"The shortage of engineers with postgraduate education and skills . . . can and absolutely must be reversed," says À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering's associate dean of graduate studies and international agreements in a Globe and MailÌý editorial published November 25.
Carl Haas, a civil and environmental engineering professorÌýand the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Construction and Management of Sustainable Infrastructure, was inducted last month into theÌýNational Academy of Construction.ÌýThe ceremony tookÌýin Scottsdale Arizona.
Amir Khajepour, a À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor and the Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems, received a prestigiousÌýEngineering MedalÌýÌý– Research and Development from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers at its awards’ gala. The event wasÌýheld in TorontoÌýon November 23.
Exceptional students, faculty, staff and alumniÌýwere honoured at the 2013 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering Awards Dinner held on November 21. Ìý
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Over 2,500 students received awards this year for everything from top marks, to extracurricular activities, such as leadership, community engagement and involvement in athletics. Ìý Ìý
Ross McKenzie, managing director of the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Centre for Automotive Research,Ìýspoke to Amanda Lang about fuel cell vehicles on .
He saidÌýthe fuel problem is not insurmountable, particularly if government and automotive fleets adopt the hydrogen car as a green alternative.
Drew Higgins,Ìýa chemical engineering doctoral student,Ìýhas been named the recipient of the 2013 Electrochemical Society (ECS) Canadian Section Student Award for his research on nanostructured fuel cell and battery electrode materials, carried out under the supervision ofÌýZhongwei Chen, a chemical engineering professor.
Ìý“It’s obviously something about your great engineering school, combined with the resources and encouragement to start building and creating stuff while you’re still in school, that positions À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ founders so well to be starting companies," says AlexisÌýOhanian.
Alexis OhanianÌýwill be spending quality time on campus with University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ students this Friday November 22.
, an electrical and computer engineering professor andÌýTier 1 Canada Research Chair in the Future Internet,ÌýhasÌýbeen appointed Chair of the Orange Scientific Board.Ìý Formerly known as France-Telecom,ÌýOrange is a French multinational telecommunications corporation that currently employs about 170,000 people and has more than 230 million customers worldwide. The role of the board is to advise Orange on R&D issues.
A software help system co-founded byÌýa new management sciences faculty memberÌýhasÌýreceivedÌý$500,000 in seedÌýmoney from the State of Washington's W FundÌýwith additional funding expected to expand the startup's operations.Ìý
QazzowÌýis based on Parmit Chilana's dissertation work at the University of Washington where sheÌýcompleted her doctoral degree in Information ScienceÌýearlier this year.ÌýÌýRather than typing out a question, the software help system allows users toÌýtap on whatever isÌýcausing a problem andÌý relevant Q&A information instantlyÌýappears on the screen.
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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's Women in Engineering committee will beÌýrecognized with this year's Status of Women and Equity Committee annual equity and inclusion award at a reception in the Davis Centre November 25.