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There is a
different feeling around campus these days. Faculty and staff are
starting to return from their summer vacations, Springett Parking
Lot is starting to get busier and current students are starting to
appear in the hallways once again. This can only mean one thing -
another academic year is about to begin.
In just a few short
weeks, the 2005/2006 academic year will officially begin. The
Faculty anticipates over 300 first-year students will attend Western
Engineering this fall, bringing our total number of undergraduate
students to over 1300.
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Awards & Accomplishments |
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EWB is helping to beat poverty |
Making poverty history
is a challenge Jason Teixeira is fully immersed in.
The Masters student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
has spent the last three months in Ghana working on a water and
sanitation project. Representing Western's Engineers Without
Boarders (EWB), Teixeira has also learned some of the local
language and culture as well as experienced rural Ghanaian life.
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Alumni, industry and friends support Western
Engineering students |
Students' odds of receiving an
award or scholarship from the Faculty of Engineering has
increased this year, thanks to two new donations. The
Professor Mel Poucher Award in Civil Engineering and
The
Vander Laan Undergraduate Scholarship in Engineering have
just been added to Western Engineering's awards and scholarships
list.
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Helmut Kramer Award |
Being invited to present a paper at a
conference is an honour. Winning an award for your paper
at the end of the conference is icing on the cake.
Dr. I. I. Inculet, Dr. G. S. P. Castle, and
Dr. K. Adamiak of the Applied Electrostatic Research Centre (AERC)
attended the European Federation of Chemical Engineering 10th
International Conference on Electrostatics in Finland from June
14-17, 2005. Inculet's paper, Measuring
Techniques in Industrial Applications of Electrostatic Forces,
received the Helmut
Kramer Award of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering.
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Research |
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Powder Technology Research Centre |
Western is committed to
raising $1.05 million
in support of its Powder
Technology Research Centre (PTRC). The Centre
consolidates and builds upon Western’s research strength in
chemical engineering, specifically powder technology,
nanoparticles and fluidization.
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New Managing Director at Western Research Park |
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Don Hewson,
a managing
director with more than 26 years of experience in industrial based
research and development, will be leading the industrial liaison
initiatives of the Sarnia-Lambtom campus of the Western Research
Park.
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Upcoming Events |
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Join Women In Engineering
The Women In Engineering executive
would like to invite all female students (undergraduate and
graduate), faculty and staff to become members of Women In
Engineering (WIE).
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Western’s Teaching Support Centre (TSC)
summer workshops
A number of
summer workshops are scheduled to assist current and new faculty
members enhance their own teaching abilities through peer
consultation, augment their teaching with technology, or infuse
information or library literacy into their curricula. Workshop
topics include:
* Summer
Teaching With Technology Institute
Three-day workshop from August 22-24
* New Faculty
Orientation
One day only – August 30
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Fall
Perspectives on Teaching Conference
One day only - September 1
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Graduate Student Conference on Teaching (TA Day)
One day only -
September 7
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Pension Education Session
– Retirement Income Strategies
Thursday, August 18
12:00 pm -1:00 pm
University College, Room 30
Human Resource Services are offering this session, hosted by
Pension and Retirement Consultant Holly Scanlon. All members are
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PHYSMOD 2005 –
International Workshop on Physical Modelling of Flow and Dispersion
Phenomena
August 24 - 26
Spencer Engineering Building
This series of workshops, sponsored by Lakes Environmental and
Western Engineering, focuses on the physical modelling of flow and
dispersion and so presents an ideal forum for experimentalists to
discuss their latest results, new measurement techniques and methods
of analysis. The workshop is held in memory of the late Robert
Macdonald, University of Waterloo.
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Deadlines |
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The
Professor Mel Poucher Award in Civil Engineering |
Deadline:
Friday, September 30
This award will be presented
to a full-time student in Year 2 or higher of
the Civil & Environmental Engineering program, who has
achieved a minimum average of 75% and is involved in
extracurricular activities. Applications are available from
the Faculty of Engineering and must be submitted, along with
a description of the candidate’s extracurricular activities,
by September 30, 2005. The recipient will be determined by
the Faculty of Engineering.
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The
Vander Laan Undergraduate
Scholarship in Engineering |
Deadline:
Friday, September 30
This award will be
presented to a full-time student in Year 2 or higher of any
program in Engineering who has achieved a minimum 80%
average and who demonstrates an academic interest in
environmental topics or water issues. Applications can be
obtained from the Faculty of Engineering and must be
submitted, along with a short essay, by September 30, 2005.
The recipient will be selected by the Scholarship and Awards
Committee in the Faculty of Engineering.
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Announcements |
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Do you
know an interesting grad?
The
Department of Communications & Public Affairs is preparing
to profile some of the extraordinary students who will be
graduating at Fall Convocation. If you know of a
student who would make a good story and who is graduating at
Fall Convocation, please pass along the tip by e-mail to
croulst@uwo.ca or by mail to Room 335, Stevenson-Lawson
Building. Their stories may become the subject of a
University media release or a Western News article.
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Your participation is greatly
appreciated.
If you would like to
include something in Engineering Now, contact Allison Stevenson via
email (astevenson@eng.uwo.ca),
telephone (ext. 82917) or stop by her office (SEB Room 2074). Your comments
and feedback are also greatly appreciated. |
