Student Research Opportunities
There are many opportunities for students to get involved with the groundbreaking research conducted by over 50 research groups at MIE.
Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering students interested in working with research groups or pursuing a thesis project may:
- contact faculty members directly to inquire about research opportunities or potential thesis project supervision.
Master of Engineering (MEng) students interested in pursuing an MEng project may:
- browse available MEng projects in the table below.
- contact faculty members directly to inquire about research opportunities or potential thesis project supervision.
Master of Applied Science (MASc) and PhD students conduct research with the support of their supervisor.
Interested postdoctoral candidates can explore the Postdoctoral Fellows Portal or browse open positions on our Careers page.
Prospective graduate students interested in getting involved in research at MIE should review our Programs Overview page.
| Fall 2026 | Process Development to Convert 3D Printed Prototypes to Injection Molded Parts | Please contact Prof. Janet Lam (jy.lam@utoronto.ca) | Operations Research and Mechanics and Design |
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| Fall 2026 | Enhancing Patient Safety Incident Management through Workflow Optimization and Microsoft Copilot Integration | Please contact Prof. Alfred Myrtede (myrtede.alfred@utoronto.ca) | Human Factors |
| Fall 2026 | Machine Health Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance using AI | Please contact Prof. Dhavalkumar Patel (dhaval.patel@utoronto.ca) and (chiguhn.lee@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2026 | Building Multi-Agent AI Systems for Real-World Applications | Please contact Prof. Dhavalkumar Patel (dhaval.patel@utoronto.ca) and (chiguhn.lee@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2026 | Next-Generation Aerogel Materials for EV Battery Safety and Clean Technologies | Please contact Prof. Hani Naguib ( hani.naguib@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Electrically and Thermally Functional Carbon-Negative Nanocomposites for Smart Systems | Please contact Prof. Hani Naguib ( hani.naguib@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Recyclable and Bio-Based Carbon-Negative Polymer Composites for Circular Manufacturing | Please contact Prof. Hani Naguib ( hani.naguib@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Advanced liquid repellent fabrics | Please contact Prof. Kevin Golovin ( kevin.golovin@utoronto.ca) | Materials and Thermofluids |
| Fall 2026 | Evaluation of drone icing | Please contact Prof. Kevin Golovin ( kevin.golovin@utoronto.ca) | Thermofluids, Mechanics and Design and Materials |
| Fall 2026 / Winter 2027 | Evaluating Tabular Foundation Models in Real-World Applications | Please contact Prof. Eldan Cohen ( eldan.cohen@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning and Information Engineering |
| Fall 2026 / Winter 2027 | Large Language Models (LLMs) for Code Generation and Constraint Modelling | Please contact Prof. Eldan Cohen ( eldan.cohen@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning, Operations Research, Information Engineering |
| Fall 2026 / Winter 2027 | Agentic Robotics for Long-Horizon Real-World Manipulation | Please contact Prof. Ramy ElMallah (ramy.elmallah@mail.utoronto.ca) | Robotics and Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2026 / Winter 2027 | Multimodal Robot Intelligence with Vision-Language-Action Models | Please contact Prof. Ramy ElMallah (ramy.elmallah@mail.utoronto.ca) | Robotics and Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2026 / Winter 2027 | Reinforcement Learning for Robust Robot Skills | Please contact Prof. Ramy ElMallah (ramy.elmallah@mail.utoronto.ca) | Robotics and Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2026 / Winter 2027 | Robotics Simulation Infrastructure for Scalable Sim-to-Real Research | Please contact Prof. Ramy ElMallah (ramy.elmallah@mail.utoronto.ca) | Robotics and Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2026 | Unravelling The Complex Process-Structure-Property Relationships In Polymers Using Artificial Intelligence | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials and Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2026 | Thermoresponsive Composites for Home Hemodialysis Vein Visualization | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Synthesis of Advanced Industrial Composites from Recycled Polymer Waste - Paving Pathways to Sustainable Innovation | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Polymer Processing, Aerogels, and Stereocomplexation-Driven Materials Design | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Nano-Structured Hierarchically Reinforced Biocomposites | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Multicomponent Nb-Based Oxide Anodes for Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Microstructure Modification, Mechanisms, And Future Outlook In Polymer Foaming | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Mechanical Enhancement of Carbon-Fiber Epoxy Composites using Hybrid Composite Methodology in Biomedical Exoskeletons | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Graph Neural Network-based Grasp-Support Layout Planning under External Dynamic Loading | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials and Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2026 | Data-Driven Processing and Film Formation in Nb-Based Oxide Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials and Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2026 | Bio-Inspired Nacre Structure Using Brick-And-Mortar Architecture For Multi-Layered Polymer Composites | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Bio-Inspired Laser-Induced Graphene And Micro–Nano Structuring For Advanced Functional Materials | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Bio-Inspired Hybrid Composites for Synergistic High-Performance Multi-Functional Applications | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Bilayer Foam-Film Composite Structure Exhibiting High Absorption-Dominant Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Properties | Please contact Prof. Patrick Lee (patrickc.lee@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2026 | Development and Space Validation of an In Situ Handheld Bioprinter | Please contact Prof. Axel Guenther (axel.guenther@utoronto.ca) | Robotics, Mechanics and Design, Human Factors |
| Winter 2026 and Summer 2026 | Automated Functional Assessment of Human Artery-on-a-Chip Models | Please contact Prof. Axel Guenther (axel.guenther@utoronto.ca) | Robotics, Mechanics and Design, Applied Machine Learning |
| Winter 2026 | Development and Space Validation of an In Situ Handheld Bioprinter | Please contact Prof. Axel Guenther (axel.guenther@utoronto.ca) and Dr. Sushant Singh (sushant.singh@mail.utoronto.ca) | Robotics, Mechanics and Design, Materials |
| Fall 2025 | Fabrication and post-processing of microscale polymer lattice structures via stereolithography additive manufacturing | Please contact Professor Kamran Behdinan | Mechanics and Design |
| Fall 2026 | AI-based classification of hospital safety incident reports | Please contact Prof. Vahid Sarhangian (sarhangian@mie.utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning ;Operations Research |
| Winter 2026 | Why do energy demand models fail to predict actual energy consumption? | Please contact Professor Li Shu (l.shu@utoronto.ca) | Human Factors and Information Engineering |
| Fall 2025/Winter 2026 | Comparative Assessment of SMR Steam Generators | Please contact David Warnica (david.warnica@utoronto.ca) about your interests in this project topic. | Thermofluids |
| Fall 2025 | Optimizing the Scheduling Process for Battery Assembly Manufacturing | Please contact Professor Chi-Ghun Lee (chiguhn.lee@utoronto.ca) | Operations Research ;Information Engineering;Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2025 | Stochastic SIR Model for Glove Effectiveness | Please contact Professor Isabelle Rao (isabelle.rao@utoronto.ca) | Operations Research |
| Fall 2025 | Telematics Based Driver Behaviour Intervention for Fleet Safety | Please contact Professor Birsen Donmez (donmez@mie.utoronto.ca) and Dr. Basar Demir (b.demir@utoronto.ca) | Human Factors |
| Fall 2025 | Application of Composites Shafts in Aero-engines | Please contact Professor Kamran Behdinan <behdinan@mie.utoronto.ca> | Mechanics and Design; Materials |
| Fall 2025 | City Digital Twin Interface | Please contact Dr. Megan Katsumi (megan.katsumi@utoronto.ca) | Information Engineering; Human Factors |
| Fall 2025 | Multi-Layer Supply Chain Optimization and Delivery System Automation | Please contact Professor Chi-Guhn Lee (chiguhn.lee@utoronto.ca) | Operations Research; Applied Machine Learning ;Information Engineering |
| Winter 2026 | A Smart Pavement | Please contact Professor Fae Azhari | Mechanics and Design; Materials; Robotics |
| Fall 2025 | Smart Diagnostic Platforms for Sleep Apnea Detection and Therapy | Interested candidates should contact Dr. Tafreshi (tafreshi@mie.utoronto.ca) and Prof. Naguib (hani.naguib@utoronto.ca) | Mechanics and Design; Robotics |
| Fall 2025 | Next-Generation Aerogel Materials for EV Battery Safety and Clean Technologies | Interested candidates should contact Dr. Tafreshi (tafreshi@mie.utoronto.ca) and Prof. Naguib (hani.naguib@utoronto.ca) for more information. | Materials; Mechanics and Design |
| Fall 2025 | Wearable gas-sensing for early detection of prosthetic limb injuries | Please contact Dr. Ardevan Bakhtari (ardevan.bakhtari@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning; Robotics |
| Fall 2025 | FEM Modeling of High-Speed Particle Impacts on Surfaces for Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing | Please contact Professor Ali Dolatabadi (ali.dolatabadi@utoronto.ca) and Dr Mehdi Jadidi (mehdi.jadidi@utoronto.ca) | Mechanics and Design |
