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Upcoming Events

Watch for the Faculty of Engineering in the Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, November 13 th !

Homecoming 2010 Thanks to all the alumni and friends who came out to celebrate Homecoming 2010 at the Faculty of Engineering! Plans are already underway for 2011, so watch your in-box for more information. If you are interested in planning a reunion for your graduating class, contact Tammy at [email protected] or call 204- 474-6455.

Faculty of Engineering Professors Receive Excellence in Teaching Awards

The graduating class of 2010 nominated one professor in each department to be recognized for their excellence in teaching. Congratulations to Dr. Danny Mann (Biosystems), Dr. Jeannette Montufar (Civil), Dr. Dean McNeill (Electrical & Computer) and Dr. Igor Telichev (Mechanical).

Dr. Dean McNeill receives his award from Senior Stick, Derek Neufeld.

Alumnus Receives Order of

Congratulations to Hon. Gary Filmon (Class of 1964) on receiving the highest civilian honour Canada awards, the Order of Canada, on September 30 th .

Known for his vision and principled leadership, Gary Filmon has made important and lasting contributions locally, provincially and nationally. As premier of , he improved the province's finances and oversaw record levels of economic growth. He also introduced multicultural policies and programs, and championed sustainable development and environmental issues. For decades, he has supported a variety of organizations, including the . A member of many corporate and public boards, he also served as chair of Canada's Security Intelligence Review Committee and is highly regarded for his enduring contributions to public life in Canada.

U of M at the APEGM Awards

The 2010 APEGM Awards were held on Friday, October 29 th at the Hotel Fort Garry in Winnipeg.

Congratulations to Ms. Jane Polak Scowcroft (Class of 2008) on winning this year’s Engineer in Training Award from the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Manitoba. Jane was named as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network, and was highlighted in the Globe and Mail national newspaper in 2007. Jane became a student member of APEGM in 2005 and an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) in June of 2009.

In summer of 2005, Jane spent 4 months in Northern Tanzania as a Junior Fellow from Engineers Without Borders (EWB). During her stay, Jane worked with a local non-governmental organization to design and develop post-harvest technologies for fruit and vegetables. Jane also personally mentored a number of Tanzanian students from local schools looking to further develop their post-school work and educational opportunities.

Jane received recognition through the Gold Medal Student Award for outstanding leadership, contributions to society and volunteerism by an undergraduate engineering student, awarded by Engineers Canada in 2008. Jane was also named the Young Woman of Distinction in 2008, awarded by the YWCA. In several media engagements, Jane has repeatedly stressed the importance of encouraging a global perspective in engineering practice, the impact that engineers can have in their community and globally, and the critical need to encourage more women to enter into the engineering profession.

Congratulations to Mr. Luis Escobar, P.Eng., (Class of 1996) on winning this year’s Early Achievement Award from APEGM. Luis has been with the City of Winnipeg since 1999 and with the Traffic Signals Branch since 2004. During this time with the City, Luis has worked in the fields of traffic management, traffic operations, temporary traffic control, road safety, Intelligent Transportation Systems ( ITS) applications and commercial vehicle operations and over-dimension permits.

At the time Luis was nominated for this award, he was the head of the Traffic Signals Branch, responsible for the design, installation, operation, management and maintenance of traffic signals, pedestrian corridors and other traffic control devices. Luis was overseeing the deployment of a new traffic signals management system that is intended to improve the movement of traffic along the major corridors in the City.

At the beginning of this year, Luis became Manager of the Transportation Division and is responsible for all aspects of transportation in the City of Winnipeg, including traffic management on regional and local streets, traffic signals and street lighting, traffic impacts related to land use development, transportation planning and forecasting and development of current and future transportation facilities. Currently he is working on the Sustainable Transportation Strategy, which is the basis for the City’s 25-year transportation master plan.

