July 26, 2010 Vol. 02 // No. 4
Table of Contents: Chair's Office // Awards and Recognition // Research Activities // Graduate Studies // Job Opportunities // Student Affairs // Announcements // Vacation // Previous Newsletter & Links Chair's Office
New Undergraduate Assistant joins MIE
The MIE Undergraduate Office is pleased to announce that Carla Baptista will be joining the office full-time effective August 9, 2010.
Carla will serve as one of our new MIE Undergraduate Assistants.
Having served in the Department of Physics for a number of years, Carla has a strong background in student services.
She is replacing Rachel MacKenzie who left the department in March 2010 to join the department of Psychiatry.
Carla can be reached at 416-978-6420 or carla@mie.utoronto.ca
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New MIE Banner Design Finalized
The MIE Banner committee is pleased to announce that the new Mechanical and Industrial Engineering banner has been finalized. The design (below) is a modifcation of contest winner's Heyse Li's (1T0 +PEY) original design which was made to represent both mechanical and industrial engineering. The banner, which is projected to be up by September, will hang on the west-facing outside wall of the MC building and will also feature the slogan "Where minds meet machines."
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MIE launches modified website
Changes have been made to the MIE website by Prof. Aleman.
You can check out the new site by clicking here.
*Note that most browsers will cache site information and only update it periodically. Manually refresh the web page to avoid looking at a combination of new/old styles.
If you have any comments please forward them to Joe Baptista.
Awards & Recognition
MIE student takes home Arts Coucil Award
Congratulations to the department's own Janet Sung for being awarded the prestigious University of Toronto Arts Council Award for Student Engagement in the Arts! The award recognizes extraordinary contribution to the arts community of UofT.
During the 2009-2010 season, Janet was the executive secretary for the Hart House Jazz Choir, Onoscatopoeia. Through her hard work spearheading fudraising efforts, organizing workshops and motivating the group, the choir was able to participate in two tours of the US and even participate in the regional semi-finals. Congratulations, Janet!
Research Activities
Celebration of Applied Human Factors Research
On Friday July 23, the Human Factors Interest Group (HFIG), headed by Prof. Milgram, hosted a symposium of Applied Human Factors Research in celebration of Prof. John W. Senders' 90th Birthday.
The event brought together some of the most influential members of the Human Factors community including Shumin Zhai, Research Staff Member at IBM Almaden Research Centre, and Abigail Sellen, Principle Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge. The speakers touched on the pioneering work of Prof. Senders and his colleagues in the 1960s and discussed a host of other issues related to current Human Factors Research.
More photos of the event (by Anthony Soung Yee) can be found here.
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Prof. Meguid's research highlighted in Flight International
UK-based magazine Flight International recently highlighted the work of Prof. Meguid and his research group. The article discusses Prof. Meguid's Morphing Wing prototype that uses shape memory alloy actuators that deform the shape of the wing when heated for unmanned air vehicles.
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International Maintenance Excellence Conference (IMEC)
The sixth annual IMEC conference will be held September 22 - 24, 2010 here in Toronto.
IMEC is directed at engineers, managers of plant operations and facility managers or maintenance professionals who are responsible for maintaining and managing the physical equipment assets of an organization. All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance from MIE's Centre for Maintenance Optimization & Reliability Engineering (C-MORE).
The conference is created and organized by C-MORE, and is this year being co-organized with Applied Technology Publications, publisher of Maintenance Technology and Lubrication Management & Technology magazines.
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Prof. James will be attending the Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology in Sapporo, Japan, from August 2 to 6. He will be presenting a paper, co-authoring another and representing Canada at a meeting of international delegates.
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Prof. Mandelis and a number of researchers from the Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave Technologies will be attending the 10th International Conference of Quantitative Infrared Thermography (QIRT 10) at Laval University in Quebec City from July 27 - 30. The group will deliver several research papers, both oral and poster. Prof. Mandelis will deliver a plenary talk entitled "Infrared Lock-in Carrierography (Photocarrier Radiometric Imaging) of Semiconductors and Si Solar Cells."
Graduate Studies
MIE Graduate Student Travel Grant
MIE 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) for 2010/2011
The MIE departmental deadline for submissions is September 10, 2010
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TA Applications for Fall 2010
The MIE Undergraduate Office is now accepting TA applications for the Fall 2010 semester. The applications must be completed online through the new MIE TA Application System. The system can be found here.
You have until Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. to apply for these positions.
Access to the system is done using your UTORid. All returning students should already have a UTORid and be able to log into the system.
New Students must follow the following procedure in order to obtain access to the system:
1) Go to the TA Application System website
2) Select Student Applicant
3) Select Option Two: I am going to be a University of Toronto Student and I have my student number.
4) Fill in all requested information.
5) Your request will then be sent to the system administrator for approval. You will receive an email notice once your request has been granted and will be able to log
Student Affairs
Women in MIE Luncheon
On Thursday July 22, the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering hosted the Women in MIE outreach luncheon. 50 female high school students from the DEEP (Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program) summer camp students attended the event in GB 202 where they had lunch with female MIE professors and graduate students. The luncheon was a great chance for high school females to learn more about the opportunities associated with a degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering from other females who are in the field. Many thanks to Prof. Zu, Prof. Nejat and Prof. Donmez as well as graduate students Catharine Hancharek, Kimia Ghobadi and Jeanie Chan for coming out to the event and presenting their research.
Announcements
Voicings Project launch
Voicings is an experiment in non-narrative storytelling that compiled 19 interviews that searched for people's words for elemental phrases about how they act in the world and what they say they believe. The project reveals the playful aspects of these personalities through associative word play and in the process finds unanticipated resonances.
MIE's Dolores Steinman, a Researcher in the Biomedical Simulation Lab, was interviewed as part of the project. Her segment will be featured alongside 18 others that will be played in the compiled aural composition installed in the North lobby of the MaRS Heritage Building.
This exhibit opens this Wednesday, July 28 and runs until August 4, 2010.
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Job Opportunities
Academic Keys Engineering job opportunities
This month's issue of AcademicKeys' e-Flier for Engineering features 68 faculty openings, 6 senior administrative positions, and 9 post-doc opportunities.
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Vacation
Faculty:
Prof. Mike Carter, July 26 – 30
Prof. David James, August 2 – 6 (conference)
Prof. Andreas Mandelis, July 27– 30 (conference)
Prof. Jane Postma, July 26 – August 3
Staff:
Joe Baptista, Facilities Coordinator and Building Officer: July 28 – August 4
Gordon Boudreau, Machinist: July 12 – August 6
Geoffrey Chow, Manager, Research Accounting: July 26
Nina Haikara, Liaison – External Relations: July 8 – July 27
Eleanor Morris, Executive Assistant, Chair's Office: July 26 – 29
Oscar del Rio, Senior Computer and Web Admininistrator: July 19 – July 30
Jeff Sansome, Machinist: July 26, August 3
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