PEOSC Newsletter – 2012 Issue 2 (Fall 2012) www.scarborough.peo.on.ca Chair’s Message November 24, 2012 – Mechatronics December 22, 2012 - Volunteer Appreciation N. Asogan, P.Eng. Dinner Chair, Scarborough Chapter – PEO I thank the Board of Executives, Notice of AGM 2013 Councillors, Volunteers and members of Scarborough Chapter for the Date: February 23, 2013 support extended to me during the Time: 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. second year of my term, to achieve a Venue: Yee Hong Centre, 60 Scottfield Drive great year of operation. All officers and executives will be elected at the Annual Our monthly BOE meetings had an average of 16 General Meeting. According with the chapter By-Laws, members, including members at large and newly licensed Section 8, the chapter board consists of: engineers, participating. Four elected officers – Chair, Vice Chair, The chapter assigns different leaders for our popular Treasurer and Secretary events like Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Contest (BBC The immediate Past Chair – not elected as lovingly known) and Mathletics, thus exposing more of Four elected executives. our volunteers to project management. The chapter extended assistance to two chapters of other regions in If you are interested in serving the chapter board, please conducting Mathletics this year. contact the Search Committee Chair – Denis Carlos, P.Eng., before February 09, 2013. Nomination forms are The chapter pioneered a new program for school children available on the website – see under AGM 2013. Please in grades 9 and 10 to show their innovative ideas in a consult Chapter bylaws for eligibility criteria. practical way to construct an electric motor-driven model car and race them, using mechanical, electrical and Full details can be found on the chapter website: electronic knowledge called mechatronics, which is a www.scarborough.peo.on.ca/ growing technology encompassing various disciplines of engineering. By introducing this program, the chapter again took a leading role as done in 2004 and 2006 by introducing the Bridge Building Contest (BBC) and PEO Council Elections Mathletics respectively. From 2013, voting will be conducted electronically either by phone or online, and mail in ballots will no longer be The chapter attracted new volunteers to take active distributed. participation in our events, made close ties with a secondary school and maintained a strong collaboration List of candidates and voting instructions will be mailed with the community and politicians. The chapter no later than January 25, 2013. participated in many political events and had the local Voting will commence on the date that the voting MPPs at our events. packages are mailed and close at 4:00 p.m. on March 1, 2013. Council candidates are: The chapter has a vision to increase our presence among the community and politicians so that the President: J. David Adams, P.Eng., MBA, FEC; Paul engineering profession will be appreciated more. Ballantyne, P.Eng., FEC; Corneliu E. Chisu, P.Eng., M.Eng., CD, FEC; George R. Comrie, P.Eng., CMC Chapter Activities – Summary Vice President: Christian Bellini, P.Eng; Thomas Chong, Since June 2012 M.Sc., P.Eng., FEC, PMP Councillor at large: James Chisholm, M.Eng., P.Eng.; July 21, 2012 – Family Event – BBQ Roydon A. Fraser, P.Eng., Ph.D., FEC; Roger Jones, July 26, 2012 – Technical Seminar – “Floods & P.Eng., M.Phil, MBA, SMIEEE; Wenqin Shao, P.Eng., MBA, Flash Floods’ M.Sc August 09, 2012 – Technical Seminar – “Build Your Career” East Central Region Councillor: Nicholas (Nick) Colucci, September 05, 2012 – Certificate Presentation P.Eng., BASc, MBA, FEC; Changiz Sadr, P.Eng., FEC, CTP, Ceremony (CPC) CTME; Rajiv Srivastava, M.Eng., P.Eng. September 08, 2012 – EIT Welcome Event October 27, 2012 – Mathletics Further details at http://www.peo.on.ca/ Newsletter 2012 - Issue 2 1 Certificate Presentation Lower row, L-R: Ka Kui Ho, P.Eng.; Keith Kai-Wah Li, P.Eng.; Lian Ze Gong, P.Eng.; Mahya Mokhtari, P.Eng.; Mario Fernandes, Ceremony 2012 P.Eng.; Maryam Reza, P.Eng.; Md Moinuddin Bhuiyan, P.Eng.; Murad Hussain, P.Eng. Mohammad Kabriul Hassan, P.Eng.; Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Treasurer, PEOSC P.Eng.; Muhammad Aslam, P.Eng.; Paul Claude Grylis, P.Eng.; Pompilian Tofilescu, P.Eng.; Prashanda Kumar Saha, P.Eng. It has become a tradition for PEO Scarborough Upper row, L-R: A.S.M. Shawkatul Islam, P.Eng.; A.G Kwan, Chapter to welcome into the profession, twice a year, P.Eng.; Ahmed F. Gouda, P.Eng.; Aburba Bhowmik, P.Eng.; Daniel the newly licensed Scarborough engineers. Caliwag Alonzo, P.Eng.; Edward Wing Wah Chan, P.Eng.; Gary The Fall Certificate Presentation Ceremony for the Tan, P.Eng.; Hani W. Gourgui Mishriki, P.Eng.; Hong Shen, P.Eng.; newly licensed engineers was held on Wednesday, Jawad Ali, P.Eng.; John Matthew Bajur, P.Eng.; Joseph Ezekiel Gowrie, P.Eng. September 05, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. at Grand Baccus Banquet & Conference Centre, 2155 McNicoll Avenue, Toronto. Mentorship Program (Phase 3) Hon. Soo Wong, Parliamentary Assistant to the Raji Ravi, P.Eng. Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Mentorship Program Coordinator Services and MPP for Scarborough Agincourt, and Neil Mitchell, SVP, Nuclear Refurbishment PEO launched a program of Mentorship in 2010 to Engineering, OPG, attended the occasion and assist engineering interns to progress toward presented the certificates. obtaining their P.Eng. licence. Scarborough Chapter is one of the chapters that agreed to participate in Phase 3 of the program. The Mentorship Program (Phase 3) will begin in early 2013. Mathletics Competition -- A Review Syed Raza, P.Eng. Mathletics 2012 Project Manager PEO Scarborough Chapter successfully organized the annual Mathletics competition, which was held at Scarborough Civic Centre on October 27. This year, 47 junior students and 20 senior students registered for the competition in each category. The ceremony was also a good opportunity for all the new professional engineers within the Scarborough boundaries to meet the chapter board of directors, and share ideas about the involvement of the engineering profession in the community. Councillor Raymond Cho, Councillor Chin Lee and MPP Soo Wong attended the occasion. The success of this event is not possible without the contribution of time, effort and dedication of PEO Scarborough Seated L-R: Rachel A. Yoganathan, P.Eng.; Rafay Muhammad Chapter members and volunteers. Finally, Rashid, P.Eng.; Ramon Jeet Singh Virk, P.Eng.; Shahid Mohammad congratulations and thanks to the students, parents, Neaz, P.Eng.; Wasay Rizwan, P.Eng.; Wei Qiao, P.Eng.; Wei Shi teachers, volunteers and guests who made Mathletics Lu, P.Eng.; Weinan Zhang, P.Eng. 2012 very successful. PEOSC Newsletter 2012 - Issue 2 2 GLP Activities at PEOSC were formulated. Specialized parts for the racing cars Urszula Adach, M.Eng., P.Eng. were distributed to the participating students. GLP Coordinator Apart from the racing of the cars, we tested the On June 15, 2012, the fundraising picnic/BBQ for fundamentals and understanding of the principles of Margarett Best, MPP, Scarborough Guildwood, in electrical, electronic and mechanical knowledge that Masaryktown Park was attended by Nirmalan each team put into the design process. We could see Vadivel, EIT, and Urszula Adach, P.Eng., GLP Chair. last minute adjustments and soldering done to their cars by referring to the guideline we placed in our The supporters of Soo Wong, MPP, Scarborough website by male and female students alike and their Agincourt, organized a fundraising dinner on level of knowledge that impressed the judges at the September 20, 2012. Among attendees were Michael Chan, MPP, Markham-Unionville, former MPP Gerry Phillips, and PEO Regional Councillor Thomas Chong, P.Eng. PEO Scarborough Chapter was represented by Urszula. The PEO Queen’s Park Day took place on October 17, 2012. The event gathered a large number of attendees, including Soo Wong, MPP, Scarborough Agincourt, and Parliamentary Assistant to the Attorney General Lorenzo Berardinetti, MPP, Scarborough SouthWest. The Scarborough Chapter was represented by Asogan and Urszula. interview. On November 21, 2012, the “A Taste of the Rouge” Summarizing, on the day of the event we could see a fundraising dinner for Bas Balkissoon, MPP, hive of activities with students frantically making last Scarborough Rouge River, was attended by Asogan. minute adjustments to get their cars running at top Other attendees included Soo Wong, MPP, performance. We were pleasantly surprised at the Scarborough Agincourt, Michael Chan, MPP, high degree of details and notes and drawings the Markham-Unionville, PEO Regional Councillor students brought to the interview. It was a win-win day Thomas Chong, P.Eng., and PEO Chapter Manager for the students and volunteers. We hope this event Matthew Ng, P.Eng. will become an annual event, where many solutions can be refined; many new problems can be identified The reception for Tracy MacCharles, MPP, Pickering- and solved. Some of the students were sad that next Scarborough East, was attended by Minister of Health, year they will be in grade 11and will not be able to Deb Matthews, MPP, London North Centre, Joe take part! Well, it may be worth having a more senior Dickson, MPP, Ajax-Pickering, former MPP and level contest for grades 11 and 12. Minister Alvin Curling and Urszula. Mechatronics 2012 N. Madusuthanan, P.Eng. MCC Coordinator On November 24, 2012, the first Mechatronics Cars Contest (MCC) was introduced successfully at L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute by PEO Scarborough Chapter. Despite the "legal strike" by teachers, seven teams of grades 9 and 10 students took part in this historic event. To make up for the low turnout of the students, we organized a race by the chapter volunteer engineers, which added to the excitement with very original car designs. The winning student The results, specifications and conditions, questions team clocked 6.302 seconds for the 20-metre race, and answers, photographs and video link to a averaging 11.42 km/hour.