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The Chronicle Volume XIII, Issue I Autumn 2018 WILLOWDALE/THORNHILL CHAPTER The Official Newsletter of the Willowdale/Thornhill PEO Chapter. The Chronicle The WTPEO executive gather at the licensing ceremony at the Thornhill Club, July 13, 2018. OPEN PUBLICATION Visit us at © 2018 WTPEO www.willowdalethornhill.peo.on.ca 1 Volume XIII, Issue I Autumn 2018 WILLOWDALE/THORNHILL CHAPTER Willowdale/Thornhill PEO Executives Officers Chair Nanda Lwin, P.Eng. nanda.lwin@wtpeo.org Vice Chair Rana Tehrani Yekta, P.Eng. rana.tehraniyekta@wtpeo.org Past Chair Nick Shelton, P.Eng. nick.shelton@wtpeo.org Secretary Andrew Herbst, P.Eng. andrew.herbst@wtpeo.org Treasurer Souheila Bardakji, P.Eng. souheila.bardakji@wtpeo.org Committee Chairs Chair Licence Presentations Andrew Herbst, P.Eng. andrew.herbst@wtpeo.org Government Liaison Program (GLP) John Penaranda, P.Eng. john.penaranda@wtpeo.org Chair Education Alan Lam, EIT alan.lam@wtpeo.org Chair Programs; Co-Chair GLP Shayan Sepiani, P.Eng. shayan.sepiani@wtpeo.org Chair EIT/LAP Maziyar Bolour, P.Eng. maziyar.bolour@wtpeo.org Chair Publication Jackson Christian, EIT jackson.christian@wtpeo.org Chair Electronic Media Mammad Horriyat, P.Eng. mammad.horriyat@wtpeo.org Chair Awards Mohinder Grover, P.Eng. mohinder.grover@wtpeo.org Additional Board Members Co-Chair EIT/LAP; Programs Jason Chan, P.Eng. jason.chan@wtpeo.org Co-Chair Awards Amit Gupta, P.Eng. amit.gupta@wtpeo.org Co-Chair Electronic Media Amin Mali, P.Eng. amin.mali@wtpeo.org Member Hamdy El Arabi, P. Eng. hamdy.elarabi@wtpeo.org Member Tony Chiu, P.Eng. tony.chiu@wtpeo.org Member Debasis Dey, P.Eng. debasis.dey@wtpeo.org 2 Volume XIII, Issue I Autumn 2018 WILLOWDALE/THORNHILL CHAPTER Chair’s Message Chair Nanda Lwin, P.Eng., FEC, at Seneca College, April 4, 2018. Autumn is now upon us, the leaves on the trees Stan Cho, MPP, and Vincent Ke, MPP, who were are changing colour, and we couldn't be elected in the ridings of Willowdale and Don happier. Valley North, respectively. We also welcome back incumbent Gila Martow, MPP, in Thornhill. As you may know the operations of PEO is I had the pleasure of being invited by PEO to intrinsically intertwined with the comings and attend the swearing in of the Progressive goings of the provincial government. With a Conservative government and Premier Doug change in government at Queen's Park after the Ford at Queen's Park, on June 29th, as well as June 7th election, we have tried to make sense of the throne speech on July 12th. It was a great what this means to our operations not only at PEO opportunity for me to meet some of the new but also in Willowdale and Thornhill. We welcome 3 Volume XIII, Issue I Autumn 2018 WILLOWDALE/THORNHILL CHAPTER MPP's, including Jessica Bell (NDP, University- Rosedale), Belinda Karahalios (PC, Cambridge), We offered two seminars to our members in Rudy Cuzzetto (PC, Mississauga Lakeshore) and the past few months. We presented one Jill Andrew (NDP, Toronto-St. Paul). I also had seminar on the climate change and the Paris an engaging conversation with the Accord in May, and another about failure aforementioned Mr. Ke, who was elected as a analysis in June. PC in Don Valley North. And before I leave the topic of politics, I would be remiss if I didn’t I also attended PEO's East Central regional mention that our own Andrew Herbst, P.Eng., meeting, along with my colleagues Debasis Dey, who is currently secretary, is running for P.Eng., and Alan Lam, EIT, in Barrie, June 9th. Toronto city council in the October 22nd We discussed a variety of issues facing the municipal election. Herbst is running in his chapters in our part of the province. home ward, Ward 18, Willowdale. All the best. Finally, I want to tell you how grateful and In April, Vice Chair Rana Tehrani Yekta, P.Eng., honoured to be acclaimed as your chair on and I attended PEO's annual general meeting March 12th. If you've seen my name in this and Order of Honour ceremony here in space before, it's probably because this is my Toronto. Two former members of the Willow- second time serving as chair. I previously dale/Thornhill family were honoured at the served in the position from 2011 to 2013 and latter event. Changiz Sadr, P.Eng., FEC, who had such a great time that I had to do it once served as chair from 2009 to 2011, and Jeanette again! I want to thank the executive for its M. Southwood, P.Eng., FEC, who served on the support. I particularly want to pay homage to executive of Willowdale/Thornhill, were among my predecessor Nicholas Shelton, P.Eng., for his six inducted as officers into the Order of guidance and leadership these past two years. Honour. Having served twice, I realize in a very profound way the demands of being chair, so I do A licensing ceremony held on July 13th at the appreciate his service to our chapter. Thornhill Club welcomed 