MIE - Newsletter 42 www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews42.html [1]
May 10, 2010 Vol. 01 // No. 42
Table of Contents: Chair's Office[2] // Awards and Recognition[3] // Research Activities[4] // Seminars[5] // Graduate Studies[6] //
Job Opportunities[7] // Student Affairs[8] // Vacation[9] //
Previous Newsletter & Links[10] Chair's Office
Chair is Away
JEAN ZU will be away from May 10 - 21 to attend the Third International Conference on Dynamics, Vibration and Control in Hangzhou in China. She will visit Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Tianjing University to establish ties, and will also meet MIE alumni in the Shanghai region.
PROF. RIDHA BEN MRAD will be the acting chair during her absence.
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Office Closure – Victoria Day
The University and the department will be closed on Victoria Day (Monday, May 24) and will re-open on Tuesday, May 25.
The machine shop will close early on Friday, May 21 at 2 PM and department offices will close at 3 PM.
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Welcome MIE Summer Students
Each summer the department offers employment opportunities to MIE undergraduate students allowing them to gain beneficial employment experience and learn more about the department. In photo left to
right: WEN MING WANG is reporting to both RAY LOW (computing services manager) and JOE BAPTISTA (facilities coordinator and building officer); RISHIKESH BENEGAL is reporting to BRENDA FUNG (graduate program administrator) and RAY; CATHLEEN MUSALEM is reporting to NINA HAIKARA (external relations); JOSHUA MA is reporting to TOMAS BERNREITER (laboratory engineer and manager); and ALFIE THAM is reporting to JOE.
AMANDA SANTOS (missing from photo) is reporting to RYAN MENDELL (machine shop manager).
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MIE Research Symposium
More photos[11] from the April 30 symposium by graduate student FRANKIE YAU.
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MIE Alumni Dinner
More photos[12] from the April 10 event posted on the MIE website.
Awards & Recognition
Prof. Sun Receives IEEE RAS Early Career Award
PROF. YU SUN has been awarded the 2010 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SOCIETY's (IEEE RAS) EARLY CAREER AWARD for contributions in enabling microrobotic and MEMS technologies for automated cell manipulation and characterization in cell biology and clinical applications.
This is a strong recognition from the international robotics and automation community. Since the establishment of the award in 1999, Prof. Sun is the first Canadian researcher named to this award.
Congratulations!
Research Activities
PROF. SANJEEV CHANDRA recently attended the International Thermal Spray Conference in Singapore, and visited Nanyang Technical University.
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Consortium for Cellular and Micro-Cellular Plastics (CCMCP) Bi-annual Progress Review Meeting
On May 4th & 5th, MICROCELLULAR MANUFACTURING LABORATORY, directed by PROF. CHUL B. PARK, hosted the Consortium for Cellular and Micro-Cellular Plastics (CCMCP) Bi-annual Progress Review Meeting, supported by the Ontario Research Foundation.
The core research areas of the consortium are:
(1) understanding of the fundamental mechanisms governing the processing of cellular and microcellular plastics, and
(2) development of innovative technologies for foam processing, equipment design, foaming agents, and materials modification.
There were 22 presentations from the UofT researchers. The progress review meeting of the consortium also included demonstration of pilot-scale tandem foam extrusion line at the off-campus laboratory (2220 Argentia Rd Unit 5, Mississauga).
The new knowledge and technology were transferred to industry, and a strong network was formed amongst the participants through the formal and informal activities. Our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows made new connections with industry participants.
The event was a big success, with 57 attendees including 29 industry representatives.
More Photos [13]
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Ontario on a Chip (OOAC)
DATE: Thursday, May 20 to Friday, May 21
LOCATION: Trinity College, UofT
Register Online[14] before May 7
This fifth event on microfluidics, microreactors and labs-on-a-chip, facilitates contact between university researchers and companies in chemical, pharma, biotech, advanced materials and analytical devices. PROF. DON INGBER from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at HARVARD UNIVERSITY will give the keynote address. This event includes significant industry participation from General Electric Health Care, Abbott Labs, and Corning.
OOAC will be held in conjunction with the Inaugural Symposium of our new 6-year, $1.6M Microfluidics Graduate Training Program (MATCH) that is supported by NSERC (CREATE), Kodak, CMC and Corning.
This event has been organized by PROFS. AXEL GUENTHER and CRAIG SIMMONS, jointly with approximately 15 UofT faculty from the Departments of Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Medical Biophysics, Chemistry, Physiology, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology and the Teaching Hospitals.
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International Conference on Operations Research – "Mastering Complexity"
DATES: Wednesday, September 1 to Friday, September 3
LOCATION: Munich, Germany
Due to numerous requests, the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to May 9. Click here[15] for topics. Visit the OR 2010 website[16] for submission.
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ICCE-18: 18th International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering
DATES: Sunday, July 4 to Saturday, July 10
LOCATION: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
ICCE is now accepting new paper titles for ICCE-18 Anchorage.
Interested authors should submit a tentative paper title immediately, followed by a detailed two-page short paper to David Hui[17]. Each page should have a two-column format, and short papers must have graphs to show results.
Deadline of receipt of two-pager is Friday, June 18. Please contact David Hui[18] with any questions or deadline extension request.
Visit the ICCE-18 website[19] for more information.
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The 18th International Conference on Wear of Materials (WoM)
DATES: Sunday, April 3 to Thursday, April 7, 2011
LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Like past conferences in this series, all papers, except those for standalone posters, will be peer-reviewed before final acceptance for oral presentation and publication in a special issue of "WEAR".
