August 16, 2010 Vol. 02 // No. 7
Table of Contents: Chair's Office // Awards and Recognition // Research Activities // Seminars // Graduate Studies // Announcements // Vacation // Previous Newsletter & Links
Chair's Office
Staff Potluck
Joanna De Gouveia rallied staff together for a Friday potluck lunch on August 13. Just a few of the dishes included spicy Korean squid, Barbados flying fish, dumplings, sausage rolls and stuffed peppers! Stay tuned for future potluck lunches! All welcome!
Awards & Recognition
ASBLab Featured in Globe and Mail and on Canada AM (CTV)
On August 12, Brian, the socially assistive robot of the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab (Prof. Goldie Nejat) was featured on the cover of the life section of the Globe and Mail.
Prof. Nejat and Brian were interviewed the next morning by Canada AM host Seamus O'Regan. Watch the interview "Is this robot the future of senior care?" on the Canada AM website.
Read the Globe and Mail article and watch the Canada AM interview.
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Cellular Mechanobiology Laboratory (CML) student wins Best Podium Presentation
Chien-Shun Chen of Prof. Craig Simmons' lab, won "best podium presentation" in the Biomedical Engineering session at Undergraduate Engineering Research Day (UnERD) for his talk on Wnt3A inhibits TGF-beta1-induced apoptosis in aortic valvular endothelial cells.
Chien-Shun Chen is an undergraduate student from Queen's University who joined CML through a studentship from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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Research Activities
Prof. Guenther Granted NSERC Idea to Innovation (IIb)
Prof. Axel Guenther and co-PI Prof. Bolz of Physiology, have been granted NSERC Idea to Innovation (Phase IIb – Partnership with a Canadian Company).
It will fund an artery-on-a-chip screening instrument and is partnered with Ontario-based Quorum Technologies Inc. Contributions to the project from NSERC and Quorum are $245k over two years.
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6th Annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
Date: Saturday, August 21 - Tuesday, August 24
Location: Toronto
The IEEE CASE is the flagship automation conference of the IEEE RAS (Robotics and Automation Society), constituting the primary forum for cross-industry, multidisciplinary research in automation. MIE has multiple groups that will give presentations at this conference.
Prof. Yu Sun and Prof. Goldie Nejat are members of the conference organizing committee, as the program chair and the local arrangement chair.
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Professional Grant Development Workshop
Master the techniques of writing superior and winning proposals.
Course: Proposal Writing I
Dates: Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27
Location: Ryerson University
Sponsored by: The Grant Training Center
Workshop fee: $595.00 USD
This intensive three-day grant proposal workshop is geared for:
1) those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills
2) beginners who wish to acquire and master the techniques of preparing, writing and winning proposals from various funding agencies.
The center of attention will be on how to effectively tell the story that leads to funding, be it for the researcher in the sciences and social sciences, educator and non-profit professional.
Participants will learn how to:
• Comprehend the diversity of the grant funding community
• Research and identify potential funding sources
• Create the right fit with the funding agency
• Address the guidelines of proposals
• Identify and effectively write the key elements of a proposal
• Integrate each component of the grant into the final product
• Develop focused and realistic budgets
• Package professional grants submissions
Space is limited on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Workshop fee includes tuition, materials, certificate of completion, and continental breakfast. Rebate of $50.00 per person is given for two or more registrants from the same organization.
Register online. To register by phone or for more information please call (866)-704-7268.
Seminars
Linking Mechanics to Biochemistry in Molecular and Cellular Behavior Through Systems Based Approaches
Speaker: Prof. Philip LeDuc, Departments of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, and Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Tuesday, August 17
Time: 11 AM
Location: RS412
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Graduate Studies
NI LabVIEW Training Course
Date: Thursday, August 26 and Friday, August 27
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Location: MC402
Register Online *waiting list*
The MIE department will be offering a free NI LabVIEW training course presented by Tomas Bernreiter, lab engineer and manager. This two-day introductory course was developed to introduce students and researchers to the basics of LabVIEW graphical programming/data acquisition and will prepare participants to do the following:
- Use LabVIEW to create applications or VI's
- Understand front panels, block diagrams, and icons
- Use common build-in LabVIEW functions
- Create, save, and utilize LabVIEW subroutines
- Create applications that use plug-in DAQmx data acquisition devices.
This course is offered free of charge to all MIE students, researchers, staff and faculty.
For more information, please contact Tomas Bernreiter.
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Registration and Course Enrollment for Fall 2010
September 2010 session registration and course enrollment instruction is posted online. View here and here.
Course schedule is also available online. Please make sure to check this page regularly for updates and changes.
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Doctoral Completion Award (DCA) for 2010/2011
MIE departmental deadline: Friday, September 10.
For detailed information, please click here.
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PhD Final Oral Exam
Afsoon Amirzadeh Goghari presents: Producing Small Droplets of Aqueous Solutions and Molten Metals Using a pneumatic Droplet Generator
Date: Monday, August 16
Time: 10 AM
Location: Room 303, 63 St. George Street, School of Graduate Studies
Exam committee: Prof. Paul Selick (examination chair, Department of Mathematics); Prof. S. Chandra (supervisor); Prof. N. Ashgriz; Prof. J. Wallace; and Prof. A. Guenther.
External examiner: Prof. H. Henein (University of Alberta).
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PhD Final Oral Exam
Christopher Moraes presents: High-Throughput Microsystems for Cellular Mechanobiology Studies
Date: Tuesday, August 17
Time: 2 PM
Location: Room 301, 63 St. George Street, School of Graduate Studies
Exam committee: Prof. Francis Dawson (examination chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering); Prof. C. Simmons (co-Supervisor); Prof. Y. Sun (co-Supervisor); Prof. C. Yip; Prof. J. B. Hinz; and Prof. R. Kandel.
External examiner: Prof. Philip LeDuc (Carnegie Mellon University).
Announcements
A Special Short-Course on Advanced Machining
Date: Monday, August 30 to Friday, September 3
Location: Machine Shop (MC78)
Register: MC134 *limited space remains*
MIE will be running a 5-day hands-on workshop on advanced metal machining. This course is targeted toward MIE undergraduate and graduate students who have had at least a few hours of basic machining experience. A maximum of 16 students will be allowed to enroll, and two professional machinists will provide instruction. Registration forms and further information are available in MC134.
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VacationStaff:
Sheila Baker, Purchasing Officer: August 17 - 20
Tomas Bernreiter, Laboratory Engineer and Manager: August 30 - September 3
Nina Haikara, Liaison – External Relations: August 19 & 20
Jho Nazal, Graduate Program Assistant: August 9 - 20
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