Join MIE in celebrating our graduate students, as they share their innovative research through poster and oral presentations.
Schedule of events
11:30 AM Registration Opens
12 – 1:30 PM Lunch – Quad
12:30 – 4:30 PM Posters by MIE students available to view (Great Hall)
2 – 4:30 PM Oral Presentations by MIE students and MIE professors (East Common Room)
5 – 5:30 PM Panel discussion with MIE alumni Fraser Robinson, Pardis Ghahramani, Sean Kortschot and others on “Career Growth with an MIE Graduate Degree.”
5:30-6:00 PM Evening Reception and Award Ceremony
Panelist Bios
Fraser Robinson is a Mechatronics Engineer at Revolve Surgical, a YC startup building a physical AI surgery platform for every operating room. He completed an MASc in MIE from UofT in 2023 through the ASBLab with Professor Goldie Nejat working on ML algorithms for smarter socially assistive robots. Fraser has a passion for accessible technology, all things robots, and enjoys coaching and playing soccer.
Pardis Ghahramani is a Structural and Fuel Channel Engineer at AtkinsRéalis, working in the nuclear sector on the design and analysis of CANDU reactor components. Her work focuses on structural integrity, stress analysis, and compliance with nuclear safety codes, using advanced simulation and engineering analysis tools. Pardis earned her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UofT, an MASc from York University, and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology. Her research focused on advanced materials and nanocomposites, leading to multiple publications and awards. In 2023, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at University Health Network, where she worked on the design and development of a smart sock pressure sensor. As an MIE alumna, she is passionate about bridging academia and industry and will share insights on transitioning into engineering careers.
Sean Kortschot is Lead Data Scientist at Valence, where he works on LLM evaluations and workforce intelligence. Before that, he was CTO of UpBeing, an AI startup commercializing his Ph.D. research, which he did at the University of Toronto on inferring mental states from behavioural signals.
| Oral Presentation Schedule (East Common Room) | |
| 2:00 PM | Opening Remarks by Professor Edmond Young |
| 2:03 PM | Professor Edmond Young Introduce Voting System |
| 2:04 PM | Professor Edmond Young Introduce 1st Speaker* |
| 2:05 PM – 2:10 PM | Puhua Sun presents: Scaling CORR Separator-Based System and Diagnostic |
| 2:10 PM – 2:15 PM | Utkarsh Chadha presents: What’s the Human Cost of AI? |
| 2:15 PM – 2:20 PM | Anthony Tuccitto presents: Co-Gelation strategy for Preparing Biopolymer Aerogels with Reticular Structures |
| 2:20 PM – 2:25 PM | Marjan Naghshbandi presents: Charm at a Distance: Measuring Charisma in the Slack Data of New Product Development Teams |
| 2:25 PM – 2:30 PM | Zeineb Ben Rejeb presents: |
| 2:30 PM – 2:35 PM | Haleh Shahsa presents: |
| 2:35 PM – 2:40 PM | David Chen presents: Using a Deep Canvassing Chatbot to Reduce Belief in Misinformation |
| 2:40 PM – 2:50 PM | Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon presents: Hopping Drones: Bio-Inspired Aerial and Legged Locomotion |
| 2:50 PM – 2:55PM | Anjali Patadia presents: Designing 3-Dimensional Translational Piezoelectric Stages using Bimorphs |
| 2:55 PM – 3:00 PM | Brandon Lista presents: Using Story to Humanize Engineering |
| 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM | Rojin Anbarafshan presents: Why is there noise in my head? Understanding flow-induced sound in cerebrovascular disorders |
| 3:05 PM – 3:10 PM | Kimberly Seaman presents: Does The Force awaken? Exploring whether mechanics control prostate cancers in bone marrow |
| 3:10 PM – 3:15 PM | Rachel Wong presents: Smarter Testing for Safer Milk: Optimizing Decisions in Human Milk Banking |
| 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM – 3:40 PM | Professor Isabelle Rao presents |
| 3:40 PM – 3:45 PM | Pouyan Vatani presents: CFD-Guided Scale-Up and Design Optimization of Perfusion Bioreactors for Microvessel Production |
| 3:45 PM – 3:50 PM | Amirreza Azad presents: A Framework for Multiple Bubble Nucleation, Growth, and Coalescence-induced Detachment in Water Electrolysis |
| 3:50 PM – 3:55 PM | Nakul Upadhya presents: |
| 3:55 PM – 4:00 PM | Yuxuan Gao presents: Direct CO2 capture from ocean water in a solid-electrolyte reactor |
| 4:00 PM – 4:05 PM | Amanuel Goliad presents: Effects of Total Dissolved Solids on MPF Release |
| 4:05 PM – 4:10 PM | Ernesto Gomez presents: Safe Reinforcement Learning with Convex Function Approximations |
| 4:10 PM – 4:15 PM | Erik Fredin presents: OCT Imaging for Pose Estimation and Feedback Control of an Articulated Magnetic Surgical Tool |
| 4:15 PM – 4:20 PM | Ella Walsh presents: Stronger together: continuum robots leveraging joining for improved mechanical properties |
| 4:20 PM – 4:25 PM | Oscar Alvarez presents: Hierarchical Thermal Transport Analysis at Multiple Length Scales in Lithium-ion Battery Systems |
| 4:25 PM – 4:30 PM | Andre Li presents: Electrification of Fluidized Bed Heating Using Microwaves: Experimental Evidence of Deep Field Penetration |
| 4:30 PM | Oral Presentation Sessions End |
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