2024 MIE Undergraduate Summer Research Positions
| Date added | Open to | Research Area | Research Topic | Project Description | Application Instructions | Number of undergraduate summer research positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2024 | Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Students | Information Engineering/Human Factors | Developing and Testing Interventions to Overcome Misinformation | We aim to develop and test interventions that reduce the effect of misinformation that has taken hold in people. We will examine whether and how parts of the interventions can be automated using computer programming. | Please send as a single pdf file named: LastnameFirstname_2024_UGn, where n is the undergraduate year that you will complete by summer: 1. Your Resume 2. Your unofficial transcript 3. Description of what about the project motivates you 4. Description of your programming abilities | 2 |
| February 8 2024 | Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Students | Thermofluids | Improvement to Hotwire Traverse | The objective of this project is to repair a traverse that is used for aerodynamic measurements in a wind tunnel. The traverse is a device that moves a probe along a predefined path to collect data from different locations in the flow. The current control system of the traverse is outdated and unreliable, and some parts are broken or missing. The project involves designing and implementing a new control system using modern hardware and software, as well as troubleshooting and testing the functionality of the traverse. Additionally, the project requires solving a problem of excessive vibration at the probe end, which affects the accuracy of the measurements. The vibration may be caused by mechanical resonance, aerodynamic forces, or electrical noise. The project team will have to identify the source of the vibration and propose a solution to reduce or eliminate it. The project team will require some experience with mechanical, electrical, and aerospace disciplines. The team will be supervised and assisted by PhD students with experience with the wind tunnel and the traverse. The project will require the summer and involve regular meetings, reports, and presentations. | Submit CV to Professor Pierre Sullivan (pierre.sullivan@utoronto.ca) | 1-2 |
| February 8 2024 | Undergraduate Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Students | Human Factors | Driver Behaviour and Interaction with Driving Automation Systems | Projects this summer will primarily be in human factors in transportation settings, such as surveying driving automation systems, testing driver drowsiness interventions, testing truck driver training programs, piloting driver scanning behavior studies, developing interventions to change risky driving behaviors among fleet drivers, etc. Students will learn research skills related to reviewing literature, car manuals and archival data, recruiting participants, running studies with the driving simulator to collect data, processing and analyzing driver behavioral and physiological data, collecting data through interviews and surveys, etc. | Please send resume and transcripts with one paragraph introducing your relevant experiences. Please check your eligibility for NSERC/MIE research awards before application as we will not be able to offer volunteer positions to Professor Birsen Donmez, cc Mark and Mattea (donmez@mie.utoronto.ca; mattea.powell@mail.utoronto.ca; mark.wei@mail.utoronto.ca) | 5 |
| February 8 2024 | Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Students | Mechanics & Design | Testing of Mechanical Properties of Tissue-Engineered Cartilage | Our lab is developing a method to engineer cartilage tissue models, which need to be tested for stiffness and compressive strength. The summer student will work with a graduate student on mechanical testing of these samples. | Please send up-to-date CV/résumé and transcript to Professor Edmond Young (eyoung@mie.utoronto.ca) | 2 |
