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A Message from Dean Cristina Amon
As we enter this third year of our Academic Plan 2011-2016, we take great pride in our achievements and use what we have learned over the past two years to galvanize our efforts towards creating a culture of excellence, enhancing the student experience, providing the highest quality of education, advancing innovative research, strengthening our outreach, collaboration, and influence, and pursuing resource stability.
I am pleased to share with you our Year Two: Progress and Achievements Report, which highlights our accomplishments and activities over the past year as we take steps to advance our Academic Plan goals.
We have made measurable progress that has direct impact in key areas of research, broadening the student experience, resources and international standing. Our Faculty is ranked as the top Engineering school in Canada by a significant margin in all international rankings, and we placed #12 on the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). This reputation enables us to attract some of the brightest students, as evidenced by our first-year cohort’s record incoming average of 91.8 per cent and the unprecedented number of students entering our graduate studies programs this term. We have provided more opportunities for enriching students’ experiences such as studying abroad and The Entrepreneurship Hatchery. We have also increased the choices and flexibility of the MEng through new programs in Cities Engineering and Management, Advanced Water Technologies and Process Design, Sustainable Aviation, and Financial Engineering. The Faculty has added new Chairs including the NSERC Design Chair, two Junior Chalmers Chairs, and four Canada Research Chairs, these as a direct result of growth in our Tri-Council funding share. And, in response to our pressing space needs, we are actively fundraising for our new building, the Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and have secured $50-million to date.
Thank you for your commitment and many contributions towards our Faculty’s pursuit of excellence.
October 25, 2013
Volume 7, Issue 2
In this issue:
Spotlight On: Year Two Academic Plan Update
What's New
Honours and Awards
Research
Governance
Engineering Events
In the News
Archives
Spotlight On: Year Two Academic Plan Update
Academic Plan – Year Two: Progress and AchievementsA look at our progress towards our goals during 2012-2013 |
What's New
$4.9 Million for Greener, Lighter Cars
Automotive Partnership Canada, through its lead agency NSERC, funds U of T-Ford Motor Company collaboration
Centralized Course Evaluations Come to U of T Engineering
Instructors should encourage students to participate – Your Feedback Matters!
Our Energetic Earth – A Free Online Course to be Launched from U of T
Professor Bryan Karney (CivE) leads the Faculty's first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) starting October 28
Predicting the Fate of Stem Cells
IBBME technique has potential use in regenerative medicine and drug development
Engineering Instructional Innovation Projects Selected for Funding
The Engineering Newsletter sits down with the five EIIP-funded project teams
Dean Welcomes Students to First Town Hall of the Year
Undergraduates and academic staff come together to discuss how to strengthen the student experience
Q&A with Brent Sleep, Chair, Department of Civil Engineering
Professor Brent Sleep (CivE) is among three new academic leaders The Engineering Newsletter is profiling this academic year
Top 10 Finish for U of T Engineering's Blue Sky Solar Racing in Solar Cup Challenge
Blue Sky Solar Racing's Challenger Class car finishes eighth in race across Australian continent
Entrepreneurship Program Scores Hit with Interngration
Service matches students to potential employers
U of T Engineering Hosts Inaugural Graduate Studies Fair
Students gather to learn about engineering graduate opportunities through the Canadian Graduate Engineering Consortium
Go ENG Girl Event a Success
U of T Engineering students inspire young women at outreach event
TEDxToronto Talks Provoke, Stimulate, Engage
U of T Engineering Professors Brendan Frey (ECE) and Steve Mann (ECE) discuss their leading research
Can Plants Teach Us How to Build Better Solar Cells?