More info? See brochure[20] (PDF) and WoM website[21].
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Funding Opportunity: Genome Canada
Genome Canada will be holding two funding competitions in 2010 for a total of up to $84 million using the $75 million in funds it received in the 2010 Federal Budget and $9 million of existing additional funds.
More Info [22]
To support these competitions an information session presented by representatives of the Ontario Genomics Institute will be held to inform researchers interested in large scale genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics projects about these upcoming Genome Canada competitions and other funding opportunities.
DATE: Tuesday May, 18
TIME: 1 - 3 PM
LOCATION: Governing Council Chambers, Simcoe Hall
More Info[23]
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COMSOL Training
DATE: Friday, May 28
LOCATION: Toronto
Register Online[24]
COMSOL is hosting a free multi-physics modeling workshop. The event features a live demo of the simulation environment and its capabilities, as well as a hands-on session where you can try the software firsthand. Come and experience our new release, COMSOL Multi-physics Version 4.0! Attendees will have the opportunity to get a temporary license of the software for evaluation.
Questions? Contact Susanne Kimball, COMSOL, Inc., at 781-273-3322 or susie@comsol.com[25].
Seminars
/Interfacing Nanomaterials with Biological Systems/
SPEAKER: Prof. Shirley Tang, University of Waterloo
DATE: Thursday, May 13
TIME: 2:10 PM
LOCATION: MC331
Abstract[26] ?Prof. Shirley Tang biography[27]
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IBM Distinguished Lecture
/An Energy Efficient Petaflop Supercomputer Cooled with Warm Water:
From Electronics Nanomanufacturing to Waste Heat Reuse –/ The IBM-ETH Zurich AQUASAR Project
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dimos Poulikakos, Director, Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, Department of Process Engineering and Director, joint IBM-ETH Zurich Nanoscale Exploratory Technologies Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich
DATE: Tuesday, May 18
TIME: 2:10 PM
LOCATION: MC102
Graduate Studies
Call for Applications – Ontario Post Doctoral Fellowship Program 2010
Application deadline: MONDAY, JUNE 7.
More Info[28].
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SGS Restricted Awards for 2010-11
Application must be submitted to MIE Graduate Office (RS 214) BY MONDAY, MAY 10.
More Info[29]
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2010 Rio Tinto Alcan Research Fellowships Program - Master's and PhD
Application and supporting documents must be submitted to the MIE Graduate Office (RS 214) BY MONDAY, MAY 10.
More Info [30]
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MASc Oral Exam
DEBORAH LOACH presents: /A Generic Simulation Model to Improve Procedure Scheduling in Endoscopy Suites/
DATE: Wednesday, May 12
TIME: 9:30 AM
LOCATION: MB101 (R.D. Venter Room)
EXAM COMMITTEE: Prof. M. Carter (exam chair and supervisor), Prof.
D. Aleman, Prof. B. Balcioglu, and Prof. G. Woodward.
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PhD Departmental Exam
AFSOON AMIRZADEH GOGHARI presents: /Producing Small Droplets of Aqueous Solutions and Molten Metals using a Pneumatic Droplet Generator/
DATE: Friday, May 14
TIME: 10 AM
LOCATION: MC331
EXAM COMMITTEE: Prof. S. Chandra (exam chair and supervisor), Prof.
N. Ashgriz, and Prof. J.S. Wallace.
Student Affairs
AMIGAS Election
DATE: Wednesday, May 12
TIME: 12 PM
LOCATION: MC331 – /pizza will be served/
The annual Association of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Graduate Students (AMIGAS) election will be held this Wednesday. All MIE graduate students that will be in the department next year are eligible to run for the following positions:
- President
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- VP Academic
- VP Social/Sports
- VP Operations
- Webmaster
- GSU Representative (4 positions)
No previous participation is required to run for a position, and ALL MIE GRAD STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND THE ELECTION EVEN IF THEY DO NOT INTEND TO RUN FOR A POSITION.
AMIGAS represents MIE grad students at the university level and has a substantial budget for organizing social, professional development and academic events for our members. Come out to have your say on how AMIGAS can improve the graduate student experience in the department.
If you are unable to attend the election but would like to run for a position, please email amigas@mie.utoronto.ca[31].
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Welcome to Engineering Luncheon
DATE: Saturday, May 15
TIME: 10 AM - 1 PM
LOCATION: MC (outdoors)
Faculty are invited to attend the Saturday luncheon for newly admitted MIE students.
PLEASE RVSP (acceptances only) to Cathleen Musalem[32] no later than Wednesday, May 12.
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Onoscatopoeia
Industrial Engineering graduate student, JANET SUNG, is a member of Onoscatopoeia, Hart House's jazz choir. The group recently participated in a semi-final /a cappella/ competition held at Rutgers University. They were given the opportunity to have their performance professionally judged and experience singing on a competitive level.
Watch the group's performances on YouTube[33].
Job Opportunities
Litens Automotive Partnership – Junior Design Engineer
LOCATION: Concord, ON
Litens Automotive Partnership is a dynamic world class manufacturer of engineered power transmission systems and components seeking a Mechanical Engineering graduate with two to three experience.
Click here[34] for complete job description and application information.
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Loblaw - IE Opportunities
* Click here[35] for PRODUCT FLOW AND DEVELOPMENT ANALYST
* Click here[36] for OPERATIONS ANALYST
* Click here[37] for ANALYST, SUPPLIER ENABLEMENT
Interested applicants are asked to apply online as well as send their resume to supplychaincareers@loblaw.ca[38].
Visit the Loblaw Careers website[39] for all available positions.
Vacation
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