Message from the Chair
Congratulations to all the CivMin graduates who convocated last week. It was great to see you all cross the stage at Convocation Hall and it was a pleasure to meet many of your parents at our reception.
Awards Committee News | Development of a speaker invitation short list for the 2017-18 Distinguished Lecture Series is underway. Thank you to everyone for their speaker suggestions.
Upcoming Self-Study News | A number of meetings are being scheduled, various materials will soon be distributed and a survey will be circulated before the first meeting on July 12. On a related note, an update on graduate attributes and curriculum mapping will be released soon.
CivMin Office News | U of T will be closed for Canada Day observance on Monday, July 3rd. Summer office hours begin on Tuesday, July 4th.
– Professor Brent Sleep
IN THIS NEWSLETTER…
Student Awards | Scholarships | Opportunities | Jobs
New partnership establishes a Canadian teach city for engineering students
Now U of T Engineering students will have their own immersive learning opportunities within a real-life teaching city…
Toronto Star | U of T engineering students pitch in to make Good Shepherd Centre greener
Financial Post | VIDEO: Prof. Abdulhai discusses autonomous vehicles and the rise of robots
NOW Toronto | Toronto’s glass condos are burning thermal holes in the sky | Prof. Touchie discusses building retrofits and greenhouse-gas-leaking …
Student Competition Award Wins
CSCE Conference | Vancouver
Best Student Poster
- Junting Li
Best Paper in the Construction
- Yuting Chen with co-authors Prof. McCabe and Prof. Hyatt
2nd Place in the Capstone Competition
- Weije Liu, Angela Hu, Michael DeSanti, Eleano Siow & Johnny Ton
Ontario Mining Association | MINED Competition
Congratulations to Marina Reny, Matthew Hart, Yoko Yanigimura, and Justin Simardzic for placing third in the Ontario Mining Association MINED competition. They presented an innovative mine ventilation design employing acoustic agglomeration for cleaning ventilation air in underground mines.
Scholarships
Canada-wide Scholarship | 4th Year Females
The Polytechnique Montreal Order of the White Rose is an annual Canada-wide Scholarship created in honour of the 14 victims on the Tragedy of December 6, 1989 and to encourage young female engineering students to pursue their academic careers at the graduate level. Please not the scholarship is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
Click more for details | Deadline 11:59 p.m. on June 30th
Opportunities
Contribute your expert opinion to reach academics + journalists
A web-based publication, The Conversation allows academics to write about current events, topical issues and their own research on a range of subjects from science to politics to health. Over 70 U of T authors have used the platform, including Professor Charles Pascal who says,
“The results from that one article [posted] were remarkable. Within hours, I heard from practitioners and other academics. I also heard from both electronic and print media requesting interviews.”
Read these articles | Toronto Star and U of T News.
Biotalent Canada announces new funding for its Student Work Integrated Learning Program (SWILP)
BioTalent Canada funding is geared towards bio-economy undergrad or grad students registered in a post-secondary program and the intent is to fund “new” co-op positions. Work Integrated Learning Opportunities should be full-time for at least 16 weeks. For more details please visit: biotalent.ca
Job searching? Visit CivMin CONNECT for the latest opportunities