[PDADC-L] Announcement regarding road closures for Shriners Parade and Royal Visit - July 6

The following announcement is sent on behalf of Catherine Riggall, Vice-President Business Affairs.

Please note that on Tuesday July 6, there are 2 major events scheduled for the Queen’s Park area. On this date the Shriners International, who are holding their annual Imperial Council Session in Toronto, will be staging a parade on University Avenue, beginning in the College Street/Queen’s Park area. Also on the same day Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II along with the Prime Minister, Governor General and other dignitaries, will be visiting the provincial legislature for the farewell event of her 2010 Canadian Visit. As a result of these 2 events, the following restrictions will be in effect:

• Queens Park Crescents East and West will be closed from the Southside of Bloor St. to the North side of College St from 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM
• University Ave., the North and South bound lanes from the Southside of College St. to the North side of Front St. W will be closed from 9:30 AM until 7:00 PM
• Wellesley St. W will be closed from Bay St. to the Wellesley Street Bridge as of 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM
• College Street from Elizabeth to St. George will have one lane open each way but likely restricted to “local traffic” only along with emergency services and TTC. Some allowance is being made to allow essential access to King’s College Road for deliveries to the University.
• Hoskins Ave. will be closed between St. George St. and Queens Parks Cres. W and Devonshire Place will be closed from Bloor St. south to Hoskins Avenue to all vehicular traffic as of 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM
• St. Joseph St. will be closed from Bay St. to Queens Park Crescent E. along with Grosvenor St. from Surrey Place to Queens Park Crescent E. to all vehicular traffic as of 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM
• All major east-west bound streets will remain open prior to the Parade start at 1 PM at which point vehicles will no longer be permitted to use any of these road ways from Bay St. to Beverley St. The exception will be TTC Street cars which will be marshalled and allowed passage through at College, Dundas and Queen Streets. during breaks in the parade. South of Queen St to Front St., on University Ave., east-west bound streets will remain open but be advised that there may be periodic disruptions to traffic flow.
• NOTE: There will be no access to University Ave. at any point from the start of the Road Closures beginning at 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
• The following secondary east-west roads north of Queen St. will remain open to “Local Traffic Only” during the closure times but will not be able to access University Avenue: Orde, Gerrard, Elm, Edward and Armoury Streets
• TTC Subways will continue to run with no disruption to service and we encourage employees and residents in the effected area’s to utilize these and other alternative forms of transportation on that day
Metered Parking on University Avenue will not be permitted on Tuesday July 6th, 2010 and vehicles located in the closure area will be relocated.

Given the closures on University Avenue and Queen’s Park Crescent, it is also reasonable to expect that other north/south routes such as St. George, Huron and Spadina, will experience considerable increases in traffic, particularly during rush hour.

Wherever possible it is recommended that major deliveries be avoided that day (keeping in mind the University is also closed July 1 and 2) and that units plan their operations for the day accordingly. Members of the community who drive to campus should also plan to take alternate routes or alternate means of transportation. It’s worth noting that access to some parking lots are likely to be affected as well.

If and when additional information becomes available we will pass it on to the University community.

Undergraduate Engineering Research Day 2010-Call for Abstracts

Undergraduate Engineering Research Day 2010
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Bahan Centre for Information Technology, U of T

Call for Abstracts

Undergraduate Engineering Research Day (UnERD) is for undergraduate students undertaking summer research in applied science and engineering at the University of Toronto to showcase their research projects. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about various engineering research taking place at U of T and to practice communicating research in a professional setting.

UnERD 2010 features a distinguished keynote speaker and four tracks of student podium presentation and a poster presentation session. All presenters will receive a certificate of participation while top presenters will receive prizes acknowledging their achievement.

Submitting an abstract

Please register and submit an abstract online at www.unerd.skule.ca. The following information must be included:

1) Please indicate whether you would like to participate in a podium or poster presentation

Note: while we will try to accommodate as many podium presentations as possible, in the event where requests for podium presentation are overwhelming, priority will be given to top peer-reviewed abstracts.

2) Full name, faculty & discipline of study (Non-U of T students please include school), year of study completed, discipline of research, and your principal investigator

3) An abstract should be no more than 250 words and must include background/motivation, objectives, methods, results, and conclusions.

For podium and poster presentation instructions and guidelines please visit our website at www.unerd.skule.ca.

Important Dates

• Submission deadline: July 19th, 2010, 23:59PM ET
• UnERD 2010 : Aug. 11th, 2010

We look forward to seeing you on August 11th at UnERD 2010!
- UnERD 2010 Organizing Committee

Deadline for Abstract Submission has been extended - IHHA 2011

We are happy to announce that the deadline for Abstract Submission for the conference has been extended to July 29, 23:59 E.T.

If you have already submitted your abstract, please ignore this message.

Authors are invited to submit an abstract in English to be considered for an oral or poster presentation at the Conference. Authors are asked to submit abstracts at the following link: ihha2011/02-call-abstracts_e.shtml

Technical sessions will cover a broad range of topics in railway operations and technology.

The 2011 International Heavy Haul Association Conference will take place from June 19-22, 2011 at the Westin Hotel, in Calgary, Canada.

We look forward to welcoming you to Calgary in June 2011!

www.ihha2011.org
Conference Secretariat
IHHA 2011
National Research Council Canada
1200 Montreal Road, Building M-19
Ottawa, ON
Canada K1A 0R6
Telephone: (613) 993-0414
Facsimile: (613) 993-7250
Email: ihha2011@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Division III Notification New Course Proposals posted on GWS

Greetings:

You are invited to view and provide feedback on the following new course proposals which were recently posted to the Graduate Webposting System (GWS):

PHY2212H: Entanglement Physics

DMI0626H: Advanced Topics in Finite Element Analysis

DMI0828H: Lean Manufacturing - Principles, Applications and Implementations

These proposals may be of specific interest to you, and can be found by clicking on the links above. Your feedback will be directed to the Faculty Graduate Affairs Office with a copy sent to SGS officers. Feedback is not posted on the GWS.

If you have questions about the GWS, please contact the Curriculum Review Officer at sgs.gws@utoronto.ca. If you have questions about SGS governance processes, please contact Anil Purandaré, SGS Governance Officer, at sgs.governanceofficer@utoronto.ca.

Security Reminder for Working Offsite

During the G20, many people employed at the St. George campus will be working offsite. This email attaches a PDF version of a one-pager developed to advise staff and faculty on sound information security practices for confidential information.

It has also been posted on the FIPP Office website at http://www.fippa.utoronto.ca/Page26.aspx

Information detailed on the FIPP Office website and attached to this email should be consistently adhered to when working offsite, not only during the G20.

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Security Reminder for Working Offsite

The St. George campus is to close from 6pm June 23 to Monday, June 28, for the G20 Summit. If working offsite, follow security requirements for confidential information. All information that is not public is confidential, including information about identifiable individuals, student records, grades, HR records, non-public financial information etc.

Do not take confidential information offsite (e.g. home for work) unless you have:

Official Authorization; official University, Division or department policy or practice that permits the record to be taken out. If there is any doubt, consult with your direct report.

Demonstrable operational need/No other reasonable means; the record must be taken offsite to fulfil your duties. There is no reasonable alternative to taking the record offsite.

For hard copy records, minimize risk as follows:

Take as few records as you can for expected work. If possible, take copies, not originals.

In transit; Carry records in a locked satchel or case. Do not leave records unattended, e.g. at restaurants, washrooms, public transit, etc. Don’t read where others could see records.

At home; Protect records from unauthorized individuals, including family or friends. Lock records away when not in use, e.g. locked cabinet in your locked home.

For electronic records:

Access records remotely only on authorized, secure networks with encrypted communication.

Use a strong password to protect your electronic devices and laptop.

Be sure your computer has up-to-date security, including firewall, anti-virus and anti-spam.

Electronic records taken out of a secure University IT environment should be encrypted at all times, e.g. use an encrypted USB memory stick or encrypted hard drive on your laptop.

Resources:

University of Toronto Security for Personal and Other Confidential Information practice: http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/Assets/Provost+Digital+Assets/Provost/fippa.pdf

University of Toronto Encryption resources:
http://www.utoronto.ca/security/UTORprotect/encryption_guidelines.htm

Adobe Encryption of PDF documents:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WSD012A4E1-51D1-4bcd-BA9F-EF03C6F20BB6.html

Encrypting Windows XP records - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307877

For questions, contact Howard Jones, Coordinator, FIPP Office at (416) 946-7303, howard.jones@utoronto.ca

[PDADC-L] Merit Assessment for Research Associates and Senior Research Associates

PDAD&C #108, 2009-10

MEMORANDUM

To: Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs

From: Edith Hillan, Vice Provost Faculty & Academic Life

Date: June 23, 2010

Re: Merit Assessment for Research Associates and Senior Research Associates


Please ensure this memo is circulated to all Principal Investigators in your unit who have supervisory responsibilities for Research Associates and Senior Research Associates

Compensation for Research Associates and Senior Research Associates is governed by the Policy, Procedures and Terms and Conditions of Appointment for Research Associates (Limited Term) and Senior Research Associates which can be found at:

http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/Assets/Governing+Council+Digital+Assets/Policies/PDF/ppmar032003.pdf

The performance review process for Research Associates (limited term) and Senior Research Associates should be conducted as normal. Performance evaluation and assessment of RA/SRAs is an important component of career development. Principal Investigators should request an annual activity report and current curriculum vitae from each RA/SRA in their team. RA/SRAs should be asked to articulate the progress they have made during the year and comment on the significance of their activities, where needed. The report may be supplemented with other evidence as appropriate. Principal Investigators should provide each RA/SRA with a full performance appraisal.

