Miranda Smitheram, Concordia University

Research

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Latest funding

Transmediating Indigenous Art
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$91,193
Soutien à la recherche-création pour la relève professorale
FRQSC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$18,829
Origami-inspired deployable sensoriactuator soft robots
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$125,000

All 3 grants and awards

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Transmediating Indigenous Art

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lewis, Jason E.

Keywords: Indigenous art; Indigenous digital media; Indigenous art history; transmediation; virtual environments; immersive environments; media theory

$91,193

Soutien à la recherche-création pour la relève professorale

Principal investigatorFRQSC2023Soutien à la recherche-création pour la relève professorale

Principal investigators: Smitheram, Miranda

Keywords: REMEDIATION, MATERIAL FUTURES, DECOLONIZING DESIGN, INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES, MATERIAL ECOLOGY, KINSHIP ONTOLOGIES; Arts et traditions culturelles; Design de l'environnement

$18,829

Origami-inspired deployable sensoriactuator soft robots

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi, Abdolhamid

Keywords: Deployable architectures; Soft robots ; Machine learning; Metamaterials; Origami; Multiphysics simulation; Advanced manufacturing; Surface functionalization; Collapsible design; Shape-shifting material

$125,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Smitheram, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your FRQSC-funded project "Soutien à la recherche-création pour la relève professorale" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]