Engineering Now .: Volume 2 - Edition 11 .: May 26, 2006
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The nice weather has finally arrived. Campus is starting to quiet down. This must mean summer is on its way.
Now is the perfect time to tackle your extra long “To Do List” you accumulated during the academic year. It is also the perfect time to enjoy the outdoors with fellow Western Engineering faculty, staff and students at Western Engineering’s 11th annual Golf Retreat. (more)
Awards & Accomplishments
CME scholarships are awarded annually to students who are completing a 12 to 16 month industry internship in the manufacturing sector, and entering their final year of studies. Last year was the first year CME scholarships were awarded to Western Engineering students. In its inaugural year, only one scholarship was awarded. Now, in its second year at Western Engineering, CME scholarships have been awarded to two students: Miranda Restorick and Matthew Hessel. (more)
Dr. Sumit Agrawal, Chief Surgical Resident in the Department of Otolaryngology at Western, was awarded the 2006 Charlie Thompson Scientific Achievement Award for his research paper entitled "3-D Endoscopy of the External Auditory Canal: A Step Towards Virtual Reality.” (more)
The Faculty of Engineering’s new robotics team, WEBots, placed third at the 2006 Autonomous Racing Challenge at the University of Waterloo in late April. (more)
Brent Lanting and Joe Barfett had a little extra to celebrate at the convocation of 134 new doctors from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. The pair are the first graduates from the Meds/Engineering Class of 2006 - a seven-year concurrent degree program designed to ensure future physicians keep pace with biomedical technology and technical advancements in health care. (more)
Click here to read the London Free Press article about Western's first graduates from a combined engineering and medicine program...
Research
Dissecting how buildings are destroyed and damaged by wind, rain and snow so they can be better built is the focus of a $7-million research project at the University of Western Ontario. (more)
London Hydro is collaborating with the engineering department at the University of Western Ontario to the tune of $125,000. (more)
Announcements
Elementary schools are winding down for the 2005-06
school year. Teachers are completing class assignments and planning end
of year parties, trips and fun class projects. The University of
Western Ontario’s student run organization, Discovery Western (DW),
makes their planning a little bit easier by offering fun and informative
workshops to encourage students to explore the realms of engineering,
science and technology. (more)
Vivian Feng, the new Western Engineering Librarian, joined the Allyn and Betty Taylor Library on April 10, 2006. She comes to Western from the Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute's (IMTI) branch of CISTI, the NRC's library, where she provided a wide range of information services to the researchers and their students. (more)
Our fingers need to get ready for some extra work when making a local phone call. Welcome to the world of 10-digit dialing. 10-digit dialing becomes a reality on June 17. All local calls %u2013 except campus extensions calls -- will require the 519 area code. (more)
For the first time Western News is providing online access to the entire newspaper. (more)
Western's Provost and Vice-President (Academic), Fred Longstaffe, explains some of the details behind the university's $230-million Long-Range Space Plan - including plans for the new Bio-Engineering Building. (more)
To receive a discount (approx 7%) for Tiger Direct orders please contact Kyle Huggins (see below for contact information) and he will fax you a quotation.
Please complete a Request to Purchase Form (see attachment) and forward the form and quotation to EFS Stores, SEB14 for processing. The discounted price is not available on the Web site.
Kyle Huggins contact information
Phone Number: (905) 305-4848
Fax Number: (905) 477-8459
Email Address: Kyle.Huggins@tigerdirect.ca
Please contact Katherine Manweiler, x88333 if you have any questions.
Western Engineering extends best wishes to Anita Lowry, Western Engineering's Coordinator, Faculty & Staff Relations. Anita will be leaving Western Engineering to assume the position of Finance Officer in the Faculty of Law. Her last day with Western Engineering will be June 3.
Upcoming Events and Deadlines
Wednesday, May 31 .: 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm .: SEB 3109
Deadline to apply: May 30, 2006
Deadline to apply: May 30, 2006
Starting June 1 - Every Thursday from 1:00 pm -2:00 pm in SEB 2083
Friday, June 9 .: 10:00 am .: Echo Valley .: Silent Auction with proceeds to Discovery Western & Engineers Without Borders
Sign-up with Sue Chapman or Stephen Mallinson before June 1
Deadline to submit entries: Thursday, June 1
Thursday, June 8 - Sunday, June 11
Tuesday, June 6 .: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm .: Outside SEB 1059
Tuesday, June 6 .: 4:00 pm .: Conron Hall, University College
Wednesday, June 14 .: 3:30 pm .: Alumni Hall
Thursday, June 15 .: Westhaven Golf & Country Club .: Cocktails - 6:30 pm .: Dinner - 7:15 pm
RSVP to Sue Chapman
Contact
.:Allison Stevenson
Spencer Engineering Building, Room 2074
Telephone: 519 850-2917 Fax: 519 661-3808
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