Although the proposed Compensation Restraint Act legislation requires restraint for compensation effective March 24, 2010, the legislation does provide some scope for increases provided for by existing policy that are merit driven. The potential amount of the merit increase is set out in the Policy and is dependent on the outcome of the performance review. All merit increases will require the approval of the dean or division head. Further instructions on implementation will be provided following the performance assessments.

[PDADC-L] Provost’s Guidelines for Budgetary and Non-Budgetary Cross-Appointments

PDADC#106, 2009-10

MEMORANDUM
TO: PDAD&C
FROM: Edith Hillan, Vice-Provost, Faculty and Academic Life
DATE: June 22, 2010

RE: Provost’s Guidelines for Budgetary and Non-Budgetary Cross-Appointments

Attached, please find the new Provost’s Guidelines for Budgetary and Non-Budgetary Cross-Appointments that will form part of the revised Academic Administrative Procedures Manual for 2010-11.

The Guidelines provided bring together information that is included in a range of policies (e.g. Policy and Procedure on Academic Appointments, Policy on Promotion). In particular it includes:

 Details on the responsibilities of primary and secondary units in the appointment process.
 Details of their responsibilities in regards to the review processes (e.g. Third Year Review, Tenure, and Promotion).
 Clarification of the role of secondary departments in the review processes.
 Details of the formation of tenure committees for faculty members holding budgetary crossappointments.
 Clarification that faculty must hold non-budgetary cross-appointments to other units (undergraduate and graduate) rather than Status-only appointments.
 A template letter for a non-budgetary cross-appointment has been included.

Provost’s Guidelines for Budgetary and Non-Budgetary Cross- Appointments

1.0 Introduction
All continuing full-time University salaried academic appointments are governed by the University of Toronto’s Policy and Procedures on Academic Appointments (PPAA). Under this policy, continuing full-time academic appointments with budgetary salary commitments are approved by the Vice-President and Provost of the University on the recommendation of the Chair of the relevant unit and the Dean of the Faculty. The PPAA provides for both budgetary (e.g. where salary and funding responsibilities are shared between two or more units or divisions) and non-budgetary cross-appointment (e.g. non-salaried appointment to another unit or division other than their primary appointment) of appointed faculty.

2.0 Budgetary Cross-appointments
A budgetary cross-appointment (sometimes referred to as a ‘joint appointment’)involves the apportioning of a faculty member’s salary and duties between two (or more) units or divisions. A unit/division of primary appointment must always be established where the faculty member has an appointment of 51% or greater, with the remaining 49% the responsibility of the secondary unit/division. In the case of a budgetary cross-appointment that involves more than two units/divisions, the primary unit/division will always retain 51% of the faculty member’s appointment, with the remaining 49% explicitly shared between the other units/divisions (e.g. 25% to one unit and 24% to another). Sharing of a faculty member’s salary and duties impacts on
a number of academic human resource processes at the University, details are rovided below.

Please note: In each case, only the information specific to budgetary cross-appointments is included here. Full details can be found in the relevant section of the Academic Administrative Procedures Manual. You should consult this in conjunction with the information provided here.

2.1 Search and Hire
Budgetary cross-appointments are usually determined at the outset of a search. Where this is to occur, the nature of the appointment should be clearly stated in any advertisements. The unit/division heads of all academic units concerned should be involved in the preparation of the ‘short list’ of candidates; moreover, each of these academic units should be represented on the search committee.

The letter of appointment for new faculty who are to be offered a cross-appointment must be cosigned by the heads of both budgetary areas sharing the appointment. The graduate chair must also co-sign if s/he is not the budgetary unit chair. The report on the search provided in the appointment dossier should include the approval of the relevant unit or division heads.

2.2 Third Year Review
In the case of a faculty member with a budgetary cross-appointment, the Policy and Procedures on Academic Appointments states that the review committee must be jointly appointed by the respective heads of the divisions or units where the faculty member holds an appointment of at least 25%.

In the case of faculty who hold budgetary cross-appointments to New College, Innis College, Woodsworth College or University College, the principal does not participate in the appointment of the review committee. The committee must obtain from the principal an appraisal of the candidate’s contribution to the College which is considered along with other relevant evidence of the candidate’s scholarly ability. In the case of faculty with primary appointments in programs based at St. Michael’s College, the Principal participates fully in the review process.

In conducting the teaching evaluation of a candidate who holds a budgetary cross-appointment, assessments (e.g. course evaluations, peer observations) should be obtained from all the units/divisions where the faculty member provides teaching. This holds for the reviews of teaching that occur in the tenure and promotions processes.

2.3 Tenure Review
In general, the head of the division or unit of primary appointment takes on responsibility for the tenure review. They are responsible for notifying the candidate of their review, gathering material for the tenure committee, establishing the internal committees and the tenure committee and for contacting external referees. The Policy states that ‘the preparation of documentation must be done in collaboration with the appropriate officers of other divisions in which the candidate holds or has held cross-appointments, and the evidence of this collaboration must be placed before the tenure committee’.

The Policy provides specific detail on the formation of the tenure committee in the case of a faculty member with a budgetary cross-appointment. The head of the unit or division of primary appointment will contact the head of the unit or division of the secondary appointment and/or graduate chair where applicable concerning membership of and documentation for the tenure committee. With the inclusion of the chair or other academic officer from the cross-appointed division, the tenure committee will have eight voting members instead of the usual seven. In no case should more than eight people serve on the tenure committee.

Therefore, in the case where a faculty member holds one budgetary cross-appointment (including those faculty members with primary appointments in programs based at St. Michael’s College), membership of the tenure committee will be as follows:-
1. Chair of the unit/head of the division where the faculty member holds their primary appointment acts as chair of the tenure committee.
2. In multi-department faculties, the committee will also include the dean (or his/her designate who should not be a member of the candidate’s home unit)
3. Dean of the School of Graduate Studies (or his/her designate who should not be a
member of the candidate’s home unit)
4. A faculty member from the primary division of appointment; or in the case where the graduate chair and the budgetary chair are different, the Graduate Chair.
5. Three other faculty members – at least one from within the primary unit of appointment.
6. Chair of the unit/head of the division where secondary appointment is held.

For faculty members whose primary appointment is in a single department faculty, the normal membership will be expanded by one member to include the chair of the unit or head of the division where the secondary appointment is held.

Where a candidate has more than one budgetary cross-appointment, the dean of the division of the primary appointment will decide on and appoint the additional member from one of the units of secondary appointment after consultation with the heads of divisions/chairs of units. The chairs of the secondary units will provide a written evaluation of the candidate but will not be entitled to representation on the committee, or to participate in the selection of committee members or the preparation of the documentation.

Assessments of teaching and scholarly activity should be obtained from all the units/divisions in which a candidate has taught. These should be taken fully into account by the tenure committee. Where a candidate holds a cross-appointment to University College, New College, Innis College and Woodsworth College, the chair must request an evaluation of the candidate’s contribution to the College from the College principal. This will be shared with the tenure committee.

2.4 Promotion to Full Professor
The candidate is considered for promotion to Full Professor in the unit or division of primary appointment. As with the other review processes described above, the Policy on Promotions states that input should be sought on teaching, service and scholarly activity from the units or divisions where cross-appointments have been or are currently held (this will include course evaluations for all courses taught in the last five years). In addition, the head of the unit of primary appointment should request a list of external reviewers from the head of the secondary unit(s).

2.5 Research and Study leave
The Memorandum of Agreement between the University and the Colleges requires that in cases where faculty members hold College appointments (as listed above), principals should be consulted with regard to leave requests. In cases where a faculty member has a budgetary crossappointment, the head of the primary appointment unit should ensure that the faculty member’s other unit(s) have been consulted.

2.6 Salary and PTR
Each year a PDAD&C memo is issued providing details on the PTR process and salary increase instructions. It contains information pertinent to those with budgetary cross-appointments. In cases where faculty are cross-appointed to another unit/division or where they hold their graduate appointment outside their primary unit, consultation with other unit heads and/or graduate chairs is a critical element of the information gathering process for PTR assessments. Such consultations
assist in assessing the faculty member’s activities in relation to others in their field. Similarly they may provide an important perspective on a faculty member’s graduate teaching and supervision, particularly if this takes place on another campus.

Cross-appointed faculty should only be included in the histogram of the unit where their primary appointment lies. The total increase awarded to the individual should be reflected even though part of this will be provided from another unit's/division’s budget.

3.0 Non-Budgetary Cross-appointments
A non-budgetary cross-appointment is offered by a unit to an appointed faculty member from another unit at the University of Toronto. Such appointments are usually made to allow the faculty member to participate more fully in the unit’s undergraduate teaching or research programme (when the graduate home is not in the unit of primary appointment).

