December 6, 2010 Vol. 02 // No. 23
Table of Contents: Chair's Office // Awards and Recognition // Research Activities // Seminars // Graduate Studies // Student Affairs // Announcements // Vacation // Previous Newsletter & Links
Chair's Office
MIE Holiday Buffet Lunch » Early Office Closure
This Friday, December 10
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Hart House, Great Hall
Administrative and technical support offices and the MC-78 machine shop will close for staff to attend the holiday luncheon, and will remain closed following the lunch.
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Our Thanks to Prof. Chandra
Prof. Sanjeev Chandra will depart from the Vice Chair position effective January 1, 2011, to take-up the role of Acting Vice Dean, Undergraduate Studies.
Prof. Chandra has made significant contributions to MIE during his tenure as Vice Chair from July 2009 to December 2010. He headed the space committee, implementing a new space policy and made many space moves for the new CFI projects, new student service centre and increased space requirement. He chaired the task force on teaching groups that led to the successful creation and operation of six new teaching groups. He also effectively worked with the student levy fund that has seen a significant increase in applications. In the spring of 2010, he devoted much time to preparing and writing the MIE strategic planning report.
We wish him all the best in his new position with the Faculty.
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New Position: Coordinator of Undergraduate Laboratories
Prof. James Mills has kindly agreed to take on the position of Coordinator of Undergraduate Laboratories as of January 1, 2011. The duties will include student levy fund allocation, supervising Tom Bernreiter and his team, Osmond Sargeant and Terry Zak, in the maintenance of existing lab equipment, the development of new lab equipment, and upgrades for undergraduate laboratories.
Many thanks to Prof. Mills for agreeing to take on this important task.
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New Administrative Arrangement
Effective as of January 1, 2011, the Vice Chair position will be phased out.
As a result of the elimination of the Vice Chair position, the new administrative arrangement will be as follows:
Space committee chair: Jean Zu
Signing on reimbursement: Jean Zu
Student levy: Jim Mills
Undergraduate labs: Jim Mills
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Staff Announcement
MIE is pleased to announce Terry Zak will continue to serve as senior student lab machinist. Terry joined the department in November 2009, on a term position. Terry has extensive mechanical design and machining experience from working in the tool and die industry, and has also lectured at a local Ontario college. His combination of industrial and academic experience will make Terry a continued asset to our department.
Congratulations, Terry!
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Building Access Requests
The department now has a central service for all department access requests. Please e-mail buildingaccess@mie.utoronto.ca for the following types of access requests:
1.BCIT room, controlled by the faculty Locknetics system.
2.MIE access for the MC, RS, MB and HA exterior doors and interior doors that are controlled by the Chubb system.
3.MIE access for doors in MC, RS, MB and HA that are controlled by the department Locknetics system.
Awards & Recognition
Fuel Consumption: Toronto Star Measured it Right in 1960
In late 1960, 26 years before the launch of Wheels, the Toronto Daily Star exhaustively tested the gas mileage of 31 new 1961 cars.
Late Mechanical Engineering professor William A. Wallace helped the Toronto daily newspaper test cars in seven classes for fuel efficiency.
Read the Wheels.ca article
Research Activities
Invited Talk
Prof. Paul Milgram will be away December 6 - 8 to attend AFRV2010 – "Les 5-ièmes Journées de l'AFRV" (Association Française de la Réalité Virtuelle), in Paris, France. He will be giving an invited keynote talk entitled Un cadre conceptuel pour caractériser les interactions en environnements réels et/ou virtuels. He will also be leading a workshop entitled, Réalité Mixte, Téléopération et Facteurs Humains.
Seminars
MIE Seminar Series » Past, Present and Future Challenges of Electronics Packaging
Distinguished speaker: Gamal Refai-Ahmed, AMD Fellow, Advanced Micro Devices, Toronto
Date: Friday, January 14
Time: 2:10 PM
Location: MC102
More Info
Graduate Studies
MIE 2011 Research Symposium Planning Underway
2011 MIE Research symposium organizers, Maby Boado, David Romero and Poorya Ferdowsi met with the 2010 Research symposium team Dan Sellan, Craig Metcalfe and Michael Marr, Prof. Jean Zu and Prof. Axel Guenther on Friday, November 26th to kick-off planning for 2011.
The purpose of the meeting was to set-up the symposium agenda and share success and failure stories from 2010. Information and contacts were transferred from the past team to the new organizers.
For more information regarding the 2011 Research Symposium (to be held May 13th, 2011) please contact: symposium@mie.utoronto.ca.
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Graduate Leaders of Tomorrow
Are you interested in taking a leadership development course next term? Are you looking for an immersive course taught by two exceptionally experienced management consultants? If so, apply for APS1011: Concepts and Applications of Authentic Leadership today!
