News and Annoucements

Safety training

The safety training for 2016 summer students are as follows:

Part I: In-person training, Monday, May 2, WB116, 9:30-11:45am

Part II: On-line, to be completed prior to the in-person exam

Part III: In-person examination, Monday, May 09, WB116, 9-9:30am

As per University and Departmental guidelines, we are required to provide training to all personnel. If you have hired a summer student, please inform them of the date, location and time of the training program. It would be helpful if you could provide names of any summer students to Leticia Gutierrez through email for attendance and handout purposes. She can be reached at leticia.gutierrez@utoronto.ca

Students from our Department who have completed their fourth year AND ARE CONTINUING INTO GRADUATE SCHOOL in our Department do not have to attend this training session (their training for fourth-year thesis will suffice). However, they will need to attend CHE2222F in September 2016.

The training is compulsory for all other summer students/personnel, including those in volunteer positions and on co-op placements.

Outreach opportunity

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is hosting Rethink the Box on Wednesday, May 11. This outreach program encourages kids across Toronto to think like engineers and solve real-world problems. In teams, participants are given a challenge and a box of items to use for the challenge. The job of volunteers is to help participants work through their ideas and turn them into reality. The event runs from from 9am to 2pm at Don Mills Collegiate Institute. Anyone interested in helping out as a volunteer should email cheryl.washer@mail.utoronto.ca as soon as possible.

Grant Allen elected Senior Fellow of Massey College

Professor Grant Allen, Chair of the Department, has been elected a Senior Fellow of Massey College. Senior Fellows are prominent representatives across academic and professional interests at the University of Toronto.

HEQCO report shows success of ILead-developed team effectiveness tool

A recent study by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) reports on the effectiveness of the tool, which was built, tested and deployed in U of T Engineering. The tool, called the Team Effectiveness Learning System (TELS), delivers detailed, individual and team feedback to students in very large classes and is led by ILead's Patricia Sheridan (ChemE PhD Candidate). Sheridan’s research, supervised by Professors Doug Reeve and Greg Evans (both ChemE), is part of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering’s Collaborative Program in Engineering Education (EngEd). Read full story.

EngEd students increase engineering student engagement

Whether they are increasing student engagement or providing opportunities to work across disciplines, students enrolled in U of T's Collaborative Program in Engineering Education (EngEd), directed by Professor Greg Evans, aim to improve engineering education both in Canada and around the world. Read full story.

Engineering leadership celebrated at ILead luncheon

Corporate partners, alumni, faculty, and students gathered on Friday, April 15 at Massey College for a luncheon to celebrate the success of the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead). Attendee David Colcleugh (ChemE 5T9, MASc 6T0, PhD 6T2), a professor at ILead, has seen first-hand the positive impact that leadership skills can have at a company. For more than 40 years he has worked for and consulted with a wide variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations. Read full story.

April 29, 2016

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