| Fall 2025 | Numerical Study of High-Temperature Jet Interaction with Airfoils | Please contact Professor Ali Dolatabadi (ali.dolatabadi@utoronto.ca) and Dr Mehdi Jadidi (mehdi.jadidi@utoronto.ca) | Thermofluids |
| Fall 2025/ Winter 2026 | Experimental and Numerical Study of Hydrogen Bubble Detachment on Engineered Electrodes for Water Electrolysis Applications | Please contact Professor Ali Dolatabadi (ali.dolatabadi@utoronto.ca) and Dr Mehdi Jadidi (mehdi.jadidi@utoronto.ca) | Thermofluids |
| Fall 2025 | Effects of In-vehicle display information and attention monitoring system accuracy on attention & performance in automated driving (analysis of a driving simulator study) | Please contact Professor Birsen Donmez (donmez@mie.utoronto.ca) and Dr Dina Kanaan (dina.kanaan@mail.utoronto.ca) | Human Factors |
| Fall 2025 | Reducing hospital inpatient falls through improved wheelchair and walker design | Please contact Professor Myrtede Alfred (myrtede.alfred@utoronto.ca) | Human Factors |
| Fall 2025 | Understanding Patient Outcomes and Quality of Life | Please contact Professor Myrtede Alfred (myrtede.alfred@utoronto.ca) | Human Factors |
| Fall 2025 | Factors Contributing to 30-day Readmission for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure | Please contact Professor Myrtede Alfred (myrtede.alfred@utoronto.ca) | Human Factors |
| Fall 2025/Winter 2026 | Large Language Models (LLMs) for Constraint Modelling | Please contact Professor Eldan Cohen (eldan.cohen@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning, Operations Research, Information Engineering |
| Fall 2025/Winter 2026 | Retrieval-Augmented Action Guidance for Multimodal Robot Control | Please submit CV, unofficial transcript and one paragraph describing your interest to Professor Chi-Guhn Lee (cglee@mie.utoronto.ca) | Robotics, Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2025 | Temporal Graph Reasoning for Dynamic Decision-Making in Evolving Networks | Please contact Professor Hafizur Rahman (hafizur.rahman@mail.utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning ;Information Engineering |
| Fall 2026 | Multimodal, interpretable, and human-centred AI for medicine | Please contact Professor Farzad Khalvati (farzad.khalvati@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning, Operations Research, Human Factors |
| Fall 2025 | Hydrophobic modification of 3D-printed MOFs for enhanced carbon capture | Please contact Professor Kevin Golovin (kevin.golovin@utoronto.ca) | Materials, Thermofluids |
| Fall 2025 | Angle-Ply Collagen Structures for tissue Engineering Applications | Please contact Professor Alex Guenther (guenther@mie.utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2025 | Domain Shift Aware Deep Learning for Condition Monitoring | Please contact Professor Hassan (ma.hassan@mail.utoronto.ca) | Operations Research, Applied Machine Learning, Information Engineering |
| Summer 2025 | Multi-drone Control using Reinforcement Learning | Please contact Professor Koorosh Moslemi (koorosh.moslemi@mail.utoronto.ca) | Robotics, Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2025 | Active learning tool development for probability & statistics | Please contact Professor Janet Lam (jy.lam@utoronto.ca) | Operations Research |
| Fall 2025 | Printed Circuit Board Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) | Please contact Professor Janet Lam (jy.lam@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning |
| Fall 2025/ Winter 2026 | CFD modeling of lime kilns in kraft pulp mills | Please submit your CV, unofficial transcripts, and a single paragraph describing your interest in the project to Professor Markus Bussmann (markus.bussmann@utoronto.ca) | Thermofluids |
| Fall 2025 | Image analysis of oil droplet spreading on advanced omniphobic coatings | Please contact Professor Kevin Golovin (kevin.golovin@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning, Materials;Thermofluids |
| Fall 2025 | Exploratory data analysis in a manufacturing system for energy consumption | Please contact Professor Chi-Guhn Lee (cglee@mie.utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning, Operations Research |
| Fall 2025 | Design of fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites for energy applications | Please contact Professor Nani Naguib (hani.naguib@utoronto.ca) and Adam Pearson (adam.pearson@mail.utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2025 | Explainable AI for Health Risk Prediction | Please contact Professor Ethan Fosse (ethan.fosse@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning, Human Factors |
| Fall 2025 | Scalable NLP Systems for Large-Scale Sentiment Analysis in Public Discourse | Please contact Professor Ethan Fosse (ethan.fosse@utoronto.ca) | Applied Machine Learning, Information Engineering |
