Skule Lunch and Learn: Past Speakers
For more information, please contact Tom Vosper at 416-946-0566 or tomv@ecf.utoronto.ca.
2013
| January | Lloyd A. McCoomb – Lessons from a Mega Project: Practical Insights from the Airport Overhaul |
| February | Prof. Timothy C. Y. Chan – Optimizing Efficiency, from the Cancer Clinic to the Hockey Arena |
| March | Awards Presentations – 5T3 Engineering Award and 3T5 Second Mile Award |
| April | Prof. Steven J. Thorpe – Small-scale Innovations with Huge Green Potential |
| May | Profs. Ben Etkin, Barry French and Philip Sullivan – Remembering the Appollo 13 Rescue |
2012
March |
Awards Presentations – 5T3 Engineering Award and 3T5 Second Mile Award |
April |
John Paul Morgan – Morgan Solar |
May |
Paul Grootendorst – Pharmaceutical Economics |
| October | Prof. Brenda McCabe –Urban Infrastructure Management |
| November | Todd Reichert (EngSci 0T5, UTIAS PhD 1T1) and Cameron Robertson (EngSci 0T8, UTIAS MASc 0T9) – The Human-Powered Ornithopter and Helicopter |
| December | Prof. Emer. Ken Weber – The War of 1812: Why Canada is Not a U.S. State |
2011
| January | Prof. Will Cluett |
February |
Prof. David Zingg – Optimizing Aircraft Design |
March |
Awards Presentations – 5T3 Engineering Award and 3T5 Second Mile Award |
April |
Prof. Richard Soberman – TTC and GTAA Transportation Issues |
May |
Elaine MacDonald, Ecojustice – Areas of Activity and Achievements |
October |
Prof. Doug Reeve – The New iLead Program |
November |
Jay Godsall – Solar Ship (Special Guests: WWII Air Force Vets) |
December |
Lloyd Alter – Green Architectural Movement |
2010
| January | Prof. John Percy – The History of Astronomy |
February |
Prof. Rob Macgregor – “DNA as Stuff” |
March |
Awards Presentations – 5T3 Engineering Award and 3T5 Second Mile Award |
April |
Volunteerism |
May |
Randy Barber – Winston Churchill |
October |
Steve Otto – Old Fort York |
November |
Prof. Emer. Peter H. Russell – Two Cheers for Minority Government |
December |
Dr. Joanne Oxley – Rotman School – International Economic Differences; Trade |
2009
| January | Michael Pullen – WASTE Management Canada |
March |
Awards Presentations – 5T3 Engineering Award and 3T5 Second Mile Award |
May |
Prof. Shana Kelley Pharmacy – Medical Application of Nanotechnology |
October |
Glenn French – Workplace Violence |
November |
Lt.- Colonel Colin Keever, RCAF Experiences in Mogadishu & Afghanistan |
December |
Prof. John Peever – The Complexities of Sleep |
2008
| January | Prof. Grant Allen – Biological Waste Treatment |
February |
Prof. Doug Reeve – Proposed Development of iLead Course |
March |
Awards Presentations – 5T3 Engineering Award and 3T5 Second Mile Award |
April |
Dr. Mark Engstrom – ROM Renaissance – The Crystal and Other Changes |
May |
Prof. Molly Shoichet – Tissue Engineering and Generation |
October |
Dr. Marvin Chen – Organ Transplant Recipient and Need for Donors |
November |
Allan Carswell – Update on Optech Bound for Mars |
2007
| January | Dr. Ray Prime – Forensics in Crime and Other Applications |
March |
Awards Presentations – 5T3 Engineering Award and 3T5 Second Mile Award |
April |
Rocky Simmons – Eco-Tec |
May |
Daniel Ondrack – China as an Economic Power |
October |
Allan Carswell – Optech’s Project for Mars Probe |
November |
Paul Gray – Ontario Ministry Natural Environment – Climate Change |
December |
Dr. Nicole Anderson – Baycrest Memory and Aging |
2006
| January | Jeff Jeffery – Halifax Bomber Recovery and Restoration |
February |
Euclid Herie – Past President, CNIB |
March |
Awards Presentations – 5T3 Engineering Award and 3T5 Second Mile Award |
April |
Prof. Heather MacLean – Alternative Fuels |
May |
Albert Wallace – Stalag Luft 3 |
October |
Hans Schade – Inco Sale Imminent; Mozart Anniversary in Salzberg |
November |
Prof. Michael Carter – Who Let Engineers into Hospitals? |
December |
Prof. Chris Kennedy – Student Project on Docklands Design |
2005
| January | Tony Tam – Graduate Student |
February |
Dr. Daniel Ondrack (unable to speak; replaced by an associate) – China’s Rapid Growth |
March |
Awards Presentations – 5T3 Engineering Award and 3T5 Second Mile Award |
April |
Allan Carswell – Optech 2007-8 Mars Probe |
May |
Prof. Elizabeth Edwards – Remediation of Groundwater with Bacteria |
October |
Mark Chignell – Using Computers to Limit Medical Error |
November |
Ed Matthews – Global Warming |
December |
Adam Kaufman – Engineers without Borders |
2004
| January | Prof. David Martell – Forest Fire and Resource Management |
February |
Prof. Steven Scott – Mars and Deep Sea Exploration |
March |
Award presentation – 3T5 Second Mile Award |
April |
Prof. Levente Diosady Food Engineering |
May |
Prof. Alfred Dolan – Risk Management for Medical Devices |
June |
Hank Edamura - New Terminal 1 – Pearson International Airport |
October |
Prof. David Bagley – Recovery of Methane Gas from Sewage Waters |
November |
Prof. Michael Sefton – An Unending Supply of Organs |
December |
Prof. Nick Eyles – When the Earth Rumbles: Earthquakes in Ontario |
2003
| January | Prof. Doug Perovic – The Future of Nanotechnology |
February |
Prof. Steven Thorpe – Hydrogen as a Fuel |
March |
Award presentation – 3T5 Second Mile Award |
April |
Barbara Myrvold, Toronto Public Library, Historicity |
May |
Ross Raymond – Muskoka Lakes Navigation Co |
June |
Murray Willer – The History of Communications |
October |
Robert Garrison – Phoenix Rising: The U of T Southern Observatory |
November |
Neil Irwin – Is Gridlock Inevitable |
December |
Dave Fenwick – Genealogy: Researching your Family History |
2002
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October |
Prof. Brenda McCabe – Construction of the Bahen Centre |
November |
Prof. Joe Paradi – Measuring Efficiency in Service Industries |
December |
Paul Bedford, Chief Planner, Toronto – Toronto’s New Official Plan |
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