dylan put in outstanding work as a teaching assistant for MECH 310 and
MECH 323 over the past year.
Keep up the great work, Dylan!
New SMSD Server Installed
Our new server was successfully installed, and is up and running!
Codenamed Lucky Cat, the server is sporting a total of 96 computer processing unit (CPU) cores,
192 CPU threads, 2 terabytes of random-access memory (RAM),
4 graphics processing units (GPU), and over 25 terabytes of storage.
Congratulations to Noah Ray and Kevin Chai for all their work on successfully installing the new server!
Luke Crispo Completes PhD Comp B Exam
Congratulations to Luke Crispo for successfully completing his
PhD Comp B exam!
The examiners noted that the decision was so easy!
Rosalie Morin Completes MASC Thesis Exam
Congratulations to Rosalie Morin for successfully completing her
MASc thesis exam!
Her research was very well received!
Stephen Roper Defends Thesis
Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Roper for successfully defending his thesis,
“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 very best in the future.
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
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 wish him the very best in his future career!
Way to go, Vishrut!