Please note: Faculty may hold non-budgetary cross-appointments to other units but must not hold Status-only appointments. Status-only appointments are for qualified external faculty only (Please see the Provost’s Guidelines on the Appointment of Status-only, Adjunct and Visiting Professors)

3.1 Appointment
Non-budgetary cross-appointments are made under an established divisional appointments procedure. The head of the academic unit, following consultation with an appointments committee, can offer non-budgetary cross-appointments. Appointments are normally made for a fixed term of up to five years. Appointments may be renewed at the discretion of the dean.

Non-budgetary cross-appointments must have the consent of all divisions involved and does not confer primary or secondary appointment unit status, or any review or tenure committee rights and responsibilities (except as noted below), upon the units to which these cross-appointments are made.

Faculty with non-budgetary cross-appointments may engage in the teaching, supervision and advising of both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as in committee service to programs. Duties and responsibilities should be included in their letter of offer. A template letter of offer is included as Attachment #1.

3.2 Graduate Appointments
The Policy and Procedure on Academic Appointments states that: ‘all faculty appointed to a tenure-stream position shall hold a non-budgetary cross-appointment to an appropriate graduate unit. Decisions regarding such cross-appointments shall be made jointly by the appointing unit and the graduate unit’.

Faculty members who have non-budgetary cross-appointments to another unit may also be
recommended for a graduate appointment within that academic unit in accordance with the policies of the School of Graduate Studies.

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Non-Budgetary Cross Appointment Template

Date

Dear [ ],

I am writing with the approval of the Dean of the Faculty of [ ] to offer you a non-budgetary cross appointment in the [Department/Faculty] of [ ] at the rank of [ ].

[ ] offers non-budgetary cross-appointments only to individuals who are deemed qualified to make a significant contribution to the educational and research activities of the unit. In return, the unit makes a commitment to further the academic activities and progress of all faculty appointees, in recognition of the contributions that they make to the mission of the unit in education and research.

The terms of your appointment are as follows:

Your appointment is for a term of [ ] years, beginning on [ ] and ending [ ]. Your appointment will be reviewed in each year of your appointment. There is no right to renewal of your appointment, but renewal may be granted at the Dean’s discretion.

Your non-budgetary cross-appointment will automatically terminate on [ ], and this offer shall constitute notice of termination at that time, unless before that time the Dean advises, in writing that your appointment will be renewed.

Your annual review will be based on your performance in the areas of responsibility outlined as follows:
(a) Teaching: [Insert teaching responsibilities as appropriate].
(b) Research: [Insert research responsibilities as appropriate]
(c) Service: [Insert service responsibilities as appropriate]

You will be required to submit an annual report to the [Chair/Dean] by March 31 of each year, summarizing your contributions to the division.

Status within the School of Graduate Studies (if applicable)

Expectations/responsibility for payment of graduate student stipends (if applicable)

You are expected to acknowledge your affiliation with the [Department/Faculty] in all
publications and scholarly works resulting from your appointment.

The Office of the Vice-President and Provost maintains a set of links to important policies that will govern any teaching or research at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/English/Other-Academic-Policies.html. In particular, I would like to draw your attention to the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters at http://www.utoronto.ca/govcncl/pap/policies/behaveac.html, and the Policy on Conflict of Interest Academic Staff at http://www.utoronto.ca/govcncl/pap/policies/conacad.html. We expect that you will govern yourself in accordance with all applicable faculty and University policies.

Please indicate your acceptance of this appointment under the terms and conditions set out above by returning a copy of this letter to me that has been signed by you and the [Chair/Dean] of your primary appointment unit. Please also keep a copy of the signed letter of offer for your files.

I welcome you as a faculty member and look forward to working with you in the year ahead.

Yours sincerely,

[Chair/Dean]
[Department/Faculty] of [ ]

encls.

Agreed to by: _______________________ Date: _______________________
[Candidate’s Signature]

Agreed to by: _______________________ Date: _______________________
[Signature of Chair/Dean of Unit of Primary Appointment].

[SGS] Changes to Regulations on Lapsing

SGS # 011, 2009-2010

TO: Graduate Chairs, Graduate Coordinators and Administrators
FROM: Brian Corman, Dean of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost, Graduate Education
DATE: June 22, 2010
Cc: Council of Graduate Deans
School of Graduate Studies

RE: Changes to Regulations on Lapsing
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At the May 18th, 2010 Graduate Education Council, a proposal was approved to change the General and Degree Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies with respect to the regulations on lapsing for Ph.D. students beyond the time limit for the degree.

Graduate Education Council adopted the proposal to replace lapsed status for PhD students (excluding flexible-time PhD or professional doctoral students) who are beyond the time limit for the degree with a new four-year extension regulation. Students who have not completed the program requirements by the time limit for the PhD degree (6 years PhD; 7 years Direct-Entry PhD) may apply for up to four one-year PhD program extensions. PhD students must be registered in the year prior to the year in which the extension would occur. Registration beyond the four-year extension period is not permitted.

Please refer to the 2010-2011 SGS Calendar excerpt below for more details:

PhD Students (excluding flexible-time PhD students)
“In exceptional circumstances, a PhD student who has not completed all the requirements for the degree within the time limit for PhD, is eligible to apply for four one-year extensions. The first two extension requests require Department approvals; the second two require Department and School of Graduate Studies approvals. To quality for an extension, the student must present to the graduate unit concerned the causes for the delay and evidence that the remaining degree requirements may be completed within the period of the extension request. PhD students on extension are registered fulltime – see information on tuition fees for PhD students on extension in Fees and Financial Support section below. PhD students who do not register after the time limit and who request an extension later, but within the four-year extension period, may be approved for extension; students receiving approved extensions under these circumstances are subject to fee payment for extension years in which they did not register in addition to fees for the approved extension year. No registration beyond the four-year extension period will be permitted.”

Fees for Final Year PhD Students

Final year PhD students on extension (excluding flexible-time PhD and professional doctoral students), both domestic and international, will be charged an academic fee equal to 50% of the annual domestic fee plus full-time incidentals during each year of extension. Academic fees for the final extension year will be prorated, based on 50% of the domestic fee for the 12-month academic year, for the number of months that elapse between September and (including) the month in which the thesis (including corrections required by the final oral examination committee) is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies. Incidental fees will be charged on a sessional (term) basis.

Fees for final year PhD students who complete in years 1-6 (1-7 direct entry) will remain unchanged. These fees will continue to be pro-rated based on the domestic/international fees for the 12-month academic year and incidental fees will be charged on a sessional (term) basis.

“Opt-in” Option for Students Admitted Prior to September 1, 2010

All students who commenced PhD programs prior to September 2010 will be eligible to “opt into” the new extension arrangements, if they are registered in 2010-11 and have not commenced an extension year; students who wish to opt in will be required to sign on to the new arrangements, and the request to do so would require the approval of both the graduate unit and SGS. PhD students on extension in 2010-11 who wish to opt into the new arrangements will be considered by the graduate unit and SGS on a case-by-case basis, in addition to being subject to the same conditions as other PhD students. The proposed changes to regulations may not be applied retroactively.

A communication will be sent to PhD students, alerting them to this change. As well, the Program Extension Forms (see attached) have been updated accordingly.

Lapsed Status and Reinstatement

Lapsed status and reinstatement (before and after time-limit) will continue to be an option for Master’s students as well as flexible-time PhD and professional doctoral students. PhD students who began their programs prior to September 1, 2010 and do not “opt-into” the new extension arrangements may also lapse and seek reinstatement.

Please refer to 2020-2011 SGS Calendar excerpt below:

Lapsed Status and Reinstatement (master’s, professional doctoral and flexible-time PhD students only; lapsed status is not available to full-time PhD students).
“If a master’s or professional doctoral or flexible-time PhD student does not register, or is not permitted to register because the time limit for the degree sought has elapsed, registration in the School of Graduate Studies lapses. Normally, such students whose registration has lapsed may not make demands upon the resources of the University, attend courses, or expect advice from their supervisor. There are two states of lapsed status, as noted below.”

Before the Time Limit for the Degree has Expired“Failure to register as required within the time limit specified for the degree sought will result in lapsed status for master’s, professional doctoral and flexible-time PhD students. An application for reinstatement is required and must be approved both by the graduate unit and the School of Graduate Studies, and payment is made of the prescribed fees for the year(s) in which the student did not register.”

After the Time Limit for the Degree has Expired“After the time limit for the degree has elapsed and further extensions cannot be recommended, a master’s or professional doctoral or flexible-time PhD student may not register further. Registration in the program is considered to have lapsed. In special circumstances, a student may be reinstated once only, for a maximum of 12 months.”

Should you have any questions, please consult the Director of Student Services, Heather Kelly at heather.kelly@utoronto.ca or your Divisional Student Services Officer.

[PDADC-L] Impact of Variable Start Dates on Tenure Review

PDADC#105, 2009-10

MEMORANDUM

To: Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs
From: Edith Hillan, Vice Provost Faculty & Academic Life
Date: June 22, 2010
Re: Impact of Variable Start Dates on Tenure Review

Variable start dates impact on the determination of the year in which a faculty member's tenure review will be conducted. In the period 2001- 2009, approximately 27% of Assistant Professors began their career at the University at dates other than 1st July.

