March 28, 2011 Vol. 02 // No. 36
Table of Contents: Chair's Office // Awards and Recognition // Research Activities // Seminars // Graduate Studies // Student Affairs // Job Opportunities // Announcements // Vacation // Previous Newsletter & Links
Chair's Office
Capstone Design Poster Showcase
On Thursday, March 17, the department celebrated a successful first year of the Industrial Engineering Capstone Design course (MIE490) by hosting a poster showcase.
Current and prospective capstone clients and faculty supervisors were able to learn more about the valuable projects our students have completed.
Students in next year's Industrial and Mechanical programs, and faculty, also learned more about their respective capstone design courses, MIE490 and MIE491, starting in fall 2011.
The top winning project posters were:
1st Place (Team W): Process and Scheduling Improvements to Reduce Wait Times in a Surgery Clinic
• Talha Hussain
• Michael Murynowicz
• Christopher Parentela
Supervisor: Prof. Dionne Aleman
Engineering Communication Program TA: Lawrence Yip
2nd place (Team D): Re-conceptualizing the Electronic Flight Bag (EFB)
Justin Kirkey
Karen Hawkins
Liam Bauer
Supervisor: Prof. Birsen Donmez
Engineering Communication Program TA: Lawrence Yip
3rd place (Team S): Oreo Retail Ready Packaging Initiative for Kraft Canada Inc.
Note: A joint Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Team
Barbie Lee (IndE)
Sathyam Rajanah (MechE)
Thomas He (MechE)
Supervisor: Prof. Daniel Frances
Engineering Communication Program TA: Aatmi Desai
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Cross-Cultural Capstone Design » Visit by Peking University, Beijing
From Friday March 18 to Monday, March 21 MIE was visited by a group from the College of Engineering at Peking University, Beijing to inaugurate the collaborative running of the Capstone design project courses (MIE 490 and 491) for the 2011-2012 academic year.
The group from Peking University consisted of eleven fourth year engineering students who are currently taking their capstone design course, three of their teaching assistants and the professor responsible for the international capstone design courses at Peking University, Prof. P. Han.
The College of Engineering has established collaboratrive courses with Stanford University and the National University of Singapore; MIE will be the sole collaborator in Canada. The emphasis of the projects will be "cross cultural" in that the projects involve problems that are applicable to Asia and the West.
The proposed collaborative projects for the next academic year are again for international companies. The Peking University students presented these and other current topics at a symposium on Saturday, March 19 in MC 102. The event was attended by MIE faculty, third-year students and graduate students. During their visit the Peking University students visted Niagara Falls and had a tour of the sites of Toronto escorted by third-year MIE students.
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Change in Reception
Starting Monday March 28, Joanna De Gouveia will resume her post at reception in MC105.
Awards & Recognition
Dean Amon » YWCA Woman of Distinction
Prof. Cristina Amon, Dean, has been named one of the 2011 YWCA Women of Distinction.
The YWCA Women of Distinction awards recognize the contributions of women who have improved the lives of girls and women. Amon, who is being recognized in the category of science and engineering, and six other women will receive the awards at the 31st Annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards dinner on May 18.
Dean Amon is recognized for breaking glass ceilings and gender barriers in science and engineering.
Read more
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Prof. Goldenberg » CBC Radio, Spark
For an upcoming episode of CBC Radio program, Spark, host Nora Young interviewed Prof. Andrew Goldenberg. She asked Prof. Goldenberg to shed some light on why researchers are interested in replicating the human form. You can hear the full, uncut interview (available for download) on the CBC Spark website.
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Dr. Moraes » John Leyerle-CIFAR Prize for Interdisciplinary Research
Dr. Chris Moreas is the recipient of the John Leyerle-CIFAR Prize for Interdisciplinary Research. Dr. Moraes is a PhD student supervised by Prof. Craig Simmons and Prof. Yu Sun.
John Leyerle-CIFAR Prize for Interdisciplinary Research is an internal UofT prize to honour an excellent student who is clearly performing outstanding interdisciplinary research. The CAGS/UMI and Leyerle-CIFAR awards recognize Canadian doctoral dissertations that make unusually significant and original contributions to their academic field.
Research Activities
Conference Attendance
Prof. David Steinman will be in Washington, DC, from March 30 - April 1, where he will be giving a keynote lecture at the 2nd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering.
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NSERC Innovation Challenge Award
The Innovation Challenge Awards honour graduate students in the natural sciences or engineering who have demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit by identifying ways in which their research thesis results can be developed into products and processes to benefit Canadians. Since 2004, these awards have recognized and rewarded Canada's brightest minds.
Nominations will be assessed by the University's Innovations and Partnerships Office, and must be submitted directly to that Office by Monday, April 18.
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Seminars
MIE Seminar Series » Using Operations Research to Improve Healthcare Delivery
Distinguished speaker: Linda V. Green, Armand G. Erpf Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York
Date: Friday, April 1
Time: 2:10 PM
Location: MC102
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Industrial Engineering 50th Anniversary Seminar Series, Presented by Canadian Tire
Robert J. Howard (IndE 7T2), President & CEO, St. Michael's Hospital
Industrial Engineering in Healthcare...It's about time!
