July 12, 2010 Vol. 02 // No. 2
Table of Contents: Chair's Office // Awards and Recognition // Seminars // Graduate Studies // Job Opportunities // Research Activities // Student Affairs // Announcements // Vacation // Previous Newsletter & Links
Awards & Recognition
MIE student shortlisted for TA Teaching Excellence Award
MIE PhD candidate, Dan Sellan, was recently shorted-listed for the UofT 2010 Teaching Assistants’ Training Program (TATP) Teaching Excellence Award.
There were over 500 nominations from both faculty members and students that nominated 189 teaching assistants.
Dan was one of 12 TAs who made the shortlist.
Congratulations, Dan!
Research Activities
Prof. Guenther's paper highlighted in The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry published a Highlight article on the "Artery-on-a-chip" technology recently developed by Prof. Guenther and his team. The highlighted publication will also be featured on the cover of issue 18 of the journal Lab on a Chip.
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Prof. Simmons earns NSERC-CHRP grant
Prof. Simmons was recently awarded an NSERC-CHRP Collaborative Health Research Project grant for his project titled "Microfluidic drug screening in complex vascular microenvironments." He and his collaborators in IBBME and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology will receive $465,255 over three years.
Prof. Simmons and Prof. Sun were also recently awarded an NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) grant for their project titled "A platform for high-throughput screening of biomaterials and engineered tissues." They will receive $118,000 over the next year.
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Prof. Zu awarded NSERC Engage Grant
Prof. Zu was recently awarded an NSERC Engage grant for her project titled "Development of a Vibration Model and Testing Methodologies to Characterize Nanometal-enabled Golf Shafts." Her project is in collaboration with Integran Technologies Inc.
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Cross Appointment
Prof. Hani Naguib has been cross appointed to the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering IBBME at the University of Toronto.
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Prof. Mandelis will attend the First Mediterranean International Workshop on Photoacoustic & Photothermal Phenomena in Erice, Sicily from July 11 - 18. He is a director and co-organizer of the Workshop and will also present a couple of research papers on biothermophotonics. Dr. Sergey Telenkov, Research Associate, CADIFT will also attend the Workshop and will present an invited lecture on biomedical photoacoustic imaging.
Seminars
Thermodynamics Applied to Modern Problems from Cryobiology to Interfacial Science
Speaker: Janet A. W. Elliott
Date: Tuesday, July 13
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: MC 331
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Computational Intelligence in Machine Vision for Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (MV-RAM)
Speaker: Kok-Meng Lee
Date: Monday, July 12 (Today)
Time: 2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: MB 101
Abstract
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Symposium to Celebrate Applied Human Factors Research
In honour of Prof. John W. Senders' 90th Birthday, the Human Factors Interest Group at UofT invites you to attend a Celebration of Applied Human Factors Research. The symposium will bring together some of the most influential members of the Human Factors community, both to remind us of the pioneering work of Prof. Senders and his colleagues in the 1960s and to educate us about present and future concerns of the Human Factors community.
The day will be organized into two themes: Applied Psychology (AM), and Human Error and Health (PM).
Date: Friday, July 23
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: MacLeod Auditorium, MS2158
The registration deadline is July 12, 2010 and space is limited! To register click here
For more information, please contact: hfig-prez@mie.utoronto.ca.
Graduate Studies
AMIGAS Summer Retreat
The annual AMIGAS summer retreat is coming up this Saturday, July 17. This year AMIGAS is going to Bronte Creek Provincial Park in Oakville.
We would like to invite all of you and friends and family to join AMIGAS for a day of fun activities and a yummy BBQ. The day of events will be featuring AMIGAS OLYMPICS and great prizes will be awarded!
Bus service is provided to and from the park, leaving from in front of the MC building.
Departure: 9:00 - 9:20 AM (in front of MC)
Return: 6:00 PM (from the park)
Fee: Registration is only $5 for everyone
(Please Register before July 14th.)
If you have any questions, please feel free to email Jingwen Wang
Hope to see you all there!
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AMIGAS World Cup Pool Standings
Last Tuesday and Wednesday, MIE staff, faculty and students piled into MC 330 to watch the World Cup semi-final matches. Pizza, pop and other snacks were served at the AMIGAS-hosted events. Spain took the cup yesterday with an intense 1-0 victory in extra time over the Netherlands.
Patricia Sheridan correctly predicted Spain's victory and Germany's third place finish, and that was enough for her to win the AMIGAS World Cup Pool with 44 points. Pathik Vadwala was a close 2nd place with 42 points and Coleman Yeung was 3rd with 41 points. Click here to view complete pool standings. Prize winners will be contacted shortly with details on how to claim their prize.
Congratulations Patricia, Pathik and Coleman!
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MASc Oral Exam
Nicholas Tsolas presents: Thermal Spray Forming of High-Efficiency Metal-Foam Heat Exchangers
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: BA8256
Exam Committee: Prof. S. Chandra (Exam Chair and Supervisor); Prof. J. Mostaghimi; and Prof. T. Coyle.
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MIE Graduate Student Travel Grant
The MIE department is accepting applications to the MIE Grad Student Travel Grant Application Program that will award up to eight grants of $750 to enable conference travel between September to December of 2010.
Applications are due by Tuesday, August 3, 2010.
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Doctoral Completion Award (DCA) 2010/2011
The MIE departmental deadline for applications is September 10, 2010.
Job Opportunities
Azrieli Fellowship Program
Location: Israel
The Azrieli Fellows Program is currently looking for some of the best and brightest scholars to undertake postdoctoral research in Israel for the 2010/2011 academic year. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or who have completed their doctorates at Canadian universities. Scholars may undertake postdoctoral research in any field of study and may apply at an early stage of their professional career but no later than four years after completion of their doctoral dissertation. Candidates must not hold a tenure or tenure-track faculty position.
Student Affairs
MIE Leaders of Tomorrow Meat and Greet
MIE Leaders of Tomorrow invites department Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students to a summer BBQ!
Date: July 14, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30PM
Location: Mechanical Building outdoors (sunshine) or MC331 (rain)
RSVP to lot@mie.utoronto.ca by Tuesday, July 13.
Please include any dietary considerations.
Vacation
Faculty:
Prof. Andreas Mandelis, July 11 – 18 (conference)
Prof. Craig Simmons, July 12 – 20
Staff:
Tomas Bernreiter, Laboratory Engineer and Manager: July 23
Gordon Boudreau, Machinist: July 12 – Aug 6
Oscar del Rio, Senior Computer and Web Admininistrator: July 19 – July 30
Brenda Fung, Graduate Program Administrator: July 12 - July 20
Nina Haikara, Liaison – External Relations: July 8 – July 27
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