In many instances, hiring divisions have requested a longer tenure clock for those starting on or after 1st September. In these instances, their clock would not begin until 1st July of the next academic year. The Policy and Procedures on Academic Appointments does not address the issue of variable start dates, and, as a result, these longer clocks have (usually) been approved. The Policy allows for an initial contract of up to five years to be granted "for compelling academic reasons" and "with the approval of the Vice-President and Provost". This provision within the Policy is rarely used.

Approximately 21% of faculty with start dates between 1st October 2000 (the date at which our database begins) and the 1st July 2009 have requested at least one tenure delay. In addition, there is a steady increase in the number of faculty asking for tenure delays in advance of their tenure review date. In the past, we have generally seen requests for delays come in the spring or early autumn of the year in which the candidate's tenure review will begin. Now we are seeing requests well in advance of the year of tenure review.

Many of our G13 peers have addressed this by using a calendar year to determine a tenure 'cohort'. For example at McGill, tenure cohort years are based on the academic year and are determined by the calendar year of hire. For example, faculty hired during the January 2000 to December 2000 calendar year will be in the 2006 tenure cohort (with review completed by 1st June 2006).

As of 1st July 2010 we will move to a process similar to that at McGill whereby a new faculty member starting at any point during the calendar year (e.g. 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2010) would have their tenure clock start from 1st July of that year (e.g. 1st July 2010 clock would start with tenure review completed as of 15th April 2015). Please see diagram in attached PDF document.

If you have any questions regarding start dates and review dates, please do not hesitate to contact Sara-Jane Finlay (sarajane.finlay@utoronto.ca; 416 978 1855) or Suzan Abu Shakra (s.abushakra@utoronto.ca; 416 978 2632) in my office.

Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant & Award - Forms

June 18, 2010

MEMORANDUM

TO: Chairs, Graduate Coordinators, and Graduate Administrators in All Divisions

FROM: Lisa Haley, Assistant Director, Student Services

RE: FORMS
Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant, 2010-2011
Doctoral Completion Award, 2010-2011


Hello All: As you are aware, the Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant is being run for a final year, and the Doctoral Completion Award is being launched. Please refer to Vice-President and Provost Cheryl Misak’s memorandum of April 22, 2010 for information on the overall terms of both Grant and Award (http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/public/pdadc/200910/80.htm). I am also attaching my own memo of May 27, 2010, which contained particulars regarding the implementation of both the Grant and the Award, and deadlines for each.

I am writing today to inform you that the information sheets and application forms for the Grant and the Award have been posted on the SGS website at: http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/informationfor/students/money/awards/doctoral.htm.

Please take the time to update any material on your graduate unit’s website or any office material that relates to the Grant and include information on the new Award.

MIE Newsletter No. 48

June 21, 2010 Vol. 01 // No. 48

Table of Contents: Chair's Office // Research Activities // Graduate Studies // Job Opportunities // Student Affairs // Announcements // Vacation // Previous Newsletter & Links

Chair's Office
Our New Alumni » MIE Convocation 2010

Congratulations to the BASc class of 0T9 + PEY and 1T0, and to MEng, MASc, and PhD graduates, who received their degrees Wednesday, June 16!

MIE hosted a luncheon prior to the afternoon ceremony for all departmental graduates and their guests. Prof. Jean Zu, Chair, and the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Hani Naguib, shared words-of-wisdom with those in attendance.

Also in attendance were Profs. Dionne Aleman, Christopher Beck, Mariano Consens, Daniel Frances, Roy Kwon, and Tony Sinclair to extend further congratulations.

The departmental luncheon had record-breaking attendance of over 300. The morning rain cleared-up in time for post-convocation reception, hosted by the Faculty of Applied Science in Engineering, at Hart House.

Best wishes in all your future endeavors, to our newest alumni – keep in touch!

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Newsletter Submissions

A reminder that newsletter content is due by 12 noon on Thursdays (for the Monday issue). Please forward all content only to newsletter@mie.utoronto.ca.

Please note: it would be most appreciated that award and grant announcements are not forwarded until the information is made public by the awarding body. Please confirm in advance.

Due to the University closures June 24 & 25 and July 1 & 2, there will be no issue of MIE News next week, Monday, June 28.


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G20 Summit » June 24 & 25 University Closure

A reminder the department and University are closed effective 6 pm on Wednesday, June 30. The University and department will re-open at 8:45 am on Monday, June 28.

University of Toronto updates on the G20 Summit

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Office Closure » Canada Day

The University and the department will be closed for Canada Day (Thursday, July 1) and for a UofT president's holiday, Friday, July 2. The University and department will re-open on Monday July 5.

The machine shop will close early on Wednesday, June 30 at 2 pm and department offices will close at 3 pm.

Summer hours commence July 5, and so offices will close 30 minutes earlier each working day until Labour Day.

Research Activities
Robotics and Automation Laboratory (RAL) Research Symposium



On Saturday May 29, over 20 alumni of the Robotics and Automation Laboratory (RAL) gathered at the St. George campus for the RAL Symposium. The event celebrated the success and achievements of RAL over the past 28 years, as well as the birthday of Prof. Andrew Goldenberg.


MIE department chair Prof. Jean Zu and Associate Chair of Research Prof. Ben Mrad also attended the RAL Symposium.

During the full day event, there were total of eight presentations given by professors from the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Ryerson University, and University of British Columbia as well as by engineers and scientists from RAL and Engineering Services Inc.

The event was overall a great success and allowed the opportunity for RAL alumni to meet and discuss their achievements in their professional work post-graduation.

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Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence (ORF-RE) Research Opportunity

The Ministry of Research & Innovation has just released information on Round 5 of the Ontario Research Fund-Research Excellence (ORF-RE) program. The ORF-RE program promotes research excellence of strategic value to Ontario by supporting new leading-edge, transformative, and internationally significant research.

While research proposals in all disciplines are eligible for ORF-RE Round 5, the Ministry encourages collaborative projects in the following areas: Bio-economy and clean technologies; Advanced health technologies; Digital media and information & communications technologies.

An information session will be held Monday, June 28, 2010 between 2 - 4 p.m. in the Macleod Auditorium (1 King’s College Circle). The internal deadline at the Research Services office (RSO) for Notices of Intent (NoI’s) is Friday, July 23, 2010.

Forms and additional information on the competition can be found on the Research Services website.

For more information contact Sheila Van Landeghem at 416-976-3603.

Graduate Studies
PhD Final Oral Exam

Michael John Schertzer presents: Characterization of the Motion and Mixing of Droplets in Electrowetting on Dielectric Devices
Date: Tuesday, June 22
Time: 9 AM
Location: School of Graduate Studies, 63 St. George St., RM 303

Exam committee: Prof. C. Mims (examination chair, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry); Prof. R. Ben Mrad (supervisor); Prof. M. Bussmann; Prof. A. Goldenberg; and Prof. J. Mostaghimi.
Non-voting member: Prof. P.E. Sullivan (supervisor).
External examiner: Prof. C. Ren (University of Waterloo).

Student Affairs
MIE Leaders of Tomorrow » Lunch & Learn

On Wednesday, July 7, MIE & ECE will host a joint lunch-hour session, presented by the Faculty's Leaders of Tomorrow office: Building a Leadership Portfolio.

Interested participants are asked to email lot@mie.utoronto.ca before Monday, July 5 for further details. Lunch will be served!

Faculty: please let undergraduate students who are working in your lab this summer, know about this excellent development opportunity.

Job Opportunities
Summer Student Wanted

The laboratory of Prof. Javad Mostaghimi is looking for an undergraduate summer student who is familiar with web design to redesign and update their website: Centre for Advanced Coating and Technologies, CACT.

For more information contact Sanaz Arabzadeh Esfarjani.


Announcements
UofT Farmer's Market is Back!

Starting this Wednesday, July 7, 2010, the UofT Farmer's Market is back. Come join your favourite farmers from last year and new farmers and vendors to buy some delicious farm-fresh produce.

*Please note the Farmers' Market has moved to Bancroft Avenue.

Date: Every Wednesday starting July 7, 2010
Time: 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: 5 Bancroft Avenue - Earth Sciences Building (between Willcocks Avenue, Spadina Crescent, Russell Street & Huron Street)

More Info

Vacation
Staff:

Nina Haikara, Liaison – External Relations: June 28 - 30

Eleanor Morris, Executive Assistant: June 30

Jeff Sansome, Machinist: June 28 - June 30

Joey Wong, Computer System Administrator: June 21 - 23

Anna Vanek, Director, Administration and Finance: June 28 - 30




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Important Notice re: G20 Closure of Engineering Buildings from 6 pm June 23 to morning of June 28

Important Notice re: G20 Closure of Engineering Buildings
from 6 pm June 23 to morning of June 28

This notice will be of interest to all members of the Engineering community. PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY.

The University of Toronto will be closed from 6 pm Wednesday June 23rd to normal opening time Monday June 28th due to the G20 Summit.

Your regular building access cards and keys will NOT provide access during the closure. Everyone is strongly encouraged to work from home during the closure period. The buildings will be secured and access will be by special permission only.

If you require access during this period in order to continue to engage in your research activity, you must send a written request to the Dean at dean.engineering@ecf.utoronto.ca. Campus security and/or campus Police will only permit you to enter Engineering Buildings if you have been pre-approved for entry by the Dean’s office.