43 new professional engineers into our profession. We also welcomed PEO vice president Marisa Sterling, Until next time, please visit our website and do P.Eng., as she offered the evening’s keynote ad- not hesitate to contact me at dress. From an administrative point of view, we nanda.lwin@wtpeo.org if you have feedback or tried new things: we used the services of a disc concerns. jockey, introduced recipients by reading small bios on them, and publicly introduced the Nanda Lwin (Mr.), P.Eng., FEC executive. Chair, Willowdale/Thornhill PEO Chapter The Chronicle publishes articles of interest Thornhill Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Chapter. The content of this newsletter does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the Willowdale- Thornhill PEO Chapter. The chapter or PEO do not assume responsibility for the opinions expressed herein. 4 Volume XIII, Issue I Autumn 2018 WILLOWDALE/THORNHILL CHAPTER Committee Updates A brief overview of recent chapter events, as reported by WTPEO committee chairs. Annual General Meeting Held WTPEO’s annual general meeting was held on February 27th at Pleasant View Library in Willowdale. The meeting, chaired by then chair Nicholas Shelton, P.Eng., included reports from the individual committee chairs, and questions form the audience regarding the operations of the chapter. Also, the new executive was introduced (see page 2 for a list of the entire executive). Sixteen candidates were nominated and declared elected, well below the maximum of 20, as stated in WTPEO’s by-laws. Detailed minutes of the AGM will be posted at www.wtpeo.org in due time. (A.H.) Willowdale/Thornhill Hosts Two Seminars WTPEO hosted two popular presentations at the Thornhill Community Centre this spring. Canada’s Commitment in Achieving the Target of the Paris Agreement with Clean Energy, presented by Nan Ge of the University of Toronto, delved into the engineering implications of the Paris Agreement, an international accord reached in 2015 with a common goal to stop climate change. Those in attendance at the May 1st presentation discussed such topics as Canada’s commitment to minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, clean energy technologies, and vehicles powered by fuel cells. Unusual Failure Patterns and Innovative Approaches to Failure Analysis, presented by Dr. Erhan Ulvan on June 6th, offered analysis of conventional approaches to studying failure patterns as well as explored new methods. Throughout the evening, guests discussed how to deal with unusual engineering failures along with possible approaches to determine root causes. (S.S.) Dr. Erhan Ulvan talks during his seminar, Unusual Failure Patterns and Innovative Approaches to Failure Analysis, on June 6, 2018, at Thornhill Community Centre. 5 Volume XIII, Issue I Autumn 2018 WILLOWDALE/THORNHILL CHAPTER National Engineering Month Event Attracts Students were assessed according to such Students from Willowdale/Thornhill factors as performance, design and creativity, and presentation, and were credited for how WTPEO hosted the Air-Powered Drag-Race Car they spent play money that was given to them Competition, held at Zion Heights Middle to purchase components for their designs. School for students in grades 7 and 8, on (A.L.) March 3rd. The contest was held in celebration of National Engineering Month, Scholarship Winners to be Announced in celebrated annually every March. Students September from the Willowdale/Thornhill region learned about the design process behind miniature WTPEO is awarding three engineering drag race cars. Ultimately, they put their scholarships to three eligible secondary school designs to the test by seeing how far the cars students who gained admittance to an can travel. Students were able to develop their engineering program at the university level. own original designs, manage budgets, and The scholarships will be awarded to first place work as a team to work towards a common and two runner ups in the amount of $1,500, goal. and $1,000 each, respectively. Winners are expected to be announced by late September 2018. (A.L.) WINNERS OF AIR POWERED DRAG-RACE CAR COMPETITION PLACEMENT NAME SCHOOL NAME 1st Place Nisith DeSilva Zion Heights Middle School 1st Place Audrey Kim Zion Heights Middle School 1st Place Max Lu Highland Middle School 1st Place Thomas Wang Zion Heights Middle School 2nd Place Eric Wang Zion Heights Middle School 2nd Place Bryan Deng Zion Heights Middle School 2nd Place Nayan Liscombe Zion Heights Middle School 2nd Place Aaron Harnett Zion Heights Middle School OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS NAME SCHOOL NAME WTPEO hosted the Air-Powered Monica Cao Zion Heights Middle School Drag-Race Car Competition at Zion Amy Li Zion Heights Middle School Heights Middle School in Willowdale, March 3, 2018.
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