U of T Engineering Celebrates National Engineering Week: Feb. 23 - Mar. 2

A Canadian tradition since 1992, National Engineering Week celebrates Canada’s rich engineering heritage, promotes engineering as a career choice and aims to remind Canadians of the important role of engineering in our daily lives.

This year, National Engineering Week in Ontario takes place from Feb. 23-Mar. 2, with celebrations across the province and numerous activities planned on the University of Toronto campus. The Provincial theme for this year is “Engineering on the leading edge”.

According to the National Engineering Week website, there are more than 69,000 professional engineers and 20,000 technicians and technologists in Ontario. The University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering has just over 4,400 undergraduate students and 1,400 graduate students.

Events at the University of Toronto include:

Saturday, Feb. 23
Designapolooza — 12:30 pm
University of Toronto, Sandford Fleming Building, Room 1105
The University of Toronto Engineering Society invites grade 2-8 students from local schools to participate in an exciting afternoon of design challenges where students find out what basketball, rollercoasters and robotic arms have in common and make all of them themselves. While competing for prizes, the students will also learn about design, science and engineering.
To RSVP: http://www.prospective.engineering.utoronto.ca/explore/national.htm

Thursday, Feb. 21
Engineering Student Trip to RWDI
U of T Engineering students who specialize in aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, environmental engineering and wind engineering will be touring the RWDI facilities in Guelph, Ontario, hosted by Vice-President Dr. Anton Davies (Mech 7T2). RWDI is the world leader in consulting services related to wind engineering: the design of structures to accommodate wind conditions with regards to environmental and noise issues. The company has over 300 employees, with projects in all corners of the globe, such as the Burj Dubai in Dubai, UAE, Taipei 101 in Taiwan and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. As described on the company website at www.rwdi.com, the firm's facilities include two boundary layer wind tunnels, an open channel water flume, and advanced computer modeling capabilities, including computational fluid dynamics (CFD). RWDI also has an in-house model shop that uses stereolithography technology, integrated data acquisition, storage and processing systems, computer-aided drafting, and a broad base of specialized instrumentation.

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