September 7, 2010 Vol. 02 // No. 10
Table of Contents: Chair's Office // Research Activities // Seminars // Graduate Studies // Student Affairs // Computing Services // Job Opportunities // Previous Newsletter & Links
Chair's Office
First Year Students » Welcome to MIE!
Today the undergraduate office hosted its first year talk for new MIE students. Prof. Jean Zu and Prof. Hani Naguib, associate chair of undergraduate studies, gave welcoming remarks and Prof. Tony Sinclair and Jason Bazylak addressed the students regarding program opportunities. Undergraduate counselor, Nicole Treston, also introduced undergraduate assistants Carla Baptista and Mark Wlodarski.
A luncheon was then held in MB123, giving students an opportunity to mix with the undergraduate office staff, faculty and with one another.
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Prof. Metin Yaras Visits MIE
Prof. Metin Yaras from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, visited MIE on Friday, September 3. He met members of the Task Force on Design Education and shared the experience of a very successful 4th year capstone design course in his department. He also visited MIE undergraduate labs and some research labs.
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Prof. Jean Zu cordially invites MIE faculty and staff to attend the inaugural
MIE Celebration of Excellence
Date: Thursday, September 23
Time: 3 - 5 PM
Location: Michael E. Charles Council Chambers, GB202
This special event will recognize departmental faculty and staff who have received honours, awards or other achievements during the last year.
NEW acceptances can RSVP online or call 416-978-5450 by September 15.
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MIE Website » Events
To advertise your event on the MIE website (under “upcoming events”) please contact nina@mie.utoronto.ca.
Please provide sufficient notice of your event when submitting your request. Events with fees require further processing, which may cause delays.
If you have any further questions regarding event postings, please contact Nina at the email above or call 8-5450.
Research Activities
IT World Canada
Watch Prof. Goldie Nejat's and the socially assistive robot, Brian's, interview with IT World Canada.
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MITACS Accelerate - Canada's Graduate Research Internship Program
Reza Farshidi has been approved for an internship with MITACS Accelerate. Reza’s internship will focus on Design and Development of a New Tensioner SSIPTS at Vicicog Company. He is supervised Prof. Jean W. Zu.
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Alive & Thrive (A&T) Small Grants Program
Sponsor Deadline - Letters of Interest (LOIs): Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The A&T Small Grants Program aims to fund operational research projects that will identify novel approaches and overcome key barriers to improving infant and young child feeding (IYCF) at scale in low and middle-income countries. Awards for small grants will generally be in the range of $50,000-100,000 USD. Selected applicants will be asked to submit a full proposal.
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National Institutes of Health (NIH): New R01 Research Grants
Internal deadline: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Application deadline: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
NIH Research Grant information and resources are available online.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Explorations (Round 6)
Internal deadline: Friday, October 29. Provide a copy of the application and a completed and signed RIS form to Debbie Bilinski.
Application deadline: Tuesday, November 2, 11:30 AM (PT)
This initiative encourages innovative and unconventional global health solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level, in any discipline, and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies. Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.
Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available online.
During the application process, you may be required to provide the UofT Institutional Officer's information. The Institutional Officer is the person authorized to sign the grant agreement on behalf of the university. Please contact Debbie Bilinski to obtain this information if you are submitting an application.
Seminars
MIE Seminar Series Presents: The “Daily Spills” That We Ignore
Distinguished Speaker: Audrey Mascarenhas, CEO & president, Questor Technology Inc., Calgary (ChemEng 8T2)
Date: Friday, September 10
Time: 2:10 PM
Location: MC102
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Graduate Studies
Graduate Student Travel Grant Recipients
The MIE Graduate Studies Committee met recently to determine the recipients of the 3rd Graduate Student Travel Grants: eight students were chosen from many strong applicants, listed below (supervisors in brackets):
• Mohammed Jalal Ahamed (Prof. P.E. Sullivan and Prof. R. Ben Mrad)
• Christine Chan (Prof. H. Naguib)
• Hamid Ghaffari (Prof. D. Aleman)
• Corey Kiassat (Prof. A.K.S. Jardine)
• Lian Leng (Prof. A. Guenther)
• Linus Leung (Prof. H. Naguib)
• Jonathan Li (Prof. R. Kwon)
• Brendan MacDonald (Prof. C.A. Ward )
Congratulations to all of you!
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Departmental deadline for 2011-2012 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships
Deadline: Friday, October 1.
Please view application instructions and FAQs at MIE website or click here.
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LoT:G » Leaders of Tomorrow Graduate Student BBQ
Date: Thursday, September 23
Time: 11 AM - 2 PM
Location: Cumberland House, Centre for International Experience, 35 St. George St.
This event welcomes new graduate students to learn more about Leaders of Tomorrow (LoT:G) and to celebrate recent accomplishments. Please join LoT:G for a good time with great company! Hamburgers, hot dogs and snacks will be provided free-of-charge on the front lawn of Cumberland House.
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MASc Oral Exam
Eunji In presents: Fabrication and Characterization of New Passive and Active Polymer Gels with Tailored Properties
Date: Friday, September 10
Time: 10 AM
Location: MB101
Exam committee: Prof. H. Naguib (exam chair and supervisor); Prof. A. Sinclair; and Prof. A. Bazylak.
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PhD Qualifying Exam
Mohammadreza Nofar presents: Manufacturing of EPLA Foams by Extrusion Foaming
Date: Friday, September 10
Time: 3 PM
Location: MC310
Exam committee: Professor C.B. Park (supervisor); Professor H. Naguib (exam chair); and Prof. S. Chandra.
Student Affairs
"ASKme" Ambassador Program
Student Life, in partnership with the Provost’s Office and Human Resources, is pleased once again to launch the ASKme program on the St. George campus for fall 2010. Introduced in 2008, the program is one more way to provide a welcoming and supportive environment for new students arriving on the St. George campus this September. This year the program will run from September 7 to 17.
Staff who would like to participate will be provided with an information package and an ASKme badge to wear while walking around the campus, identifying them as someone students may approach with questions.
Since faculty members already play a major role in assisting students to transition to university we do not plan to email individual invitations. However, we hope that some faculty members will be willing to act as ASKme Ambassadors as they walk around the campus.
How to join
Computing Services
Computing and IT Services & Support Survey
To all faculty, staff, researchers and students: The department is committed to providing quality Computing and Information Technology services and support. Please take a few minutes to complete the following short online survey.
Note that the survey must be completed by Monday, September 13.
Contact Joe Baptista if you have any questions or concerns.
Job Opportunities
Tenure Track Positions in Sustainable Energy » Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UofT
Deadline: Wednesday, December 1
How to apply
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Faculty Positions in Mechanical Engineering » Clemson University
Location: Clemson, South Carolina
Deadline: November 15
How to apply
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