Please note that it may be necessary to shut down the ventilation systems. Please make note of this if your experimental equipment relies on the building’s air intake system and take necessary steps to protect your experiments.

As noted above, the University is encouraging individuals to work from home. Parking will be unavailable on campus and public transportation is likely to experience significant delays. Our location adjacent to the official public protest site may also create some difficult situations on our campus.

[PDADC-L] Faculty Recruitment Support

PDAD&C#104, 2009-10

MEMORANDUM

To: PDAD&C

From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost

Date: June 17, 2010

Re: Faculty Recruitment Support

Further to the recent memo from the Office of the Vice-President, Research on the launch of the new Connaught Programs in Support of Research and Innovation, I am pleased to announce a joint Connaught Fund/Provost's Office program for Faculty Recruitment Support.

The old $10,000 Connaught Start-Up Grant for new faculty members was usually the only start-up funding available in our humanities and social sciences units. In order to ensure that we maintain first-rate recruitment in these fields, the Connaught Fund, with matching funding from the Provost's Office, will make available, on a competitive basis, grants in the region of $10,000 to highly sought-after candidates.

Requests should be submitted by deans directly to the Office of the Vice-President and Provost, with a copy of the candidate's cv and a paragraph on why recruitment support is needed.

[PDADC-L] Launch of New Connaught Programs in Support of Research and Innovation at UOT

RE: Launch of New Connaught Programs in Support of Research and Innovation


I am extremely pleased to announce the launch of the new suite of programs totaling approximately $3.8M annually supported by the University’s Connaught Fund. Following careful review and consultation over the past year, the Connaught Committee approved at its meeting on June 10th a new program architecture that will:

• promote excellence in research and innovation;
• enhance recruitment and retention of emerging and established scholars;
• address unmet needs without duplicating existing funding opportunities;
• expose diverse communities to distinguished international scholars;
• span disciplinary boundaries to achieve comprehensive and transformative impact;
• raise the profile of the U of T and the impact of the Connaught Fund.

The new programs are:
Connaught Global Challenge Award – deadline (LOI) November 1, 2010
Approximately $1M annually to support one award that encompasses an International Symposium, a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and a Research Cluster. The successful proposal will bring together the University’s leading researchers from multiple disciplines with innovators and thought leaders from other sectors to heighten the University’s contribution to important issues facing society

Connaught International Doctoral Scholarship
Ramping up to approximately $1M annual allocation to support up to 10 new awards annually; administered through SGS

Connaught New Researcher Award – deadline: December 1, 2010
Approximately $1M annual allocation for a majority of awards at the $10,000 level and a limited number of awards at the $50,000 level to help new tenure stream faculty members establish competitive research programs. No matching required.

Connaught Innovation Award – deadline: November 1, 2010
Approximately $500,000 allocated annually for awards of up to $100,000 to accelerate the development of promising technology and promote commercialization and/or knowledge transfer.

Connaught Summer Institute – deadline: October 1, 2010
Approximately $150,000 allocated annually for one award to bring together international graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, other scholars in order to foster rich interdivisional collaboration and creative new methods for research and innovation.

McLean Award (continuing) – deadline January 17, 2011
One $100,000 award annually to support an emerging research leader conducting basic research in physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, engineering sciences, and the theory and methods of statistics.

Faculty Recruitment Support (administered through the Provost’s office)
To assist in the recruitment of new faculty, particularly in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, by providing support for start-up costs of research.

Program details and guidelines are available on the Research website: http://www.research.utoronto.ca/for-researchers-administrators/funding-sources/university-programs/


These programs present a new and exciting opportunity to support research and innovation at the University of Toronto. By bringing emerging and established research leaders of demonstrated excellence across disciplinary, career stage, geographic and sectoral boundaries, the Connaught Fund will support, as per its terms of reference, “the application of the professional expertise and resources of the University to matters of public interest in all research fields.” On behalf of the Connaught Committee, we look forward to receiving many exciting research proposals.

NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements - Fall 2011 Grants Competition

Please forward the following information ASAP to researchers who may wish to shorten the duration of their current Discovery Grant and reapply sooner so they can be possibly considered for the Accelerator Supplements this coming Fall 2011 Grants Competition. NSERC is offering this option again this year to universities to submit a limited number of researchers who meet the objectives of the program.

This is TIME-SENSITIVE so please observe the deadlines indicated below:

UofT Quota: 8
Internal Deadline (for receipt of names from Unit Heads by e-mail): June 23 (Wednesday)
NSERC Deadline: July 14 (Wednesday)


NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS)

The Discovery Accelerator Supplements provide substantial and timely resources to a small group of outstanding researchers who have a well-established research program and who are at a key point in their careers at which they can make, or capitalize on, a significant breakthrough, but who are being held back by insufficient funds.

Useful Links
Program Description: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/DGAS-SGSA_eng.asp
FAQs: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/DGASFAQ-SGSAFAQ_eng.asp

Important Reminders
1 – Researchers do not apply for the Supplements. They may be nominated during the annual competition for Discovery Grants by their respective Evaluation Groups, if they have been recommended for a substantial increase in funding.
2 – Duration and Value of the Awards: $120,000 over three years.
3 – Researchers selected by the University will have to submit a Notification of Intent to Apply (Form 180) on August 1 and a Discovery Grant Application by November 1. The duration of their current Discovery Grant would be terminated as of March 31, 2011 with the one-year automatic extension to March 31, 2012.
4 – NSERC cannot guarantee that applicants will be put in the DAS pool nor a supplement will be awarded nor that the previous Discovery Grant funding level will be maintained.

Internal University Procedures
1 – Researchers selected by their departments must have the APPROVAL of their administrative unit head.
2 - If there is more than one such request from an administrative unit, these must be ranked by the Unit Head.
3 - The names must be submitted by the administrative unit head to Research Services by e-mail by 5:00 p.m. on June 23rd. We regret that we cannot accept late submissions due to the short timeline.
4 - If more than 8 requests are received, requests will be further adjudicated by a committee to select the strongest candidates.

Invitation to view and provide feedback on ECE1778H: Creativity & Programming of Mobile Devices

You are invited to view and provide feedback on the following new course proposal which was recently posted to the Graduate Webposting System (GWS):

ECE1778H: Creativity & Programming of Mobile Devices

This proposal may be of specific interest to you, and can be found by clicking on the link above. Your feedback will be directed to the Faculty Graduate Affairs Office with a copy sent to SGS officers. Feedback is not posted on the GWS.

If you have questions about the GWS, please contact the Curriculum Review Officer at sgs.gws@utoronto.ca. If you have questions about SGS governance processes, please contact Anil Purandaré, SGS Governance Officer, at sgs.governanceofficer@utoronto.ca.

Announcement and Info re: the new Online Telephone Directory.

New Online Telephone Directory

Telecommunication Services and the Enterprise Application and Solution Integrations are pleased to announce the new Online Telephone Directory at http://directory.utoronto.ca/phonebook/pages/admin/main.xhtml

The directory is now available to the public from the U of T homepage Contacts section. The new directory has a number of new features that will improve your online search experience.

• A public directory interface where anyone internal or external to the University
can search for staff or faculty contact information including name, job title, phone
number(s), email(s), fax number(s) and department
• Department and faculty contact information including name, main address,
contact phone number(s), fax number(s), email(s) and web address(es)
• U of T administrative offices including address and titled contacts
• List of departmental directory co-ordinators authorized to make changes to their
departmental listings

The Directory now offers a “private” search utility A ‘private’ search utility accessible via UTORID authentication, where staff and faculty can:
• Query employees via departmental searches and generate employee lists
• See full results for common surname searches, such as “Smith” without restriction
on the number of results
• Download query results to Excel
Updates to the directory can be done by your departmental directory co-ordinator (click on the Directory Co-ordinators (PDF) on the bottom of the website page). Changes to the listings will be uploaded to the new application overnight.

We would like to thank Sheree Drummond, Office of the Vice President and Provost,
Jane Linley, Faculty of Arts and Science, Bob Sawada, Telecommunication Services and
Joe Weinberg, OISE for their participation in the user group. Their contributions to the design and content of the new application have been invaluable. As well, many thanks to the application developers, Christine Beckermann and Louise Tardiff for the creation of an application that will be used by all members of the University community.

By-Product Synergy: How to Create New Revenue from Waste

By-Product Synergy: How to Create New Revenue from Waste

The American Council of Engineering Companies presents a timely online seminar by Andrew Mangan, Executive Director, US Business Council for Sustainable Development, on the organization’s By-Product Synergy (BPS) program. The interactive online seminar will be presented on Tuesday, June 22, 1:30-3 p.m.

By-Product Synergy is defined as the matching of under-valued waste, transportation, energy and other streams from one facility, with potential users at another facility to create new revenues or savings, environmental and societal benefits.

Mangan will present successful BPS case studies, including the Chicago Waste-to-Profit Network, and projects involving the City of Houston. Basis for the Council’s BPS process is the strategic teaming of companies, city departments and non-profits working together in a forum to exchange information about operations, material flows, water, power, land and other assets to find synergies that help achieve sustainability goals.

