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Newsletter Editing and
Maintenance
Alice McQuarrie has put in many hours and made tremendous effort to create the MIE Newsletter, improve communications within the department and increase MIE's visibility. We greatly appreciate her dedication to this ongoing initiative. Eric Lin, an undergrad student in Prof. Jean Zu's lab, has created the newsletter template and given tremendous support in developing each issue. He is hired to maintain the newsletter development through the 2009/10 year. His effort is greatly appreciated. We would like to thank Oscar del Rio for his technical support. Oscar has worked many hours to help launch the newsletter and keep it going. We would also like to thank Prof. Yu Sun, MIE Communication Coordinator, who provides final editing and proofreads each issue of the Newsletter. |
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Pandemic Planning Update
Local, national, and international health agencies are predicting that the H1N1 influenza will be widespread this coming fall and winter. Students fall within an age group that is at higher risk for H1N1 than the typical seasonal flu. The University has brought together a number of planning groups to prepare for significant numbers of students, staff and faculty members who could potentially become ill or to have family members who are ill. Please click here for more information on these initiatives. |
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| .August 7, 2009 | Vol. 01 // No. 05 |
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INCOM '09 Best Paper
Award
Congratulations to Prof. Andrew Jardine, who has won the Best Paper Award for the 13th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing. The paper, titled "Multi-objective Maintenance Workforce Scheduling in a Steel Company" was co-authored by C-MORE Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Nima Safaei and Senior Research Associate Dr. Dragan Banjevic. |
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ANTEC 2009 Paper Award
Congratulations to Cuiling Lilac Wang, who has won the One of the Best of ANTEC 2009 for the Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference in Chicago. The paper, titled "Numerical Simulation of Pressure Distribution around a Heterogeneous Nucleation Site" was co-authored by Sunny Leung, Prof. Chul B. Park, and Prof. Markus Bussmann. In recognition of this achievement, Lilac has been invited to present the paper for SPE's e-Live Webinars. |
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Doctoral Thesis
Completion Grant for 2009-10
The Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant is awarded to domestic and international doctoral students who are registered full-time, paying full-time fees, and currently in their 5th or 6th year of study. Students can receive the grant in both their 5th and 6th year of study and need to apply each year. Click here to go to apply on the SGS website. |
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Upcoming Deadlines
To enter 5th/6th year of Doctoral Studies in May 2009: Application deadline is Sept. 30th 2009 To enter 5th/6th year of Doctoral Studies in September 2009: Application deadline is Sept. 30th 2009 To enter 5th/6th year of Doctoral Studies in January 2010: Application deadline is Jan. 30th 2010 Please click here for details. |
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Registration 2009/2010
Deadline for payment of tuition fees or to submit a request for fee arrangement to the MIE Graduate Office is August 28th. Deadline for registration and submission of Enrolment Forms to the MIE Graduate Office is September 11th. Click here for registration information. Fall 2009 Graduate Course Schedule is coming soon. Please check the MIE Graduate website regularly for information. |
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November 2009
Convocation: M.A.Sc. and M.Eng. Students
M.A.Sc. and M.Eng. students planning to graduate in November 2009 must complete all degree requirements by Sept. 30, 2009. Please send your graduation request to Brenda Fung by Sept. 23, 2009. Click here for details. |
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November 2009
Convocation: Ph.D. Students
Ph.D. students planning to graduate in November 2009 must complete all degree requirements by October 2, 2009. Click here for details. |
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M.A.Sc. Oral Exam
Daniel Harrison, will present Feasibility and Design of a Low-Cost Prosthetic Knee Joint Using a Compliant Member for Stance-Phase Control Date: Monday, August 10, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM Location:Chalmers Conference Room (MC331) Exam Committee:Professor W.L. Cleghorn (Exam Chair and Supervisor), Professor H. Naguib, Professor L.H. Shu, and Mr. J. Andrysek (Co-supervisor) |
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A New Haven for
Undergraduate Student Design
 After extensive
renovations and equipment purchases, the Undergraduate Design Workshop
(UDW) in Mining Building Room 71 was reopened in Spring, 2009. In
addition to space upgrades, the UDW is now stocked with a wide
selection of hand and power tools as well as construction materials. The objective of the UDW is to provide students with a safe and useful space in which to work on hands-on projects. Students are given safety training, tool-use training, and supervised workshop times. Whether they need to assemble a few pieces of wood or build a fully functional mechatronic device, the UDW provides both a learning experience and a valuable resource. Interested faculty are encouraged to contact the UDW supervisor, Jason Bazylak at jbazylak@mie.utoronto.ca to arrange student access. |
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Position: Development Engineer |
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Position: Development
Engineer, Synchronous Drive Technologies
Company/Organisation: Litens Automotive Group Location: Concord, Ontario Click here for further details. Send resumes to Petru Scurtu at petru.scurtu@litens.com Please note that applications are still being accepted. |
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Position: Senior
Development Engineer: Transmissions and Powertrain
Company/Organisation: Litens Automotive Group Location: Concord, Ontario Click here for further details. Send resumes to Petru Scurtu at petru.scurtu@litens.com Please note that applications are still being accepted. |
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Have You Seen the Machine Shop Lately? |
Alice McQuarrie, Reception/Communications: Aug. 7th and 10th
Geoffrey Chow, Financial Administrator: Aug. 10th, 21st, and 24th
Joe Baptista, Building Services Officer: Aug. 24th to Sept. 8th
Tomas Bernreiter, Lab Engineer and Manager: Aug. 17th to 21st, and
28th
Jho Nazal, Graduate Program Assistant: Aug. 7th to 14th
Gordon Boudreau, Machinist: Aug. 17th to 21st
Sheila Baker, Purchasing Manager: Aug. 18th to 25th
Professor David Steinman: Aug. 2nd to 18th
Professor Sanjeev Chandra, Aug. 4th to 14th
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