Connaught Global Challenge grant seeds ambitious research project
Students from Across Continents and Cultures Converge at U of T Engineering Through International Exchange
U of T Engineering is a top destination for international students, brings boundless opportunities to develop global leaders
Celebrating Success of Camp for Business-savvy, Science-literate Youngsters
U of T Engineering coordinated innovative summer camp for aspiring entrepreneurs
Faces of Sustainability: U of T Engineering's Ekaterina Tzekova
A one-on-one with sustainability leader Ekaterina Tzekova (CivE PhD candidate)
8th Annual MSE Alumni-Industry Day 2013
Materials Science & Engineering alumni, industry associates and current Professional Experience Year (PEY) students gather to network and share professional insights with current students
Spotlight on Startups: Forget Passwords, PIN Codes and Keycards – In Style – with Bionym's 'Nymi' Wristband
Entrepreneurs from Rotman's Creative Destruction Lab, U of T Engineering alumni, launch wearable bio-tech
Company with Roots in U of T Engineering Receives One of Canada's Largest Healthcare Angel Investments
ChipCare Corp. to receive $2.05-million from government and private investors to refine handheld blood tester for monitoring HIV patients in developing world
Honours and Awards
Call for Nominations: 2014 Staff Awards
The Faculty is now accepting nominations for the 2014 Staff Awards. Deadline: December 6, 2013
Founding Chair of Industrial Engineering Inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame
Professor Arthur Porter (MIE) recognized posthumously for his tremendous contributions to engineering, science and industry
Till & McCulloch Award Goes to IBBME's Peter Zandstra
Using stem cells, cord blood to fight leukemia
Dean Amon Inducted into the HENAAC Hall of Fame
North American award recognizes achievements that open minds to the contribution of Hispanics in science, technology, engineering and math
11 Engineering Staff Members Receive U of T Excellence Through Innovation Awards
Staff members from ECE, MIE and the Office of the Registrar recognized for innovation
10 Engineering Volunteers Honoured with 2013 Arbor Awards
Awards recognize outstanding service at U of T
U of T Engineering Professor Elected ASME Fellow
Professor Yu Sun (MIE) recognized for outstanding engineering achievements by American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Professor Elected INFORMS Fellow
Professor Michael Carter (MIE) recognized for outstanding lifetime achievement by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
ECE Grad Wins City of Toronto Entrepreneurship Award
Award won by Hargun Suri (CompE 1T3) recognizes the significant contributions international students make to Toronto's economic and cultural development
Students Repeat Second Place Win at Wharton Undergraduate Consulting Competition
For the third time, U of T Engineering edges out teams from Harvard and Northwestern
ChemE Postdoc Receives Banting Fellowship
Dr. Benoit Lessard (ChemE) receives prestigious fellowship
ECE Post-doctoral Fellow Wins 2013 Colton Award
Dr. Muhammad Alam (ECE) wins Douglas R. Colton medal for research excellence
University of Toronto Operations Research Group (UTORG) Recognized by INFORMS
MIE student chapter is the only active group in Canada to join international society for operations research
MIE Human Factors Interest Group (HFIG) Receives Gold Award
HFIG recognized by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) for their contributions and achievements in advancing human factors
Two Second-year Students' Photography Lighting System Wins the $20,000 Lacavera Prize at The Entrepreneurship Hatchery's Demo Day
Nine student teams from the Hatchery presented innovative product and service ideas
Research
Research Grants and Opportunities
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its funding partners in the Grand Challenges family of grant programs are inviting innovators to apply for four new grant opportunities
Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 28, 2013
International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada – Two Calls for Proposals for Ontario (Canada)-India
Internal deadline: November 12, 2013Sponsor deadline: November 19, 2013
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Innovation in Regulatory Science Awards
Internal deadline for preproposal: November 14, 2013Sponsor deadline for preproposal: November 18, 2013
The France-Canada Research Fund (FCRF)
Deadline: November 18, 2013
2013-14 Connaught Program Application Deadlines
Connaught New Researcher Award deadline: December 2, 2013McLean Award deadline: January 15, 2014
Governance
Faculty Council Recap
A review of items approved and discussed on October 18, 2013
Mark your calendar! Faculty Council meeting dates for the 2013–2014 academic year are as follows:
All Council meetings take place from 12:10 to 2 p.m. in the Michael E. Charles Council Chamber (GB202).
Engineering Events |
| October 25-27 October 26 October 28 October 28 October 29 October 29 October 30 November 1 November 6 November 6 November 8 November 12 November 7-17 |
UTIAS Students' Aerospace Conference |
More Engineering events
To submit events, please contact: ryan.mallough@utoronto.ca
In the News
There Is An Amazing New Way to Value Hockey Players, But The NHL Isn't Buying
Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) brings 'moneyball' style metrics to hockey in Canadian Business
Inside the Growing Field of Forensic Engineering
Maclean's magazine: Professor Doug Perovic (MSE) works backwards to find out what went wrong
Professor Kundur Talks Cyber-security in Canada
Professor Deepa Kundar (ECE) featured panelist on CBC's "Turning Point" on The National
No Quick Fix for Toronto's Traffic Problems: Expert
Global Toronto talks commuter traffic with Professor Khandker Nurul Habib (CivE)
University of Toronto Grads Market Heartbeat-based Biometrics
SC Magazine: Canadian firm Bionym has launched a wearable device offering heartbeat-based biometrics
Shock Absorber Designed to Reduce Building Vibration
Device developed by Professor Constantin Christopoulos (CivE) featured in The Globe and Mail and Daily Commercial News
U of T Engineering Professor Highlighted in Canadian University Report
The Globe and Mail covers why students should choose U of T, including studying withProfessor Yu-Ling Cheng (ChemE), Director, Centre for Global Engineering
‘Planning by Press Conference’: What’s with Toronto’s Transit Indecision?
Professor Eric Miller (CivE) talks Toronto transit with Global News
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