September 20, 2010 Vol. 02 // No. 12
Table of Contents: Chair's Office // Awards and Recognition // Research Activities // Seminars // Graduate Studies // Student Affairs // Announcements // Vacation // Previous Newsletter & Links
Chair's Office
On Thursday, September 16, the Operations Research Group (UTORG), in cooperation with the IE 50th Anniversary committee, welcomed Prof. Michael Best, of the University of Waterloo, to give a special seminar on portfolio optimization.
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Farewell, Geoffrey!
On Tuesday, September 14 the department said farewell to Geoffrey Chow (right), Manager of Research Accounting. Geoff has accepted an accounting position at UofT Scarborough campus.
Best wishes Geoff!
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Faculty Contacts
Click here for a list of directors/coordinators/chairs and MIE representatives for 2010/11.
Click here for an updated office, phone and email list.
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Prof. Sinclair Appointed to Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board
Prof. Tony Sinclair has been appointed as vice-chair of a Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board team that will review the Mechatronics program at the University of Waterloo. A site visit is scheduled for November 2010.
Awards & Recognition
Prof. Zu elected to president-elect of Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC)
Prof. Jean Zu was elected to president-elect of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) at the EIC board meeting on September 12 in Kingston. She will assume the role of president of EIC in September 2012.
Research Activities
Prof. Ridha Ben Mrad visited Ottawa last week on an NSERC assignment for the evaluation of an application for a New Centre on Nano/Micro Electronics in Beaumont, Quebec led by IBM Canada.
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Prof. Yu Sun will be away September 23 -24 giving an invited seminar talk in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
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MITACS: Calls for Proposals
1. For Postdoctoral Fellows (MITACS Elevate)
MITACS Elevate provides fellowships for PDFs to work collaboratively with an industrial partner (valued at $65,000) or to work at initiating an industrial collaboration (valued at $55,000).
Deadline: Monday, November 1 » application details
2. For Masters and PhD students (MITACS Accelerate)
This call for proposals is for Masters and PhD students through the MITACS Accelerate program. This opportunity offers graduate students enrolled at a Canadian university a 4 month industrial research-based internship valued at $15,000. An industry partner contribution of $7,500 is required and financial assistance through IRAP is available to a limited number of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs).
Deadline: Monday, November 1 » application details
3. For Networking and Training Events support (MITACS NTT)
MITACS has funding available to support both networking and technical training events in all academic disciplines.
Deadline: Tuesday, January 4, 2011 » application details
For more information on any of these initiatives please contact Brian Gordon at bgordon@mitacs.ca or Dr. Namrata Barai at nbarai@mitacs.ca.
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Connaught Program Application Deadlines
Connaught Summer Institute
Approximately $150,000 allocated annually for up to three awards to bring together international graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other scholars in order to foster rich interdivisional collaboration and creative new methods for research and innovation.
Deadline: Friday, October 1
Connaught Innovation Award
Approximately $500,000 allocated annually for awards of up to $100,000 to accelerate the development of promising technology and to promote commercialization and/or knowledge transfer.
Deadline: Monday, November 1
Connaught Global Challenge Award
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.
Deadline (LOI): Monday, November 1
Connaught New Researcher Award
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.
Deadline: Wednesday, December 1
McLean Award (continuing)
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.
Deadline: Monday, January 17, 2011
Full program details and application materials can be found on the Connaught website.
Questions may be addressed to connaught.secretariat@utoronto.ca.
Seminars
Materials Research at Xerox Research Centre of Canada
Speaker: Dr. Hadi Mahabadi, VP and Director, Xerox Research Centre of Canada
Date: Monday, September 20
Time: 3 - 4 PM
Location: WB119
Abstract
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MIE Seminar Series » What’s an Engineer doing as a Chartered Accountant on Bay Street?
Speaker: Dan Cornacchia (IndE 7T2), Managing Partner (retired) Ernst & Young LLP, Toronto
Date: Friday, October 1
Time: 2:10 PM
Location: MC102
Abstract
Graduate Studies
Departmental deadline for 2011/12 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships
Friday, October 1
Please view Application instructions and FAQs at MIE department website or click here.
