SMSD is pleased to announce that 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
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!
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)
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!
Successful Masters Thesis Defense
Congratulations to Jaryd Traer who has successfully defended his Master's thesis on
“High Fidelity Additive Manufacturing Process Modelling for Residual Stress and Deformation.”
Jaryd has contributed heavily to the SMSD group and will be missed. We wish you success in your future endeavours!
Welcome New SMSD Members!
Congratulations to Rubens Bohrer, Kevin Conklin, Luke Crispo, and Evan Munroe on joining the SMSD lab!
Rubens is pursuing his PhD in SMSD. He received his MASc at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica and spent five years as a development engineer at Embraer S.A.
Kevin, Luke, and Evan all earned their BASc in mechanical engineering at Queen's Applied Science and have decided to continue their studies as MASc students in SMSD.
Stephen Roper Brass Wrench Award!
Congratulations Stephen on receiving the Brass Wrench Award for the second year in a row!
The “Brass Wrench” Teaching Assistant Award is selected by fourth year mechanical engineering students in recognition of outstanding contributions to MECH 465.
Successful Masters Thesis Defenses
Congratulations to Luke Ryan and Christopher Woischwill who have both successfully defended their Master's theses on
“Finite Element Analysis of Nanometal-Polymer Hybrids with Experimental Validation” and
“Large Scale Topology Optimization.”
Luke and Chris have both made great contributions to the lab during their time in the SMSD group. We wish you all the best with your future endeavours!