First offered last winter, this course has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from students. Check out video testimonials provided by last year's students.
To be considered for this course, you must submit an online application form here by December 13, 9 AM. You must then sign up for this course on ROSI and await instructor approval. Due to limited enrolment, we regret that we cannot guarantee a spot to all interested students. To learn more about APS1011, please click here.
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University of Toronto Post-doctoral Association (UTPDA) Town Hall Meeting
Date: Monday, December 6
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Location: OISE (252 Bloor West, between St. George and Bedford), Room 5250
UTPDA is pleased to announce Minister of Research and Innovation, Glen Murray, will be delivering a keynote speech at our fall semester town hall meeting. All post-docs at UofT and the affiliated research hospitals – international and domestic – are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Minister Murray will discuss the direction of research funding and issues related to university start-up companies that related to his Ministry, particularly as they related to post-doctoral fellows in Ontario. Time will be made available for questions.
There will also be a short update on the process underway at the Ontario Labour Board to determine the status of post-doctoral fellows (student vs. employee). Recent improvements to the UofT post-doctoral health plan (Greenshield) will also be reviewed.
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Winter 2011 Course Enrollment and Deadlines
Most of winter 2011 courses begin in the week of Monday, January 3rd, unless otherwise noted.
Course schedule and classroom information is posted online here. Course enrollment instruction and supervisor's approval procedure are also available online here.
Friday, January 14: Final date to add winter session courses on ROSI and to submit a supervisor's course approval to gradoffice@mie.utoronto.ca.
Friday, February 25: Final date to drop a January half-course without academic penalty.
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MASc Oral Exam
Tim Chan presents: Aromatic Hydrocarbon Sampling and Extraction From Flames Using Temperature - Swing Adsorption/Desorption Processes
Date: Tuesday, December 7
Time: 12 PM
Location: MB101
Exam committee: Prof. M. J. Thomson (supervisor and exam chair); Prof. J. Wallace; and Prof. G. Evans.
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PhD Final Oral Exam
Araz Sarchami presents: Investigation of Thermal Hydraulics of a Nuclear Reactor Moderator
Date: Friday, December 10
Time: 10 AM
Location: School of Graduate Studies, 63 St. George Street, Room 111
Exam committee: Prof. E. Acosta (examination chair, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry); Prof. N. Ashgriz (supervisor); Prof. A. Bazylak; Prof. P. Sullivan; Prof. S. Chandra.
External examiner: Prof. C.K. Madnia (CUNY at Buffalo)
Student Affairs
2011 IAESTE Exchange
IAESTE is an international student exchange program, founded in 1948. IAESTE Canada is sponsored and administered by Queen's University Career Services as a service to all Canadian students.
Located in over 80 countries, IAESTE is an independent, non-governmental program, with consultative relationships to UNESCO, UN Economic and Social Council, UN Industrial Development Organization, the ILO, and other bodies. More than 7,000 Canadian students have benefited from the program.
Copies of the IAESTE application form can be found online. Application packages for both summer and fall 2011 placements are due December 10.
Announcements
Holiday Toy & Food Drive 2010
The holiday season is upon us again. This year we are collecting baby toys and baby food for those families less fortunate during this festive time.
We have a 'gift and food train' in the main office, Room 134 in the Mechanical Building. Please donate to this very worthy cause. The main office is also accepting cash donations to the Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund.
MIE will be delivering to the Family Care Office on the morning of Friday, December 10.
Flyer
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Walk@Work
How long do you think you spend sitting at your desk each day? A few hours? Maybe three or four?
Myra Lefkowitz, manager of UofT's Health and Well-being office, says that many UofT employees spend the majority of their work time engaged in sedentary tasks, such as computer work. Some recommendations to decrease sitting time include walking to a co-worker's desk instead of sending an email, or to have a walking meeting.
The Walk@Work program is open to all UofT staff and faculty. If you are interested in participating or would like further information, contact Laura Zeglen at walkatwork@utoronto.ca or 416-978-2736. Sign-up now until December 17th. The program starts January 10, 2011.
Walk@Work is supported by UofT's Office of Health and Well-being Programs and Services and the Organizational Development and Learning Centre.
VacationStaff:
Elisabete Augusto, Manager of Research Accounting: Tuesday, December 7
Joe Baptista, Facilities Coordinator and Building Officer: December 17 - 21
Nina Haikara, Liaison – External Relations: December 17 - 21
Raymond Low, Computing Services Manager: December 20 & 21
Ryan Mendell, Machine Shop Manager: Monday, December 6
Eleanor Morris, Executive Assistant: December 20 & 21
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