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 & PhD theses 

Current students

Julie Johnson -  PhD in Management Sciences (in progress). Area or reserach interest is software design and management in organizations. Co-supervised with Prof. Frank Safayeni. 

Shima Kamjoo - PhD in Management Sciences (in progress). Area or reserach interest is architectural design processes in in organizations. Co-supervised with Prof. Frank Safayeni. 

Nazanin Nadri - PhD in Management Sciences (in prograss). Co-supervised with  Prof. Selcuk Onay 

Justin Han - MASc in Management Science and Engineering (in progres). Co-supervised with Prof. Frank Safayeni. 

Mariya Turetska - Undergraduate research asssistant, co-supervised with Esdras Paraviso. Research project is on using LLMs for analyzing design spaces

Mitchell Perera  - Undergraduate research asssistant, co-supervised with Esdras Paraviso. Research project is on using LLMs for analyzing design spaces

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

Recent past students

Graduate students

• Ahmed Shahriar Sakib - MASc thesis, 2024. "Automating protocol analysis with generative AI: Classifying questios in design review meetings using GPT-4". Co-supervised with Prof. Frank Safayeni.
• Gregory Litster -  MASc thesis, 2022: "Using systems mapping to understand design framing" Greg is now pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto.
• Meagan Flus -  MASc thesis, 2021: "An exploratory study of experiences of design at hackathons". Meagan is now pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto.
• Jordan Nickel -  MASc thesis, 2021: "Trade-offs in design: A theory building qualitative study on the role of problem formulation and framing in resolving trade-offs in design". Co-supervised with Prof. Rob Duimering. Jordan is now a Project & Business Analyst at City, University of London.

Undergraduate students

• Zach Zammit - Independent Study Course (MSCI 597, Fall 2023) on management of design in student-led design teams. 
• 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. 
• Shirley Lin: A biomedical engineering student, completed a co-op term in Spring 2022, on 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.
• Claire Treacy: A combinatorics and optimization student, completed a co-op term in Spring 2022, on 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: A mechatronics engineering student, completed a co-op term in Spring 2021 funded through an NSERC USRA. Co-supervised with Prof. Alison Olechowski.
• Irene Ni: A biomedical engineerig student, completed a 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: A psychology student, completed a co-op term in winter 2021 co-op term, supporting a number of reserach projects.
• Mohammed Gad: A biomedical engineering student, completed a co-op term in winter 2021 co-op term, on a joint project with Prof. Alison Olechowski.
• Jessica Liao: An architectural engineering student, completed a co-op term in winter 2021 co-op term, on a joint project with Prof. Alison Olechowski.
• Aaron Dai: A managemenent engineering student, completed both an Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall '20) and co-op student (Spring '20). He has supported a number of design research projects by conducting statistical analyses on survey and secondary data.