Dr. Kim and the members of the SMSD lab would like to congratulate one of our new alumni, Christopher Woischwill, on starting his career at General Motors Canada!
Chris, we are confident that you will be an excellent addition to the GM team. You have done a fantastic job in SMSD over many years and truly deserve this new position. Congratulations—it will be a great experience for you!
New SMSD Member Winter 2018
SMSD would like to welcome our newest member, Jack Olsen. Jack will be completing his Master's degree under the supervision of Dr. Kim.
Best of luck over the next two years!
Assistant Professorship Appointment
Congratulations to Professor Willing, a PhD student alumni of Dr. Kim, who has been hired as an assistant professor (tenure track) in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Western University.
Professor Willing completed his PhD thesis on multiobjective design optimization of total knee replacements for reduced wear and improved kinematics before moving on to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship at the Hand and Upper Limb Center (HULC) at Western University. SMSD would like to wish Professor Willing the best of luck in his new career!
For more information on Professor Willing's PhD research with SMSD, please refer to publications
15, 17, 24, 31, and 33.
Visiting PhD Student
SMSD would like to welcome Bright Yu, a PhD candidate from the Beijing Institute of Technology.
Bright will be on exchange researching with SMSD for the coming two years. We hope you enjoy your time here in Canada, Bright.
Successful Masters Defense!
Congratulations to Jon Wong who has successfully defended his Master's thesis,
“Design Optimization of Aircraft Landing Gear Assembly Under Dynamic Loading.”
We have thoroughly enjoyed working with Jon over the past two years and wish him the best of luck with his future endeavors.
5 New SMSD Members!
We have had an exciting fall, welcoming five new members to SMSD!
Wennian Yu will be joining the group as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Zuo Zhou is joining SMSD to pursue his PhD, and incoming Master's students Kevin Fritz, Patrick Kendall, and Bill Poldon will begin their graduate careers.
Welcome to everyone—we look forward to researching with you!
Alumni Professorship
Congratulations to Yingchun Bai for accepting an Assistant Professorship (Tenure Track) at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT).
We wish Yingchun the best of luck in his new and exciting career!
Teaching Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Kim, who received the Silver Wrench Award for the 2016–2017 academic year.
This award recognizes the professor who displays the most interest and enthusiasm toward Mechanical Engineering, as chosen by the graduating class.
Research Excellence Award
Congratulations to Dr. Il Yong Kim for his outstanding collaborative research work over the past year.
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science has recognized him with a 2016 Research Excellence Award.
Teaching Assistant Award
Congratulations to Stephen Roper for being awarded the 2017 Brass Wrench.
Voted on by the graduating class, this award is given to the teaching assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who displayed the greatest contribution toward their work.
Keep up the great work, Stephen—we look forward to another win next year!