Undergraduate Research

Research Opportunities

The following are research projects opportunities offered by the Faculty members in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering.  Please keep in mind that if a professor is not listed here, it does not necessarily mean that they do not have a research position available.  Some professors prefer to recruit students through other channels.  Feel free to contact the faculty members directly to inquire about other possible projects or to propose your own.

Category	Project	Contact
IndE	Design Considerations for Augmented Reality Navigation Aids	Greg Jamieson
IndE	Attentional Demands of Augmented Reality Navigation Aids	Greg Jamieson
IndE	Minimization of a makespan for multiproject job scheduling	Viliam Makis
IndE	Application of SPC and DE  in Automotive Industry	Viliam Makis
IndE	Development of a Stochastic Dynamic Model  for a Make-to-Order Production System	Viliam Makis
IndE	Quality Control and Improvement Using Lean Six Sigma Approach	Viliam Makis
IndE	Optimal scheduling of repairs for several production facilities considering a single repair crew	Viliam Makis
MechE	Conducting Polymer Based Pressure Sensors for smart Skin Applications	Hani Naguib
MechE	Development of shape memory materials actuator for soft robotics applications	Hani Naguib
MechE	Smart Materials Based Environmental Sensing	Hani Naguib
MechE	The development of high performance EMI shielding materials for next generation wearable electronics	Chul B. Park
MechE	Foaming behavior of immiscible polymer blends in a gas assisted foam injection molding process	Chul B. Park
MechE	Functional Nanofiber-Reinforced Nanocomposites Foams for Wearable Electronics	Chul B. Park
MechE	Hybrid nanofibrillar polymeric composites with improved physical-mechanical properties	Chul B. Park
MechE	Impact of model foam processing into the physical chemistry of various polyolefin	Patrick C. Lee
MechE	Investigating the foaming behaviour of branched and linear Nylon	Chul B. Park
MechE	A microfluidic system for cancer cell biology	Xinyu Liu
MechE	Design and control of a soft robot	Xinyu Liu
MechE	Fabrication and Testing of Stretchable Conductive Electrodes	Xinyu Liu
MechE	Paper-based microfluidic biosensors	Xinyu Liu
MechE	Tailoring polymer property by developing in-situ nanofibrils	Chul B. Park
MechE, IndE, or other	System for Investigating Foam Processing Methods under High Pressure (P) and High Temperature (T)	Chul B. Park
MechE, IndE, or other	Production of nanocomposite with tailored properties	Chul B. Park
MechE, IndE, or other	Production of flexible thin film aerogel	Chul B. Park
MechE, IndE, or other	Nanocomposites with exfoliated graphene nanoplatelets	Chul B. Park
MechE	Dynamic flow delivery in microfluidic system	Lidan You
MechE	Development of a Catheter for Photoacoustic Endoscopy Imaging of Coronary Artery Lipids	Andreas Mandelis
MechE or IndE	Investigation of learning methods and collaboration strategies in Multi User Computer Aided Design tools	Alison Olechowski
MechE or IndE	Hardware Accelerated Exact Optimization	J. Christopher Beck

Research Awards

NSERC USRA Undergraduate Student Research Awards:
FAQS | Application Instructions | Checklist | Student-Supervisor Certification

MIE Summer Research Awards (NSERC applicants automatically considered for this award):
Application Instructions | Student  Application | Supervisor Application

• MIE (Department) or APSC (Faculty) Summer Research Fellowship
• DUNLAP SURP: http://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/SURP
• Science Without Borders program (SWB) students from Brazil