Academy

Andrew Forde speaking at a lectern in academic robes

I hold a PhD in industrial engineering and machine learning from the University of Toronto, where I also did my undergraduate degree in materials science. I am an adjunct professor there and I still lecture from time to time.

Research & education

  • PhD, Industrial Engineering and Machine Learning, University of Toronto, 2020
  • Thesis: An Ontological Framework and Data Driven Approach for Measuring Radicalness, supervised by Professor Mark Fox
  • MEng, McMaster University
  • BASc, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 2011
  • Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto
  • Materials scientist, NASA Langley Research Center

Selected downloads

Research / Archive

A Proposed Approach for Idea Selection in Front End of Innovation Activities

A conceptual approach to selecting ideas across possible futures, co-authored with Mark S. Fox. Published in Technology Innovation Management Review, August 2016.

PDF / 8 pages / 0.5 MB / 2016

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Experience & affiliations

Contact

Always open for a good conversation.