Student Showcase
Every year, the AERIAS internship program places engineering students directly inside Canada's leading aerospace companies to do more than observe; to solve. Browse a selection of recent student projects below to see the kind of exceptional real world projects undertaken by AERIAS interns, or find your own project to share with your network.
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2025 was a landmark year for AERIAS. We supported 24 undergraduate internships — a 33% jump from last year — putting students directly inside Canada's leading aerospace companies for a combined 31,000 hours of paid, real-world experience. Alongside 34 graduate researchers and $7.1 million in funded research, our community grew to 97 people strong.
This is exactly what AERIAS is built for: a direct bridge between what you're learning in the classroom and the work happening on the industry floor. Whether it's your first internship or your PhD research, you'll be solving real problems for real companies — not simulating them.
— Dr. Paul Walsh, AERIAS Director
24
undergraduate internships
33%
jump from last year
34
graduate researchers
$7.1M
in funded research
Bombardier
Jared Marquez
8 months (Jan – Sept)
Jared worked across four of Bombardier's core quality systems: foreign object debris and tool tracking, process confirmation, non-conforming parts reporting, and quality management system reporting. In this role he built the daily, weekly, and monthly reports that keep leadership informed and issues caught early. His work supported root cause analysis, trend forecasting, and governance reviews across the assembly line, directly reinforcing product compliance, safety, and customer trust in Bombardier's manufacturing process.
His reporting also supported data accuracy and first-time-right performance, helped identify process bottlenecks, and standardized processes across departments.
Sarina Sohaili Yekta
12 months (Jan 6 – Dec 19, 2025) • Mississauga, Ontario
Sarina built two Python-based automation tools for Bombardier's Research and Technology Program Office. One to consolidate and validate financial data for federal funding submissions, and another to centralize departmental reporting with real-time updates. She also supported quarterly budgeting, invoice handling, and coordination between Bombardier and university research partners. Her tools reduced manual effort and error in funding submissions and gave leadership faster, more reliable data for decision-making, while keeping industry-academia collaborations moving smoothly.
The funding tool improved the accuracy, traceability, and processing efficiency of federal funding submissions, and her budgeting support contributed to stronger cost control and transparency.
How she solved it: Sarina used AI-based tools to diagnose programming errors and explore solutions, documenting key findings for future reference. She communicated issues clearly, consulted external resources including university professors for added technical insight, and escalated to her supervisors when more support was needed.
Collins Aerospace
Amitabha Ghosh
4 months (May 5 – Aug 29, 2025) • Ontario
Amitabha built the first database of its kind at Collins Aerospace for referencing past towing and hard-landing incidents, giving stress analysts a way to quickly compare a new incident against historical data instead of starting from scratch. He developed hypothetical incident cases to widen the database's coverage and built an easy-to-use interface with Excel VBA automation. The database is projected to cut incident case turnaround time by 80%, a number expected to grow as more case data is added.
How they solved it: Amitabha learned several of Collins Aerospace's in-house stress analysis software tools to resolve issues with test case creation, then combined that knowledge with VBA scripting to design the incident case database.
Arshan Thuraiappah
4 months (May 5 – Aug 29) • Oakville, Ontario
Arshan built a searchable requirements database inside Collins Aerospace's Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) system, using the company's landing gear engineering manuals as the source material. He restructured the interface, uploaded and tagged manuals with requirement metadata, and ran a review event to confirm the database's integrity. Requirements that were previously hidden, outdated, or hard to track are now easy to find, cutting down time spent searching and reducing the risk of incidents caused by missed or vague requirements.
The database also shortens the time it takes to gather relevant requirements and to revise or update past engineering manuals.
Floweret Davis
4 months (May 1 – Aug 29, 2025) • Ontario
Floweret overhauled how Collins Aerospace's Structures and Product Safety teams manage information; building and improving multiple SharePoint sites, including a new Wheels and Brakes safety hub and an upgraded Landing Gear engineering site, and adding new tracking functionality to Polarion, the company's product safety system. The work improved compliance with AS9100 safety standards, strengthened tracking of product safety issues, and gave teams a single, easy-to-access home for information that had been scattered across systems.
The new Polarion functionality supports record retention for emerging issues and SLT briefings, operational environment issues, monthly SMS briefings, and external investigations, and adds historical and statistical safety records. The new SharePoint repository also makes it easier to find guidance on reporting product safety concerns.
Gandhrav Sharma
4 months (May 5 – Aug 29, 2025) • Ontario
Gandhrav used Visual Basic to connect 26 separate analysis tools written across Fortran, MATLAB, Excel, MSC Adams, and VB into one centrally managed suite for Collins Aerospace's aircraft performance team. By converting legacy programs to VB.net, he simplified how the tools handle data and improved usability across the board. The consolidated system protects the integrity of in-house software and can reduce manual processing time by 10 minutes to an hour or more per task.
The project goal was to debug, modify, and create analysis tools for the aircraft performance team.
“Participating in the internship at Collins Aerospace was an invaluable experience that combined technical growth with real-world industry exposure. I had the opportunity to redesign and enhance multiple SharePoint sites and improve the Polarion environment, applying design skills to create intuitive layouts, user-friendly interfaces, and efficient workflows. This work helped me refine technical skills in site development, workflow automation, and XML scripting, while also providing insight into aerospace manufacturing and the various processes that ensure high-quality product delivery. Working alongside experienced engineers and receiving regular feedback strengthened my ability to apply engineering and design knowledge to practical projects, while deepening my interest in contributing to the aerospace sector.”
Floweret Davis
1st May 2025 to 29th Aug 2025
Collins Aerospace
“My AERIAS position with Collins Aerospace was a 4-month long project and acted as a 4-month long interview. I was given the opportunity to learn what engineering entails and Collins had the opportunity to see how I worked over the course of the project. Having worked with the company over the summer I can honestly say the AERIAS program is very valuable as a hiring tool as both parties learn much more about each other than a traditional 45-minute interview. I look forward to my future in engineering after working with Collins Aerospace.”
Arshan Thuraiappah
1st May 2025 to 29th Aug 2025
Collins Aerospace
“My 4-month AERIAS term at Collins Aerospace proved to be a transformative experience in my career as an aerospace engineer as it gave me the opportunity to apply my skills in real industry applications and learn about the industry in depth. This position gave me the chance to learn from professionals from numerous engineering departments to gain a fundamental understanding of how top aerospace companies like Collins Aerospace operate. I had the opportunity to learn and apply countless technical skills throughout my project through exposure to multiple disciplines at different stages of the project. I look forward to my next opportunity in the aerospace industry building off of the strong foundation laid this summer.”
Amitabha Ghosh
1st May 2025 to 29th Aug 2025
Collins Aerospace
2025
Jared Reed Marquez
Amitabha Ghosh
Floweret Davis
Gandhrav Sharma
Arshan Thuraiappah
Batuhan (Brent) Ozdemir
Saikot Paul
Sarina Sohaili Yekta
2024
Mustajab Sarwar
Salman Noman
Batuhan (Brent) Ozdemir
Noordeep Cheema
Tien Thanh Nguyen
Amelia Mangat
Octavio Guerra
Saad Wazir
2023
Taruansh Singh Qaumi
Salman Noman
Talia de Ryck
Noah Poulin
Robert Stangaciu
Brijeshkumar Patel
Ahmad Hazzam
Vivek Dindayal
Muhammad Hassan Taha
Brian Philips