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!
Dr. Kim featured in Canadian Auto News!
Dr. Kim has recently been featured in Automotive News Canada for his and his group’s contribution to automotive research!
Multi-Material Topology Optimization Publication!
Student recently had his paper published in the the journal. The paper is titled “the paper title”
Congratulations, Student!
Link to paper
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Expanding Research Suite with GM Canada!
Dr. Kim and SMSD are thrilled to announce that the current collaboration with General Motors Canada will be expanding into a suite of new research topics. Look forward to new focus in areas including design optimization, topology optimization, lightweight design, multi-material design, large-scale optimization, and parts integration over the coming years of the research collaboration.
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.
New Research in Metal Coated Polymers!
SMSD and Dr. Kim are excited to announce a new research collaboration with General Dynamics!
Building on previous work investigating the analysis of metal-coated polymers, SMSD will now be working toward “Multi-physics Modeling and Topology Optimization for Metal Coated Polymer Structures”.
We look forward to the revelations that will come from this collaboration.
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.
Expanded Research Collaboration with Magna Powertrain!
Congratulations to Dr. Kim, Magna Powertrain, and SMSD for their recently expanded research collaboration in ultra-high strength steels.
The new venture will explore “Automotive Weight Reduction through Nonlinear Finite Element Modeling, Fatigue Analysis, and Optimization of Hot Stamped Ultra-High Strength Steels”.
Look forward to exciting publications in the future.
New Research Collaboration with Pratt & Whitney Canada
We are excited to announce that SMSD will expand our partnership with Pratt & Whitney Canada into Multi-disciplinary Topology Optimization for Metal Additive Manufacturing under Uncertainty.
We look forward to a profound collaboration over the coming years.