Potential market size of projects emerging from these formal collaborations is estimated at over $3 billion annually, primarily in major metropolitan areas and industrial zones, through municipal and industrial material recycling and reuse, and in water, carbon, energy efficiency, ecosystems and real estate.

A special seminar segment is HDR Engineering, Inc.’s story of their Gills Onions Advanced Energy Recovery System project, recently named winner of ACEC’s 2010 Engineering Excellence Grand Conceptor Award. Project Manager Juan Josse will describe the combination of agricultural innovation and engineering excellence that culminated in a groundbreaking waste-to-energy system fueled solely by daily onion waste.*

If you have a question, please contact La’Creshea Makonnen, 202-682-4338 or lmakonnen@acec.org.

MIE Newsletter No. 47

www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews47.html

June 14, 2010 Vol. 01 // No. 47

Table of Contents: Chair's Office // Awards and Recognition // Research Activities // Graduate Studies // Student Affairs // Announcements // Vacation // Previous Newsletter & Links

* Chair's Office

Dean Cristina Amon Re-Appointed


The Academic Board is happy to announce the re-appointment of Cristina Amon (MIE) as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering.

Professor Cheryl Misak, vice-president and provost, praised her exceptional leadership, noting, "Professor Amon has been a champion of communication, co-operation, transparency, and increased diversity within the Faculty. She has enhanced the high standards of its academic programs, strengthened its finances and increased both the faculty and its individual members' profiles, both within the University of Toronto community and internationally."

Professor Amon joined the University of Toronto in 2006 as the 13th Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. She commences her second term on July 1, 2011.
More Info

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MIE Wins Bid to Host CSME Congress 2014!



MIE is thrilled to announce that it recently won the bid to host the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) congress in 2014. The conference facilitates networking and looks at research results and new technologies among universities, R&D laboratories, government agencies and industry.

Jean Zu recently returned from this year's conference in Victoria, BC, where she presented the successful bid.
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G20 Summit: Restricted Access » June 24 & 25 Department Closure
Faculty and staff who are required to visit the department during the University's scheduled June 24 & 25 closure, are advised to immediately check their T-card access to the following common areas in advance of the planned shutdown:
MC123
MC310
MC331
MC317
MC215
RS207
Support staff will not be available June 24 & 25. Please ensure your T-card is working.
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Summer Hours
Starting July 1st until Labour Day, UofT’s summer hours reduce the work day by 30 minutes. Office and machine shop summer hours will be posted outside each area shortly.
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MIE Convocation Reception



The department is hosting a class luncheon prior to the convocation ceremony for MIE graduates and their guests. All undergraduate, MEng, MASc, and PhD students who are graduating are invited to attend, as well as faculty and staff.

Date: Wednesday, June 16
Time: 11:30 - 1 PM
Location: Mechanical Building (MC), main entrance (outdoors), 5 King's College Rd.

If you wish to attend, RSVP (acceptances only) to alumni@mie.utoronto.ca by Monday, June 14. Please include in your message the number of guests and any dietary considerations.

If you or a guest has an accommodation need due to a disability please contact as per above and we will work with you to make appropriate arrangements.

Awards & Recognition

Professors Javad Mostaghimi and Sanjeev Chandra Awarded 2009 Brockhouse Canada Prize



The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) presented its most prestigious awards recognizing Canada's top researchers in science and engineering on Tuesday, June 1.
The ceremony, held on Parliament Hill, was attended by the winners and their families along with Members of Parliament and guests from Canada's science and engineering community. The winners of the 2009 Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering are Dr. Sanjeev Chandra, Dr. Thomas Coyle, Dr. Javad Mostaghimi and Dr. Valerian Pershin of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT) at the University of Toronto.
The Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering in the last six years.
The Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT) was established in 1998 as a multidisciplinary laboratory to improve the fundamental understanding of thermal spray technology. CACT is led by Drs. Javad Mostaghimi and Sanjeev Chandra of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Dr. Tom Coyle of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Dr. V. A. Pershin.
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Prof. Donmez takes home Dr. Charles H. Miller Award


Congratulations to Prof. Birsen Donmez who was awarded the Dr. Charles H. Miller Award at the Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference last week. Her paper, entitled "Effects of age and cognitive workload on lane choice and lane changing behaviour" was a collaborative effort between UofT, Université Laval and MIT.
More Info

Research Activities

Prof. Makis awarded MITACS Accelerate Award



Congratulations to Prof. Viliam Makis who was recently awarded the MITACS Accelerate internship award for his proposed project entitled, Development of Condition Monitoring and Fault Detection Schemes applied to a Planetary Gearbox for Condition Based Maintenance.
Prof. Makis will receive $45,000 for the period of April 2010 until March 2011.
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MIE Research
The research of MIE's Prof. Murray Thomson, alongside PhD candidate Meghdad Saffaripour and Post-doctoral fellow Seth Dworkinis, has been receiving some recent media attention.
Both CMW and The Green Car Congress have picked up on the results of their most recent project.
The group is currently studying the effect of using bio-jetfuels in place of conventional fuel. Using the SciNet supercomputer, the researchers have computed a detailed structure of a jet-fuel flame, the largest computation of its kind performed in the field to date, making it now possible to identify fuel mixtures which reduce soot formation while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Conference Attendance
Prof. Aimy Bazylak and graduate students Zachary Fishman, James Hinebaugh, and Jingwen Wang will be away June 14 - 16. They will be attending and presenting papers at the 8th ASME Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference in Brooklyn, New York.
Graduate Studies

AMIGAS World Cup Kick-Off Party



On Friday, June 11, AMIGAS hosted a World Cup kick-off party for students, staff and faculty in the MC330. Departmental soccer fans piled in to enjoy breakfast snacks and to watch the tournament's opening match of South Africa versus Mexico.
Matches will continue to be broadcasted in the room on channel 210, CBC-T (Toronto). Join your friends and colleagues and cheer on your favourite team!
More Photos

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Deadline » Ontario Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology (OGSST) applications
The deadline for all OGSST applications is Monday June 14, 2010 (today).
For detailed application instructions, click here. For academic requirements information, click here.

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MIE Co-Ed Softball Team
AMIGAS is looking for members of the MIE department to join its co-ed intramural softball team in the U of T summer recreational league. No experience is necessary and having your own glove is recommended but not required. The cost for the season will be approximately $30 for 8 games, with the final cost depending on the number of people on the team. Games are from 5 - 6:30 PM on Front Campus on the following days:

Tuesday, June 29
Monday, July 5
Wednesday, July 21
Monday, July 26
Wednesday, August 4
Tuesday, August 10
Tuesday, August 17
Tuesday, August 24

Please contact Mike Marr if you are interested in joining the team.

Student Affairs

FSAE team takes 3rd prize at SAE Ontario Students' Night
Congratulations to MIE's Formula SAE Racing team who won third prize at the 2010 SAE Central Ontario Students’ Night. The event, which was held on May 27, 2010 at the Bahen Centre, recognizes the achievements of Ontario university teams that competed in the this year’s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Series.
The team is now preparing to compete in the FSG10 competition in Hockenheim, Germany on August 4, 2010.
Announcements

MIE 9T0 Celebrate their 20th Class Reunion!



On June 10, the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering invited 9T0 class members to reconnect 20 years later, at a special reception at Hart House.
Special thanks to 9T0 class leader Kin Chan (IE) for encouraging so many alum to attend!


Vacation
Staff:
Tomas Bernreiter, Laboratory Engineer and Manager: June 18
Geoffrey Chow, Manager, Research Accounting: June 7 - 15
Ray Low, Computing Services Manager: June 14 - 18
Joey Wong, Computer System Administrator: June 21 - 23
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IHHA 2011 - Abstract Submission deadline June 30, 2010 - reminder

Do not forget! IHHA 2011

Only 15 days left for the Abstract submission. The deadline is June 30, 2010.
Authors are invited to submit an abstract in English to be considered for an oral or poster presentation at the Conference. Authors are asked to submit abstracts at the following link: ihha2011/02-call-abstracts_e.shtml

Technical sessions will cover a broad range of topics in railway operations and technology.

The 2011 International Heavy Haul Association Conference will take place from June 19-22, 2011 at the Westin Hotel, in Calgary, Canada.

We look forward to welcoming you to Calgary in June 2011!

www.ihha2011.org

Conference Secretariat
IHHA 2011
National Research Council Canada
1200 Montreal Road, Building M-19
Ottawa, ON
Canada K1A 0R6
Telephone: (613) 993-0414
Facsimile: (613) 993-7250
Email: ihha2011@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

The International Workshop on Electronic Equipment and Manufacturing Technology (IWEEMT2010)

The International Workshop on Electronic Equipment and Manufacturing Technology (IWEEMT2010)

http://www.ic3e.org/weemt/

Nov. 7-9, 2010 Henan, China

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The International Workshop on Electronic Equipment and Manufacturing Technology (WEEMT2010) will be held during Nov. 7-9, 2010 in Henan, China. As a special workshop of ICEEE2010 (http://www.ic3e.org/), WEEMT2010 aims to provide a high-level international forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss recent advances, new techniques and applications in the field of electronic equipment and manufacturing technology. All accepted conference papers will be published by IEEE, included in the IEEE explore, and then can be indexed by Ei Compendex.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Power Systems and Electromagnetics

Electrical Machines & Industrial Drives

Power Electronics and Power Converters

Industrial Automation and Control, Mechatronics

Applied Electronics and System Integration

Electrical Engineering Education and Emerging Technologies

Electronics Manufacturing Technology

For more information about this conference, please contact: 2010weemt@gmail.com or visit http://www.ic3e.org/weemt/.

