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December 1, 2020 | Volume 11, Issue 16 | View this email in your browser

Professor Cristina Amon appointed to the Order of Canada

Professor Cristina Amon (MIE), Alumni Distinguished Professor in Bioengineering and Dean Emerita of U of T Engineering, has been named a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours. The new appointees were announced on November 27 by Governor General Julie Payette (ECE MASc 9T0).

A distinguished scholar in mechanical engineering, devoted educator, innovative academic leader and university administrator, Amon served as Dean of U of T Engineering from 2006 to 2019. During that time, she established the Faculty as a world leader in multidisciplinary engineering research and education while making incredible strides in advancing gender equity, diversity and inclusion.

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Prof. Birsen Domnez and her team explore how automated vehicles can impede driver performance, and what to do about it
Anything but ordinary: Liping Wang’s 7-year journey to his PhD culminates in a virtual graduation during a pandemic

Lectures at the Leading Edge: Materials Innovations for Emerging Energy Technologies
Speaker: Professor Liangbing Hu, University of Maryland
Date: December 2
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
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In this seminar, Liangbing Hu will discuss his group’s motivations, research overview, and selective achievements in:
  • Extreme high temperature (2000–3000 K) as a disruptive platform to design/synthesize novel materials, from single atom, high entropy nanoparticles (Science 2018, 359, 1489, Cover) to bulk ceramics/metals for energy technologies and other applications in extreme conditions (Science 2020).
  • Wood nanocellulose as a material platform for designing new structures to manipulate ion, phonon, photon, and mechanical properties, with end applications in lightweight, energy-efficient transportation (super wood, Nature 2018, 554, 224), energy-efficient green buildings (cooling wood, Science 2019, 364, 760), and high-performance membranes for the water-energy nexus (ionic wood, Nature Materials 2019, 18, 608).

Tri-campus National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Date: December 4
Time: 10:00-11:30 AM
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December 6 marks the anniversary of the murder of 14 women engineering students at l’École Polytechnique de Montreal in 1989. Since then, the day has been declared The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Every year the U of T community commemorates the national tragedy and also reflects on the many ways all women continue to experience gender-based violence—from missing and murdered Indigenous women, transgender women, and the broad spectrum of women from vulnerable populations.

This year’s virtual event features a fireside chat with U of T students, staff, and faculty discussing the most relevant issues in gender-based violence and their intersections. This is an opportunity to also share the concrete actions we can take in our communities to question, call out, and combat acts of gender-based violence.

Leading through COVID-19: Resilience & Recovery
Date: December 4
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to deliver unprecedented challenges to our health-care system, economy, and society, leaders in industry and academia are charting a course through the crisis and the road to recovery. Join us on December 4th as Professor Chris Yip, Dean of U of T Engineering, hosts a panel of business leaders to discuss the impact of the pandemic and resilience in the face of adversity.

Research Spotlight: Rethinking Water and Energy in Global Development
Speaker: Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) and Director of the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN)
Date: December 8
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
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The lack of reliable access to water and energy is at the heart of health, social, economic, and climate challenges in remote communities. Technologies engineered for the developed world often don’t account for important local factors, resulting in failure when implemented in the developing world context. This talk will discuss the challenges associated with the design, validation, and manufacturing of water and energy technologies in the developing world. Work currently being done by the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN) at the University of Toronto in the areas of sustainable aeration technologies to improve small-holder aquaculture production, improved irrigation technologies, drinking water, and sustainable sanitation will highlight these challenges and present the potential impact of appropriately designed water and energy technologies.

Female Leaders and the Changing Landscape of Engineering
Date: December 9
Moderators: Sharon Ferguson (IndE MASc Candidate) & Deepika Phoebe (Process Engineer, Spin Master)
Time: 6:00 PM
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Engineering has changed significantly over the past 30 years. Female leaders have been at the forefront, welcoming diverse talent and evolving the discipline into one that prioritizes innovative products and processes.

Join the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), in conjunction with the OSPE Exchange Hubs, Spin Master and University of Toronto for an engaging and candid discussion about how female leaders in the engineering profession have pushed for change and navigated the changing landscape. Learn about their journeys and how their experiences have paved the way for others. Whether you are an engineering student, a young graduate, or a professional, this promises to be an inspiring conversation!

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