Student Supervision

Prospective students

I am available to supervise undergraduate and graduate students in the following contexts:

  • Undergraduate students
    • Undergraduate research assistantships (URAs)
    • Co-op, including NSERC USRA
    • Independent study (or reading) courses
    • Fourth-year (capstone) design projects
    • Undergraduate theses
  • Graduate students
    • Graduate research assistantships (GRAs)
    • Independent study (or reading) courses
    • Master's &ÌýPhD thesesÌý

Current students

Julie Johnson -ÌýÌýPhD in Management Sciences (in progress). AreaÌýor reserach interest is software design and management in organizations. Co-supervisedÌýwith Prof. Frank Safayeni.Ìý

Shima KamjooÌý-ÌýPhD in Management Sciences (in progress).ÌýAreaÌýor reserach interest is architecturalÌýdesign processes inÌýin organizations. Co-supervisedÌýwith Prof. Frank Safayeni.Ìý

Nazanin Nadri - PhD in Management Sciences (in prograss). Co-supervisedÌýwithÌý Prof. Selcuk OnayÌý

Justin Han - MASc in Management Science and Engineering (in progres).ÌýCo-supervisedÌýwith Prof. Frank Safayeni.Ìý

Inesh JacobÌý- Undergraduate research asssistant. Project is on exploring the use of LLMs for efficient characterization ofÌýdesign processes and ouputs

Jackie Heitzner - Undergraduate research asssistant, co-supervised with Prof. Ken McKay.Ìý Actively supporting two LITE-funded projects: TAing in the age of GenAI and assessment of alternative grading schemes inÌýdesign projects.

Recent past students

Graduate students

  • Ahmed Shahriar Sakib - MASc thesis, 2024.Ìý"".ÌýCo-supervisedÌýwith Prof. Frank Safayeni.
  • Gregory Litster -ÌýÌýMASc thesis, 2022:Ìý"" GregÌýis now pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto.
  • Meagan Flus -ÌýÌýMASc thesis, 2021: "".ÌýMeagan is now pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto.
  • Jordan Nickel -ÌýÌýMASc thesis, 2021: "".ÌýCo-supervised with Prof. Rob Duimering. Jordan is now a Project & Business Analyst at City, University of London.

Undergraduate students

  • Mariya TuretskaÌý- Undergraduate research asssistant (Fall 2024), co-supervised with . Research project is on using LLMs for analyzing design spaces
  • Mitchell PereraÌýÌý- Undergraduate research asssistant (Fall 2024), co-supervised with . Research project is on using LLMs for analyzing design spaces
  • Zach Zammit - Independent Study Course (MSCI 597, Fall 2023) on management of design in student-led design teams.Ìý
  • Selena Zhang: A psychology student from the University of Toronto, worked in winter-spring 2023 on an independent research project on cross-cultural awareness in design education.Ìý
  • Shirley Lin:ÌýA biomedical engineering student, completed a co-op term in Spring 2022,Ìýon a project understanding the differences in design tutoring between design academics and practitioners. FundedÌýby a NSERC-USRA and a LITE Grant. Co-supervisedÌýwith Prof. Oscar Nespoli.
  • Claire Treacy:ÌýA combinatorics and optimization student, completed a co-op term in Spring 2022,Ìýon a project understanding the differences in design tutoring between design academics and practitioners.Funded by a NSERC-USRA and a LITE Grant. Co-supervised with Prof. Oscar Nespoli.
  • Jerry Lu:ÌýA mechatronics engineering student, completed a co-op term in Spring 2021 funded through an NSERC USRA. Co-supervised with Prof.Ìý.
  • Irene Ni: AÌýbiomedical engineerig student, completedÌýa co-op term in Spring 2021 funded through an NSERC USRA. Irene worked towards developing a tool that allows novice designers to report and characterize their design process.
  • Christine Duong:ÌýA psychology student, completed a co-op term in winter 2021 co-op term, supportingÌýa number of reserach projects.
  • Mohammed Gad:ÌýA biomedical engineeringÌýstudent, completed a co-op term in winter 2021Ìýco-op term, on a joint project with Prof..
  • JessicaÌýLiao: An architectural engineeringÌýstudent, completed a co-op term in winter 2021Ìýco-op term, on a joint project with Prof..
  • Aaron Dai: A managemenent engineering student, completed both anÌýUndergraduate Research Assistant (FallÌý'20)Ìýand co-op student (Spring '20). He has supported a number of design research projects by conducting statistical analyses on survey and secondary data.Ìý