Congratulations to Dr. Marcia Friesen, P.Eng., on winning this year’s Leadership Award from APEGM. Dr. Friesen was the first program coordinator responsible for developing and delivering the Internationally Educated Engineers Qualification Program (IEEQ) at the University of Manitoba, where she continues to serve as its Director. The IEEQ Program was developed in 2003 to address qualifications recognition for internationally-educated engineers, including formal recognition of foreign credentials and Canadian labour market entry. Since 2003, through Dr. Friesen’s vision and efforts, the IEEQ program has addressed academic confirmation, cultural integration, language development, professional networking opportunities, and supported engineering employment. As such, the program represents a holistic qualifications recognition approach beyond a sole focus on technical confirmation. It also represented a unique partnership between an engineering regulatory body and the university.

The IEEQ program was the first of its kind in Canada and is now nationally recognized as a comprehensive qualifications recognition framework for the licensure and labour market entry of internationally-educated engineers. In 2005, Engineers Canada engaged with IEEQ and APEGM to provide information and training to other Canadian jurisdictions that were interested in developing an IEEQ-style program. Mostly, the success of IEEQ is evident in the 90 IEGs it has served to date. All of the graduates have been registered as EITs with APEGM, and to date IEEQ has contributed close to 30 new P.Eng.’s to the engineering profession as well. Congratulations to Mr. Frank Roberts (Class of 1971) on winning this year’s Outstanding Service Award from APEGM. Franklin Roberts became registered with APEGM in 1974 and served as a member of Council in 1981 and 1982 and Vice-President in 1982. In 1983 Frank started the Safety in Engineering Practice Committee and he has served as its chairman since that time. Frank has also served as Chairman of the Admissions Review Board and Chairman of the Selection Committee for the Registrar and executive Director. Frank started his engineering career with the Lincoln Electric Company in 1974, where he was responsible for welding applications engineering. During this period Frank was engaged in welding research which led to publication of technical articles on the metallurgy and physics of solidification of weld metal and presentations to the Canadian Welding Society. In 1980 Frank started F.A. Roberts & Associates Ltd. specializing in welding engineering, quality control, designs in structural steel, pressure vessels, tanks and large industrial structures for the pulp and paper and mining industries Some notable projects include design of the apparatus and planning the lifts for removal and re-installation of the Golden Boy from the Legislative Building and the first designs of the motion systems for Inter-Operative Magnetic Resonance Imaging for neuro-surgery where Frank is one of the original patent holders. The wide variety of experience has also brought Frank into a number of forensic investigations and has led him to become registered in provincial and territorial associations from coast to coast. In addition to service with APEGM, Frank has served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Welding Bureau since 1998, holding positions as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Gooderham Center for Industrial Learning, Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Frank has served with his home church, Elim Chapel, on various committees and chaired the committee responsible for the design and construction of the Elim Place building. This building was completed in 2002 after a fire had destroyed the original ministries building. Frank, through his consulting firm, has also provided service to churches of various denominations acting as a resource on facilities.

Congratulations to Mr. Randy Herrmann (Class of 1988) on winning the Award of Merit from APEGM. Randy Herrmann, P.Eng. is Director of the very successful Engineering Access Program (ENGAP) at the University of Manitoba.

Randy is committed to raising the profile of professional engineering among aboriginal people. Under his leadership, ENGAP has an active, dedicated staff and has produced over 80 graduate engineers. This is easily the largest program of its kind in Canada. The program has about 40 to 50 students at any time and graduates three to five students each year.

Randy actively pursues many projects to advance the educational opportunities for aboriginal students. Examples include raising funds to purchase 10,000 activity books on engineering that have been distributed to communities in Manitoba. He chairs the APEGM Committee on Aboriginal Professional Initiatives (APIC). He led the organizational committee for the 2008 Dreamcatching Conference in Winnipeg. The conference attracted more than 200 delegates from Canada, the USA, New Zealand and Australia. He is particularly proud of his involvement with Science in a Crate – a program which takes boxes of teaching materials to aboriginal communities. The program helps teachers show that science is an integral part of aboriginal life.

In additional to his professions activities, Randy has volunteered with many organizations, including the Landmark Parent Teachers Organization, the Yellowquill College Advisory Committee, the Interprovincial Association on Native Employment (IANE), the Peguis First Nation Science and Engineering Symposium, the Science Fair of the Manitoba First Nation Education Resource Centre, and has coached in soccer and hockey.