Convocation Reception Reminder for those Planning to Attend

Please note that the following invitation is for professors and those attending convocation...

The Faculty will celebrate the accomplishments of the 2010 graduates with convocation ceremonies next Wednesday, June 16, 2010. As in previous years, we will host receptions to congratulate the Class of 1T0 at Hart House. Receptions will immediately follow the morning ceremony at 12:30 and the afternoon ceremony at 4:30.

These receptions will take place in the Great Hall and Quad of Hart House
I would encourage you to join us at these receptions to wish our newest alumni well. Included below are the times of each ceremony and the disciplines included in each. Students in each of these disciplines have been invited to the receptions immediately following their respective ceremonies.
Morning Ceremony
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Lassonde Mineral Engineering
• Materials Science & Engineering
Afternoon Ceremony
• Aerospace Science & Engineering
• Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
• Engineering Science
• Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Lindsay Tarvit at 416-978-4274.

[PDADC-L] IMPORTANT RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence, Round 5

MEMORANDUM

TO: PDAD&C to be forwarded to all Professors and Researchers eligible to apply
FROM: Professor Paul Young, Vice President, Research
DATE: June 8, 2010
RE: IMPORTANT RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence, Round 5
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The Ministry of Research & Innovation has just released information on Round 5 of the Ontario Research Fund-Research Excellence (ORF-RE) program. The ORF-RE program promotes research excellence of strategic value to Ontario by supporting new leading-edge, transformative, and internationally significant research.
While research proposals in all disciplines are eligible for ORF-RE Round 5, the Ministry particularly encourages collaborative projects across institutions and disciplines from the following focus areas:
• Bio-economy and clean technologies;
• Advanced health technologies;
• Digital media and information & communications technologies.
The ORF-RE focuses on scientific excellence and strong commercialization potential. All proposals are required to provide a rationale as to why an investment in their research project is important to Ontario. As a general rule, the minimum support provided by the ORF-RE to a project is $1 million and the maximum support provided is $8 million. ORF-RE investment constitutes one-third of the total project budget, and requires a $1-$1 match from the institution and from a private sector partner(s). Strong participation by industry is a significant part of the ORF-RE mandate and applications with meaningful private sector commitment will be given additional consideration in the Ministry’s assessment process.
An information session will be held 28 June 2010 2:00-4:00, Macleod Auditorium (1 King’s College Circle). The internal deadline at the Research Services office (RSO) for Notices of Intent (NoI’s) is July 23, 2010. RSO staff will submit all UofT NOIs to the Ministry for their July 30, 2010 deadline. RSO staff will work with applicants and their division heads to finalize full submissions. Internal deadlines for staged development of proposals will be established in consultation with project teams. The Ministry’s deadline is Oct 29, 2010. Forms and additional information on the competition can be found on the Research Services’s website: http://www.research.utoronto.ca/for-researchers-administrators/funding-sources/funding-opps/?showopp=481
Regional information sessions are proposed for June/July 2010. Details will be posted on the RSO website soon.

Please make your colleagues aware of this wonderful opportunity for UofT faculty to attract significant research investment. Questions may be directed to Sheila Van Landeghem (416-976-3603; sheila.vanlandeghem@utoronto.ca ).

[PDADC-L] Arbor Awards - Change of Date

PDADC#100, 2009-10

MEMORANDUM

To: PDAD&C

From: Rivi Frankle, Assistant Vice-President, Alumni and Stakeholder Relations

Date: June 9, 2010

Re: 2010 Arbor Awards - Change of Date

Since 1989, the University of Toronto has recognized hundreds of the University's most dedicated volunteers through the Arbor Awards program. The nomination process for the 2010 Arbor Awards is now underway with all faculties and colleges preparing their local submissions.

As always, we also consider the nomination of alumni and friends from the wider university community.

If you wish to nominate someone for their voluntary service to the university, please visit the Arbor Award website:
www.alumni.utoronto.ca/arbor

Please note the following dates as they have recently changed:

Monday, June 14, 2010 Nomination process closes
Monday, September 20, 2010 Arbor Award presentation and reception

Thank you in advance for your consideration. If you have any questions, please contact me or Barbara Dick at 946-7680.

[PDADC-L] Orientation and Leadership Retreat for Newly Appointed Academic Administrators

PDADC#99, 2009-10

MEMORANDUM

To: Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs
From: Edith Hillan, Vice Provost, Faculty & Academic Life
Date: June 9, 2010
Re: Orientation and Leadership Retreat for Newly Appointed Academic Administrators

One of the ways in which the Provost's Office provides support to academic administrators is through a series of professional development leadership seminars. Our 2010/11 Professional Development Series will begin with a special three day New Academic Administrators Orientation and Leadership Retreat to be held on Wednesday, July 21st, Thursday, July 22nd, and Friday, July 23rd from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 pm. The retreat will take place in the Music Room at Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, on the St. George Campus. Please register via the following link: http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/link/events/aaevents/Retreat2010.htm

The goals of the leadership retreat and the ongoing professional development program are to provide academic administrators with key information and resources which will assist them in their role, will provide opportunities for interaction with colleagues, and will build relationships and the opportunity to share perspectives. These sessions offer proven strategies and advice for dealing with various scenarios - both expected and unexpected - in the life of an academic administrator.

While new academic administrators are expected to attend the Retreat, experienced academic administrators are also invited to attend or simply to join us for the opening reception on the 21st July 2010 at 4.30pm (please indicate your attendance by registering at the above link). Through the Retreat, those with previous administrative experience can continue their professional development in academic leadership, learn about policy and procedure changes, and lend their expertise and experience to the dialogue.
Throughout the academic year, Thursday mornings are used for meetings of Principals and Deans (P&D), Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs (PDAD&C). Again this year we will be offering 'Just-In-Time' lunch sessions following these meetings from 12pm to 2pm, beginning on Thursday, 16th September. These sessions focus on specific issues relevant to that time in the academic, governance, and administrative cycle (e.g., 3rd year review, promotion, tenure review, etc). A complete schedule of workshops will be available online shortly.

If you have any questions or suggestions concerning the retreat or the just-in-time sessions, please feel free to contact Sara-Jane Finlay, Director, Faculty and Academic Life at sarajane.finlay@utoronto.ca or (416) 978-1855.

[PDADC-L] G20 Closure on the St George Campus June 24-27

HR #34, 2009-10

June 3, 2010

To: PDAD&C
Professional and Managerial Staff
HR Divisional Managers

From: Angela Hildyard
Vice-President, Human Resources and Equity

Re: G20 Closure on the St George Campus June 24-27

A number of questions have been raised regarding the implications for faculty and staff of the planned closure of the St. George campus for June 24-27 inclusive.

All buildings on the St George campus will be locked as of 6pm Wednesday June 23 and will be reopened as of normal opening time on Monday June 28. The residences will re-open on Sunday evening, June 27. Some of the buildings will require that there be enhanced security measures in place. Most of our parking garages will be closed to personal vehicles and both King’s College Circle and Hart House Circle will be restricted to emergency vehicle access only.

With the exception of those staff deemed to be essential and those engaged in research activities (see below) we are asking that employees not come to work. Those employees who are able to work from home are encouraged to do so. In other words, consider these days of closure as if we were experiencing a long winter storm! (and, just as with a winter storm, keep in mind that public transit is likely to experience periodic disruptions.)

The Divisional Human Resources Managers will work with the relevant Division Heads to identify those staff who are deemed to be essential during this time period. Any proposed changes to shifts or hours of work will be discussed with the relevant unions.

We are aware that various research activities must still continue in order to ensure the integrity of the research. Several of our buildings will be monitored by security personnel, who will only admit those who are pre-approved to enter the building. It is imperative, therefore, that faculty and staff who wish to come onto the St George campus to continue their scholarly and research activities advise their Unit Head of their plans. My office will coordinate with the Deans’ Offices to ensure that pre approvals are arranged for the relevant buildings.

Additional Questions

Q1 If Employees have already booked this time as vacation, will they be granted two additional vacation days?
No – just as we would not provide additional vacation days if a winter storm closure occurred while you were on a planned vacation

Q2. Will employees who are asked to come to work between June 24 and June 27 be given lieu time?
No – we are asking employees to work from home, to the extent they are able to do so, during these two days

Q3 What if an employee who has been asked to come to work feels it is unsafe to do so?
The University has a responsibility to ensure that employees are safe while at work. Employees who have concerns should raise these with their HR manager.

Employees who are at work on the St George campus on June 24-27 should contact campus police if they feel unsafe.

Q4 What if a staff member wants to come to work even though they have not been deemed “essential” by their Unit Head?
We are very grateful that our staff are committed to their work, however, given the likely disruption to public transit we strongly advise that only those (a) engaged in activities deemed essential or (b) engaged in scholarship or research activities that cannot be interrupted should come to the St. George Campus. In all cases, Unit Heads must be advised if you wish to be on campus. For some buildings, you will only obtain access if pre-approved to be at work.