| Fall 2025 | Fabrication and Electrochemical Characterization of Carbon-Based Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries | Please submit your CV and a single paragraph describing your interest in the project in one file within a single email to Prof. Hani Naguib (hani.naguib@utoronto.ca) and Dr. Sara Taromsari (sara.taromsari@mail.utoronto.ca). | Materials |
| Fall 2025 | Carbon-Negative Polymer Composites for Automotive & Electronics: From CO₂ Capture to High-Performance Materials | Please contact Professor Hani Naguib (hani.naguib@utoronto.ca) | Materials |
| Fall 2025 or Winter 2026 | Functional Data Analysis for Cohort Dynamics | Please contact Professor Ethan Fosse (ethan.fosse@utoronto.ca) | Operations Research, Applied Machine Learning, Information Engineering |
| Fall 2025 | Combining modularity-based and Markov-based community detection algorithms to accurately and reliably cluster networked data | Please contact Samin Aref (aref@mie.utoronto.ca) | Data Science, Machine learning, Operations research, Information Engineering |
| Summer/Fall 2025 | Development of Polymer Composites for Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies | Please submit your CV and a paragraph describing your interest in the project within a single email to Prof. Hani Naguib (hani.naguib@utoronto.ca) and Dr. Ashkan Dargahi (ashkan.dargahi@mail.utoronto.ca). | Advanced Manufacturing, Mechanics, and Materials |
| Spring/Summer/Fall 2025 | Physician-Centered Clinical Assistance System using Large Language Model (NLP field) | Please submit CV, unofficial transcript, and a single paragraph describing your interest in the project in one file in a single email to Prof. Mark Chignell (chignel@mie.utoronto.ca) and Dr. Lu Wang (lwang71@central.uh.edu). | Data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, healthcare, medical research. |
| Spring/Summer/Fall 2025 | Human-Centered Multi-Source Data Learning on Ageing Neuroscience (Computer vision/Image processing field) | Please submit CV, unofficial transcript, and a single paragraph describing your interest in the project in one file in a single email to Prof. Mark Chignell (chignel@mie.utoronto.ca) and Dr. Lu Wang (lwang71@central.uh.edu). | Data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, healthcare, medical research. |
| Spring/Summer/Fall 2025 | Human-Centered Data Science – Trustworthy AI in Healthcare and Medical Research (Tabular health data concentration) | Please submit CV, unofficial transcript, and a single paragraph describing your interest in the project in one file in a single email to Prof. Mark Chignell (chignel@mie.utoronto.ca) and Dr. Lu Wang (lwang71@central.uh.edu). | Data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, healthcare, medical research. |
| Spring/Summer 2025 | Development of Layered Polymer Nanocomposite with Graded Cellular Structures for Absorption Dominated EMI Shielding | Please submit your CV and a single paragraph describing your interest in the project in one file within a single email to Prof. Chul Park (park@mie.utoronto.ca) and Dr. Meysam Salari (meysam.salari@mail.utoronto.ca). | Thermofluids & Materials |
| Winter/Spring 2025 | Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Methods towards Engineering Applications | Interested applicants are encouraged to send a Cover Letter and a Resume to Prof. Kamran Behdinan (kamran.behdinan@utoronto.ca). Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed. | Mechanics & Design |
| Winter/Spring 2025 | Enhancing Extraction at the Muscle | Please submit CV, unofficial transcript and one paragraph describing your interest to Prof. Fatemeh Jazinizadeh (fatemeh.jazinizadeh@utoronto.ca) | Mechanical Engineering Design and Instrumentation |
| Summer 2025/Fall 2025/Winter 2026 | Development of Automation Failure Scenarios in a Laboratory Microworld | Interested candidates should contact Prof. Greg A. Jamieson (jamieson@mie.utoronto.ca) | Human Factors & Ergonomics |
| Summer 2025/Fall 2025/Winter 2026 | Contribute to a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Human Performance Responses to Automation Failure | Interested candidates should contact Prof. Greg A. Jamieson (jamieson@mie.utoronto.ca) | Human Factors & Ergonomics |
| Summer 2025/Fall 2025/Winter 2026 | Validation of the Response Integration across Measures & Experiments (RIME) Table | Interested candidates should contact Prof. Greg A. Jamieson (jamieson@mie.utoronto.ca) | Human Factors & Ergonomics |
| Summer 2025/Fall 2025/Winter 2026 | Development and Deployment of a Small Modular Reactor facility Simulator | Interested candidates should contact Prof. Greg A. Jamieson (jamieson@mie.utoronto.ca) | Human Factors & Ergonomics |
| Summer 2025/Fall 2025/Winter 2026 | Contribute to a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Automation Transparency Interventions | Interested candidates should contact Prof. Greg A. Jamieson (jamieson@mie.utoronto.ca) | Human Factors & Ergonomics |