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MASc Oral Exam
Shael Markin presents: Multiple Simultaneous Specification Attitude Control of a Mini Flying-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Date: Tuesday, September 21
Time: 2 PM
Location: MB101
Exam committee: Prof. J.K. Mills (exam chair and supervisor); Prof. W.L. Cleghorn; and Prof. H. Liu.
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MASc Oral Exam
Parham Zabeti presents: Gaseous Species Measurements of Alternative Jet Fuels in Sooting Laminar Coflow Diffusion Flames
Date: Wednesday, September 22
Time: 10 AM
Location: RS207
Exam committee: Prof. M.J. Thomson (exam chair and supervisor); Prof. S. McCahan; and Prof. O.L. Gulder.
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MASc Oral Exam
Kevin Trinh presents: Temporal De-biasing of Behaviour in Residential Energy Consumption: Supporting Conservation Compliance Through Feedback Design
Date: Thursday, September 23
Time: 9 AM
Location: RS207
Exam committee: Prof. G.A Jamieson (supervisor); Prof. B. Donmez; and Dr. B. Savan.
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MASc Oral Exam
Babak Mobedi presents: A Novel 3D Sensory System For Robotic Urban Search and Rescue Missions
Date: Thursday, September 23
Time: 10 AM
Location: MB101
Exam committee: Prof. G. Nejat (exam chair and supervisor); Prof. B. Benhabib; and Prof. J.K. Mills.
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MASc Oral Exam
Hooman Nouraei presents: Nonlinear FEA of the Crush Behavior of Functionally Graded Foam-Filled Columns
Date: Friday, September 24
Time: 10 AM
Location: MC331
Exam committee: Prof. S.A. Meguid (exam chair and supervisor); Prof. J.K. Spelt; and Prof. J.W. Zu.
Student Affairs
CIOs Aim for One Million Acts of Innovation
The CIO roundtable conversations have begun, entitled "One Million Acts of Innovation," which has sparked collaboration between CIOs and industrial engineering students in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. MIE will participate in the launch event at the offices of Miller Thomson, on Wednesday, September 22nd.
There are another seven sessions planned over the next year. If they succeed, these loosely-organized executives will redefine how we measure the role of CIOs in innovation on a national level, not just within their individual companies or industries. And maybe how we define innovation itself.
Read more in IT World Canada
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2010-11 Engineering Entrepreneurship Series
Speaker: Grant Ritchie, What Really Matters: The Little Things That Made a Real Difference
Date: Thursday, September 23
Time: 5 - 6 PM
Location: SF1105
Grant Ritchie is the founder and CEO of Locationary. Founded in 2009, Locationary employs 8 people in Toronto. Locationary is the world’s online global Yellow Pages, and is changing the way that data on local businesses and other places is collected and verified.
Announcements
Class of 9T5 Skule™ Reunion
Date: Sunday, September 26
Time: 12 - 4 PM
Location: Galbraith Quad, 35 St. George St.
RSVP
Have you ever wondered what happened to your Skule™ classmates? What is everyone doing 15 years after Skule™? Where have they worked? Who’s married? Who has kids? Join us for the 9T5 BBQ Reunion!
The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Advancement Office is welcoming Professors who taught the class of 9T5. Please contact alumni@ecf.utoronto.ca if you are interested in attending.
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University of Toronto Healthy Workplace Month
Join us for a full line-up of programming to celebrate Healthy Workplace Month at the University of Toronto. We are offering more than 20 events during the month of October including fitness and nutrition, mental health, energy at work, personal mastery, eldercare, and money management. All staff and are invited to attend the sessions.
More Info
VacationStaff:
Teresa Lai-Ho, Manager, Operational Accounting: September 13 - October 8
Oscar del Rio, Senior Computer and Web Administrator: September 17 - 24
Terry Zak, Senior Student Lab Machinist: September 9 - 24
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