Q5 Should casual staff who are currently scheduled to work between June 24 and 27 be paid even though they will not be working?
No - Casual employees who would otherwise be scheduled to work on those days should be notified immediately of the cancellation of these work days. The terms of any applicable collective agreements and/or letters of hire should be followed.

Q6 Will UTM and UTSC be operating as usual on these days?
Yes, activities are not affected at UTM and UTSC and all employees at these locations will be expected to be at work as usual. In fact, a number of events are being moved from St. George to UTM and UTSC.

Q7 Will units/offices that operate off of the main campus (e.g. 500 University or within the Hospitals) be closed?
500 University and Dentistry will be closed. Aerospace will operate as usual, as will the Koffler Scientific Reserve. The hospitals will set their own guidelines.

Q8 Will there be mail service?
Not during the period of the closure. Mail service will end June 23 and resume June 28.

[PDADC-L] Professor Cristina Amon Re-appointed Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering

Memorandum

TO: Faculty, Staff and Students, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs

FROM: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost

DATE: May 26, 2010

RE: Professor Cristina Amon Re-appointed Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering

I am pleased to announce that the Academic Board has approved the re-appointment of Professor Cristina Amon as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2011.

The Search Committee advising the Vice-President and Provost received and reviewed much feedback from faculty, staff and students of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, as well as from the broader University of Toronto community. This feedback, as well as input from an external review team and from the Committee members, was strongly supportive of re-appointing Professor Amon for a second term as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering.

The overwhelming support for Professor Amon's re-appointment reflects her exceptional leadership of the Faculty during her first term as Dean. She has been a champion of communication, co-operation, transparency, and increased diversity within the Faculty. She has enhanced the high standards of its academic programs, strengthened its finances and increased both the Faculty and its individual members' profiles, both within the University of Toronto community and internationally.

Please join me in congratulating Dean Amon on her re-appointment.

Faculty Position - University of Western Ontario - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Tier-2 Canada Research Chair

Applications are invited for a Tier-2 Canada Research Chair in the areas of Wind Energy, Wind Engineering and Wind Environment, effective July 1, 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. Appointment will be at the rank of probationary (tenure track) Assistant or Associate Professor, depending on qualifications and experience.

The Department is home to the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory and the ‘Three Little Pigs’ Project at the Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes. Recent funding by the Canada Foundation for Innovation will allow the creation of the Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment (WindEEE) Dome (www.windee.ca); a $23.6 million research facility and the world's first hexagonal wind tunnel. The WindEEE Dome is expected to produce breakthroughs in the study of wind related phenomena by simulating wind systems that could not have been reproduced in conventional wind tunnels. This will benefit, for instance, the study of tornadoes and downbursts, understanding pollutant and contaminant dispersal, wind effects on agricultural crops and forests, optimal positioning of wind farms and turbines, the assessment of the effects of wind on buildings and other structures, etc. Hence, we seek a creative, dynamic and motivated individual who can effectively use such a world-class facility and other existing research infrastructure and to positively contribute to the teaching and research efforts of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in Civil and Environmental Engineering or other related engineering fields, and demonstrated outstanding research potential including an excellent publication record. (S)he will be expected to develop and sustain a vigorous research program, attract external research funding, supervise graduate students, and instruct undergraduate and graduate courses related to wind engineering, wind energy and wind environment. Industrial experience is desirable, and eligibility for registration as a Professional Engineer in Ontario is required for this appointment. Applicants should also have excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

Situated along the banks of the Thames River in picturesque London, Ontario, a city with a population of approximately 350,000, The University of Western Ontario is a prominent academic institution routinely ranked as a top research-intensive university in Canada and is committed to excel as a leading research institution internationally. If you share our commitment to excellence in teaching and research, and are eager to pursue a rewarding academic career, please forward your curriculum vitae, statements of your research and teaching interests, and the names and contact information of at least three referees to:

Prof. E.K. Yanful, P. Eng., Chair
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9

We also welcome e-mail inquiries and submissions, to be sent to: cwalter@eng.uwo.ca

Consideration of applications will commence on April 30, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The position is subject to budget approval. Applicants should have excellent written and oral communication skills in English. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Western Ontario is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from all qualified women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people and persons with disabilities.

Faculty Position - University of Western Ontario - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Geotechnical Position

Applications are invited for a faculty position in the area of Geotechnical Engineering at the rank of probationary (tenure track) Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. If the candidate’s qualifications and experience warrant, an appointment may be made at the Associate Professor level.

The candidate shall have a strong research record in geotechnical infrastructure (areas such as underground structures, advanced foundation systems, soil improvement techniques, environmental geotechnique, etc.) or other innovative geotechnical research areas that complement the existing Geotechnical Research Centre.

The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in Civil and Environmental Engineering or a related engineering field, and have demonstrated outstanding research potential with an excellent publication record. (S)he will be expected to develop and sustain a vigorous research program, initiate collaboration within the Department and across the University, attract external research funding, and supervise graduate students. The ability to effectively teach undergraduate and graduate courses in geotechnical engineering is a requirement. The candidate will be expected to participate in administrative activities of the Department, Faculty and University, along with other educational, professional, and community service. Industrial experience is highly desirable. Eligibility for registration as a Professional Engineer in Ontario is required for this appointment.

Situated along the banks of the Thames River in picturesque London, Ontario, a city with a population of approximately 350,000, The University of Western Ontario is a prominent academic institution routinely ranked as a top research-intensive university in Canada and is committed to excel as a leading research institution internationally. The Geotechnical Research Centre (GRC) at Western has an international reputation to conduct geotechnical and related interdisciplinary research with emphasis on interfacing with industry. The seven faculty members forming the Geotechnical Research Centre, together with ten associate and adjunct
faculty members, are investigating a wide range of challenging geotechnical and
geoenvironmental problems, including soil mechanics, rock mechanics, foundation design, geoenvironmental engineering, tunnels, underground structures, dams, soil improvement, soil and foundation dynamics and earthquake engineering. If you share our commitment to excellence in teaching and research, and are eager to pursue a rewarding academic career, please forward your curriculum vitae, statements of your research and teaching interests and the names and addresses of at least three referees to:

Prof. E.K. Yanful, P.Eng., Chair
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9

We also welcome e-mail inquiries and submissions, to be sent to: cwalter@eng.uwo.ca

Consideration of applications will commence on April 30, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The position is subject to budget approval. Applicants should have excellent written and oral communication skills in English. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Western Ontario is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from all qualified women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people and persons with disabilities.

Faculty Position - UWO Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center for Environment and Sustainability - Joint Water Position

Applications are invited for a probationary (tenure-track) appointment in the area of water quality and/or water resources management for sustainable development at the rank of Assistant Professor effective September 1, 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter, pending budgetary approval. If qualifications and experience warrant, consideration may be given to a probationary appointment at the Associate Professor rank. The incumbent must have interdisciplinary expertise with an engineering background and ability to collaborate with researchers in a non-engineering discipline(s). The home unit is the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) but the candidate will also conduct collaborative research and
teaching within the Center for Environment and Sustainability (CES).

We seek an energetic and dynamic colleague who will be able to positively contribute to both teaching and research efforts of CEE and CES. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering (or related fields) and will have demonstrated outstanding research potential and publication record. Applicants with expertise in any area(s) within the broad field of water resources
and water quality and ecohydrology will be considered. Areas of expertise may include (but are not limited to): (i) water systems modeling and optimization, (ii) water resource management, (iii) fate and transport of pollutants in aquatic systems, (iv) sustainable water solutions for less developed communities, (v) impact of climate change on water quantity and quality. Evidence or significant potential
for interdisciplinary collaboration is essential. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain an ongoing vigorous research program, attract external research funding, supervise graduate students, instruct in undergraduate and graduate courses in CEE and CES, and participate in other educational and professional activities. Candidates will be expected to participate in the normal
administrative activities of the Department, Faculty, Center, and University. Eligibility for registration as a Professional Engineer in Ontario is required for this appointment, and registration will be one of the necessary requirements prior to conferral of tenure.

Situated in picturesque London, Ontario, a city with a population of approximately 350,000 The University of Western Ontario is a prominent academic institution routinely ranked as a top research-intensive university in Canada. The Environmental Engineering Group at Western has an international reputation for excellence in water systems, including nanotechnology, groundwater contamination, subsurface remediation, water and wastewater treatment, and water solutions for less developed communities. The CES is a major new collaborative initiative of internationally acclaimed researchers from the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Social Science as well as Arts and Humanities, Information and Media Studies, The Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Richard Ivey School of Business and The Faculty of
Law. CES provides a framework for both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary undergraduate teaching and research.

If you share our commitment to excellence in teaching and research, and are eager to pursue a rewarding academic career, please forward your curriculum vitae, statements of your research and teaching interests and the names and addresses of three referees to:

Appointments Committee,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Centre for Environment & Sustainability
c/o Dean, Faculty of Engineering
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9

We also welcome e-mail inquiries and submissions, to be sent to: cwalter@eng.uwo.ca

Consideration of applications will commence on July 12, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.

The position is subject to budget approval. Applicants should have fluent written and oral communication skills in English. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Western Ontario is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from all qualified women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people and persons with disabilities.

The University of Western Ontario
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
Center for Environment and Sustainability