A Message from Dean, Cristina Amon
We recently concluded a strategic communications exercise and would like to extend our gratitude on behalf of the Faculty to those of you who have already participated in focus groups, an online survey, and one-on-one interviews that led to the results of this exercise. This has enabled us to understand how our Faculty is perceived and to identify gaps between internal realities and external perceptions. I would like to ask for your input once again.
We are now evaluating our positioning statement – ‘talking points’ or ‘branding’, as it is called in the corporate world – intended to describe our uniqueness and set us apart from our peers. We will next build a set of key messages to support the positioning statement. This does not replace the Faculty’s vision or mission statements, rather supports it for communication purposes to external audiences.
I encourage you to critically review this Newsletter and provide input to: dean@ecf.utoronto.ca. The results of this strategic communications exercise will influence the Faculty’s self-study and academic planning, in addition to our communications materials.
October 29, 2009
Volume 3, Issue 4
In this issue:
Positioning
What's New
Honours and Awards
Research
Events
Governance
News
Positioning the Faculty: A strategic communications exercise
The purpose of this exercise was to determine our positioning statement that uniquely sets us apart from our competitors. We received more than 800 internal and external opinions that helped shape the outcome. With this input, we better understood how the Faculty is perceived internally and externally and identified gaps that exist between internal realities and external perceptions. This input served the basis to form our positioning statement. Please review the following for more information:
What's New
Director of Lassonde Institute appointed
MinE Director John Hadjigeorgiou started a two-year term October 1, 2009
U of T researchers define barriers to successful heart cell transplants
Researchers at U of T have developed a novel cell injection test-bed to evaluate the barriers to transplanted cell integration with cardiac tissue. Peter Zandstra (IBBME) and Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) led the research teams
U of T Engineering instrumental in ASEE Global Colloquium
Faculty and students participate in Global Colloquium on Engineering Education in Budapest
Innovation, Globalization and the University
Engineering Professors discuss ideas, solutions, and barriers to notion of innovation research
Engineering student impacts climate change negotiations in Copenhagen
CivE graduate student Robert Stupka to participate in 15th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
U of T Design Team places second in design competition
Award a significant achievement for four Engineering students
ChemE student achievements celebrated
Students, faculty, alumni, and industry professionals met for 5th annual ChemE Scholars and Leaders reception
Fall Convocation
All faculty encouraged to attend Fall Convocation of Engineering's 21 undergraduate and 278 graduate students (49 PhDs, 136 MASc, 3 MEnd, 74 MEng, 16 MHSc) November 10 - Undergraduate | November 13 – Graduate
Tech Tip
Make sure digital photos are stored in more than one place
Honours and Awards
CMHC Excellence in Education Award
Kim Pressnail (CivE) gains recognition as educator who has integrated sustainable concepts in housing and community development into academic curriculum
PEO Awards
Greg Evans (ChemE), Nazir Kherani (ECE), Javad Mostaghimi (MIE), and Chul Park (MIE) awarded medals for Research and Development; Lloyd McCoomb (CivE 6T8) awarded medal for Management, and Dwayne Shirley (MSE) won Young Engineers Medal. Recipients to be honoured at gala at Toronto Congress Centre November 21, 2009
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Staff Awards
Four new staff awards announced: Emerging Leader Award; Influential Leader Award; Award for Innovation; and Quality of Student Experience Award
Research
MITACS
Accelerate | Research Projects | Globalink | Training | Math Outreach
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Oct. 31
Nov. 6 |
Frosh Friday: Memory and Concentration Skills |
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Governance
2009-2010 Faculty Council Meetings
Save the Date: Nov. 25, 2009 | Feb. 24, 2010 | May 26, 2010
Time: 12:10 - 2:00 p.m. |
All meetings take place in the Michael E. Charles Council Chamber (GB202)
Engineering in the News
The Economist runs feature story on CivE Professor-led research
Chris Kennedy and team studied how cities' greenhouse-gas emissions differ and how to learn from carbon footprints comparison
Focal depths expose picture quality
Engineer Online UK featured ongoing collaborated study between MIT researchers and Kiriakos Kutulakos, ECE. Mathematical model determines how to yield sharpest image
ChemE Professor Emma Master speaks at Biotech Week
Annual event raises awareness of technological issues facing today's world food supply
U of T team's 'lab on a chip' may detect breast cancer
Aaron Wheeler (IBBME) and research team developed device for pocket-sized detectors to help diagnose and monitor breast cancer. Original story appeared Oct. 7 on first cover of Science Translational Medicine and has made headlines across the globe
Pledge to reduce Toronto trash by 70 per cent too "lofty"
Phil Byer, CivE Professor and an expert on waste management, cited in the Globe Oct. 20
ECE Associate Professor reviews Windows 7 features/interface
David Lie discusses two broad classes of changes to recent Microsoft interface launch in Toronto Star Oct. 21
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