Prospective students
I supervise undergraduate and graduate students in the following contexts:
➡️Undergraduate students, including undergraduate research assistantships (URAs), co-op ( including NSERC USRA), independent study (or reading) courses, fourth-year (capstone) design projects, and undergraduate theses.
➡️Graduate students, primarily Master's & PhD theses.
If you are a student interested to work with me on a research project, please reach out!
Current students
Justin Han (LinkedIn) - MASc in Management Science and Engineering (in progress, w/ Prof. F. Safayeni). AI-driven software development.
Julie Johnson (LinkedIn) - PhD in Management Sciences (in progress, w/ Prof. F. Safayeni). Management of software design in organizations. Publications at ICED'23 and ICED'25.
Shima Kamjoo (LinkedIn) - PhD in Management Sciences (in progress, w/ Prof. F. Safayeni). Design creativity.
Nazanin Nadri (LinkedIn) - PhD in Management Sciences (in progress, w/ Prof. S. Onay). Design decision making.
Kate Percy-Robb (LinkedIn) - MASc in Management Science and Engineering (in progress, w/ Prof. S. Ferguson). AI in design education.
Past students
Graduate students
Ahmed Shahriar Sakib (LinkedIn) - LLMs for protocol analysis (w/ F. Safayeni). MASc thesis published at DCC'24, AI EDAM.
Gregory Litster (LinkedIn) - System mapping for studying design framing. MASc thesis published at SEE, DCC'22 , AI EDAM.
Meagan Flus (Web) - Design at hackathons. MASc thesis published at ICED'21, Design Science, IJEE, ICED'25.
Jordan Nickel (LinkedIn)- Trade-offs in design (w/ Prof. R. Duimering). MASc thesis published at ICED'21, Design Studies, Design Science.
Undergraduate students
Inesh Jacob (LinkedIn) - URA (W'25, w/ Dr. E. Paraviso)
Jackie Heitzner (LinkedIn) - URA (2024-2025, w/ Prof. K. McKay). Co-authored paper at CEEA 2025.
Mariya Turetska (LinkedIn) - URA (F'24, w/ Dr. E. Paraviso). Co-authored paper at DCC'26
Mitchell Perera (LinkedIn) - URA (F'24, w/ Dr. E. Paraviso). Co-authored paper at DCC'26
Zach Zammit (LinkedIn)- Independent Study Course (MSCI 597, F'23) on management of design in student-led design teams.
Selena Zhang (LinkedIn) - Independent research project (W'-S'23). Co-authored paper at CEEA 2023.
Shirley Lin (LinkedIn): - Co-op term (S'22, funded by NSERC USRA, w/ Prof. O. Nespoli). Co-authored paper at ICED'23.
Claire Treacy (LinkedIn) - Co-op term (S'22, funded by NSERC USRA, w/ Prof. O. Nespoli). Co-authored paper at ICED'23.
Jerry Lu (LinkedIn) - Co-op term (S'21, funded by NSERC USRA, w/ Prof. A. Olechowski). Co-authored paper at DETC'24.
Irene Ni (LinkedIn) - Co-op term (S'21, funded by NSERC USRA).
Christine Duong (LinkedIn) - Co-op term (W'21). Co-authored paper at ASEE 2021.
Mohammed Gad (LinkedIn) - Co-op (W'21, w/ Prof. A. Olechowski).
Jessica Liao (LinkedIn) - Co-op (W'21, w/ Prof. A. Olechowski).
Aaron Dai (LinkedIn) - URA (F'20), Co-op (S'20). Co-authored paper at ASEE 2021