Date: Wednesday, April 6
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Location: Michael E. Charles Council Chamber, GB202
Register online. Reception to follow in GB202.
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Women and Leadership: Lessons from the White House
Date: Thursday, April 7
Time: 4 - 6 PM
Location: Michael E. Charles Council Chamber, GB202
Register online
The Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering is honoured to host Dr. Connie Mariano for a special invited talk. Dr. Mariano served nine years at the White House where she was physician to three sitting American Presidents.
Outlining her journey through education, science & medicine, military, government service, private practice and now, publishing, Dr. Mariano will offer ideas for women about empowerment, inspiration, courage, and wisdom. She speaks to finding your passion and purpose in life – especially in the fields of science and education.
The UofT Bookstore will be selling copies of Dr. Mariano's book The White House Doctor: My Patients were Presidents, A Memoir, and Dr. Mariano will be available to sign copies.
Learn more
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Ontario Stem cell Initiative/Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine » Systems Medicine and the Emergence of P4 Medicine
Speaker: Dr. Leroy Hood, president, Institute for Systems Biology
Date: Wednesday, May 4
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Adel Sedra Auditorium, BA1160
Abstract
Graduate Studies
AMIGAS Coffee Break
Date: Thursday, March 31
Time: 2 - 3 PM
Location: MC330
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New MEng Certificate Programs
MIE has launched three new MEng certificate programs to offer graduate students the opportunity to specialize in Energy Studies, Healthcare Engineering, and Computational Mechanics in Design.
Learn more
These certificates are similar in spirit to the ELITE certificate, but in a technical discipline. Students are still responsible to fulfill the general requirements of the MEng program. There is no requirement to enroll; the certificate is issued at the end of the program when the certificate requirements have been met.
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MIE Graduate Student Travel Grants
The MIE Graduate Student Travel Grant Program is designed to support the conference-related expenses of MIE graduate students.
Applications are due by Friday, April 1 at 4 p.m.
Learn more
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Summer Session Course Enrolment
Summer 2011 course enrollment starts on Monday, March 14.
Course schedule, classroom information and session codes: click here and here.
Course enrollment instruction and supervisor's approval procedure are available online.
For courses that run from May to August:
Friday, May 13: Final date to add a course and to submit a supervisor's course approval to the Graduate Studies Office.
Friday, June 3: Final date to drop a course without academic penalty.
For two week intensive session courses:
Deadline to add a course is the start date of the course.
Deadline to drop a course is 3 days before the lecture end date.
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PhD Qualifying Exam
Chirag Variawa presents: Examining the Language of Engineering Education
Date: Tuesday, March 29
Time: 1 PM
Location: MB101
Exam committee: Prof. S. McCahan (supervisor); Prof. M. Chignell (exam chair); Prof. M. Gruninger; and Prof. E. Jang.
Student Affairs
Operations Research Challenge
On Saturday, March 19, 37 high school students participated in the first annual Operations Research Challenge, a one-day contest organized by Prof. Chris Beck's TIDEL group (Maher Alhossaini, Maliheh Aramon Bajestani, T.K. Feng, Christian Muise, Daria Terekhov, Tony Tran). Teams of three and four students had to solve problems that ranged from choosing the best lineup for the Toronto Maple Leafs to figuring out a schedule of rides at Disneyland. The competition was followed by a 30-minute "Introduction to Operations Research" lecture by Prof. Timothy Chan, a discussion of the solutions and an awards ceremony. The event was supervised by nine graduate students: Maliheh Aramon Bajestani; T.K. Feng; Corey Kiassat; Jason Lee; William Luff; Tian Mu Liu; Christian Muise (computer science); Johnny Tam; Daria Terekhov; and Tony Tran.
All teams did very well, and feedback indicates that the students had fun and would like to participate in this kind of event again!
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MIE Coffee House
On Thursday, March 24 the Mech and Indy Clubs hosted their annual MIE Coffee House to showcase the musical and creative talents within MIE and engineering. The event was a huge success with a large student turn out.
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Job Opportunities
HATCH » Mechanical Engineer-in-training
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, including opportunities for travel and work assignments in Canadian and international site locations
Hatch is currently seeking motivated individuals for engineer-in-training positions in their Thermal Energy Business Unit. The position will allow candidates to directly apply their training in mechanical engineering and develop their knowledge in the fields of thermal power generation, air emissions control and gasification of solid fuels.
Candidates who have excelled in their studies at the undergraduate and graduate level in the discipline of mechanical engineering are sought.
How to apply
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Faculty Positions » Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi
The vision of IIT Mandi is to spearhead cutting edge research and development of technologies needed by the world in the years to come. Research groups will work together in creating and harnessing the newest technologies needed to serve the people of the region and the country, to tackle problems of global importance.
IIT Mandi is seeking candidates in computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and civil engineering. They are interested in hiring both in Indians who wish to return to India and in non-Indians who wish to spend a few years in IIT Mandi.
How to apply
Announcements
STLE Toronto Free Membership
Society of Tribology and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Toronto section is offering a unique opportunity to University of Toronto students. STLE is offering free membership for one year. Benefits of membership include certification and professional networking.
Learn more
VacationStaff:
Sandra Chotilal, Research Accountant: March 28 - April 12
Brenda Fung, Graduate Program Administrator: March 1 - April 1
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