Congratulations to D’Arcy Phillips for winning the Champion of Engineering Education Award given by APEGM and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba. D'Arcy Phillips formed and served as CEO of the Manitoba Aerospace Human Resources Coordinating Committee (MAHRCC). Traditionally MAHRCC focused on the trades and their education, which led Mr. Phillips to visit the University of Manitoba to determine how to improve communication between the Aerospace Industry, and the Faculty of Engineering. At that point in time, virtually all of the relationships between the faculty and the aerospace industry involved research. The Faculty had developed the Aerospace Option in Mechanical Engineering with some input from the industry, but more “connection” was required. Mr. Phillips conceived of the idea of developing the Manitoba Aerospace Engineering Liaison Group (MAELG), made up of MAHRCC, Standard Aero, Bristol and Boeing. Each of these four partners now provide $20 000 annually in support of the Design Chair, and finances an Engineer-in- Residence who is their prime contact on campus. MAELG representatives meet with appropriate academic staff a minimum of 3 times per year to discuss all aspects of the relationship and this has influenced course content, laboratory equipment acquisition, summer employment, graduate employment, support for student competitions, and increased the number and variety of Capstone projects submitted by the aerospace industry. Communications and understanding between the Faculty of Engineering and the aerospace industry has improved greatly, due in no small part to Mr. Phillip’s insight and passion. The MAELG has been so beneficial to all involved, the group is currently discussing extending the relationship for an additional 6 years, and current members have identified other companies that might benefit from participation.

While Mr. Phillips has stepped down from his position at MAHRCC, the MAELG, and the relationships it has generated, would not exist if it was not for his sincere desire to see Manitoba’s aerospace industry grow together with the Faculty of Engineering.

Student News

U of M Student Wins “Why I Want to be a Consulting Engineer” Contest on YouTube

Congratulations to Electrical Engineering student, Jessica Friesen, for submitting the winning entry to the “Why I Want to be a Consulting Engineer” contest on YouTube. For winning, Jessica, who graduates this year, was flown to Ottawa to attend the 2010 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards on October 26 th and will be profiled in an upcoming issue of Source, ACEC’s nation-wide newsletter.

Civil Engineering Students Visit Point du Bois Generating Station

On Saturday, October 23 rd over 30 Civil Engineering Students from the University of Manitoba visited the Point du Bois Generating Station. Special thanks to: Jay Sagin - Post doc in Civil Engineering, Kristina Koenig - Manitoba Hydro, Water Resource Engineering division and trip co-orgnaizer, John Crawford - Manitoba Hydro, Water Resource Engineering Division Manager and trip organizer, Kuang Yin (Bill) Zhao - UofM Civil Engineering undergrad and co-op student with Manitoba Hydro (assisted with trip preparations), and Trish Stadnyk - UofM Hydrology Professor. Point du Bois has 97 spillway gates in total spanning the Winnipeg River. It is Manitoba Hydro's oldest generating station, celebrating its 100th anniversary next year. Although small in terms of its percent power generation to Manitoba Hydro's grid, the station is strategically located close to the City of Winnipeg and on a river which is now seeing increasing flow for power generation.

FACULTY NEWS

Awards Sharmistha Electrical 2010 Strategic Microelectronics Awarded $3,000 towards her Bhadra, and Council of ITAC Industrial PhD research at the CMC graduate Computer Collaboration Award Microsystems 2010 student Symposium held in Ottawa from 4 - 6 October 2010. Arezoo Emadi, Electrical 2010 Strategic Microelectronics Received an honorable graduate and Council of ITAC Industrial mention at the CMC student Computer Collaboration Award Microsystems 2010 Symposium held in Ottawa from 4 - 6 October 2010.

GRANTS Yunhua Luo Mechanical and Manitoba Health $100,000 Advanced Manufacturing Research Council - Computer Establishment Modeling of Grant Closed Head Injuries: mechanisms, diagnosis and protection. Zahara Moussavi Electrical and Neural Diagnostics $28,000 in The diagnosis, Computer Canada cash and and biomarker $160,000 identification for worth of neurological equipment and mental from their disorders using home office in EVestG Australia