Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
Rev. 15 – 28/10/2013
THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
External Review Itinerary
November 4-5, 2013
Reviewers:
Nadine Aubry, PhD, Dean, College of Engineering, Northeastern University
Mark Daskin, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
Jerzy Maciej Floryan, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario
Glenn Heppler, PhD, Professor and former Chair, Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
Kon-Well Wang, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
The main office of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) is located in the Mechanical Engineering Building (MC), in
MC105, 5 King's College Road, University of Toronto (contact: Suzanne Prashad at 416-978-3040 or [email protected]).
The office of the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE) is located in the Bahen Centre for Information Technology (BA), at
44 St. George Street, University of Toronto (contact: Caroline Ziegler at 416-978-7743 or [email protected]).
Accommodations are at the Park Hyatt Toronto, 4 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 2E8, 416-925-1234
DURATION
TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
From Lobby
Park Hyatt Hotel
DAY ONE – November 4, 2013
15 min
8:45 am
Travel to the University of Toronto
Meet in hotel lobby; a hotel car and a taxi will be arranged to take Reviewers to the Dean’s
Offices at 44 St. George Street
40 min
9:00-9:40 am
Breakfast Meeting with Dean
Dean Cristina Amon, FASE
Caroline Ziegler will escort Reviewers to the Mechanical Engineering building (MC)
Dean’s Conference Room
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DURATION
TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
35 min
9:55-10:30 am
Overview with Chair, MIE Department
Professor Jean Zu
Mechanical Engineering
Conference Room MC331
10 min
11:20-11:30 am
BREAK
MC331
60 min
12:00-1:00 pm
50 min
1:10-2:00 pm
55 min
2:05-3:00 pm
15 min
4:00-4:15 pm
45 min
30 min
60 min
75 min
10:35-11:20 am
11:30 -12:00 pm
3:00-4:00 pm
4:15-5:30 pm
Undergraduate Studies
Professor Chi-Guhn Lee - Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Professor Jan Spelt - Chair of Curriculum Committee
Professor Kamran Behdinan - NSERC Design Chair and Director of IMDI
Graduate Studies
Professor Sanjeev Chandra - Associate Chair, Graduate Studies
Professor Markus Bussmann - Vice-Dean, Graduate Studies
MC331
MC331
Research
Professor Chris Beck - Associate Chair, Research
Professor David Sinton - Director of Institute of Sustainable Energy
Research Committee - Professor Yu Sun, Professor Mark Fox, Professor Chul Park, Mike
Carter, Hani Naguib, Javad Mostaghimi
MC331
Open Discussion Forum
Junior Faculty
MC331
BREAK
MC331
Lunch with Graduate Students
Mohammad Hossein Amini (PhD), Roshanak Banan (PhD), Steffen Blume (MASc), Derya
Demitras (PhD), Ali Ebrahimi (PhD), Sanaz Ghasemi (PhD), Curtis Luong (PhD), Veronica
Marin (PhD), Vahid Roshana (PhD)
MC331
Open Discussion Forum
Senior Faculty
MC331
Tour of Research Labs
Advanced Micro & Nanosystems Lab (AMNL) – Professor Yu Sun
Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab (ASB Lab) - Professor Goldie Nejat
Centre for Microfluidic Systems for Chemistry and Biology (MATCH) - Professor Axel
Guenther
Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory (MPML) - Professor Chul Park
Tour
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DURATION
TIME
5:30 pm
7:00 pm
EVENT
Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT) - Professor Javad Mostaghimi
Professor Yu Sun will escort Reviewers
End of Day 1
Taxis will be arranged to take Reviewers back to the Park Hyatt Hotel
Dinner - Reviewers
Reservations made at Park Hyatt’s Annona Restaurant
DAY TWO – November 5, 2013
15 min
8:30 am
Travel to the University of Toronto
Call for taxi to take Reviewers to the Mechanical Engineering (MC) building at 5 King’s College
Road, University of Toronto. Sue Eccles / Suzanne Prashad will escort Reviewers to MC331
45 min
8:45-9:30 am
30 min
9:35-10:05 am
Breakfast Meeting with Cognate Chairs
Professor Grant Allen, Chair, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry (FASE)
Professor Sven Dickinson, Chair, Dept. of Computer Science (Faculty of Arts & Science)
Professor Mark Kortschot, Chair, Dept. of Engineering Science (FASE)
Professor Susan McCahan, Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Professor Farid Najm, Chair, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FASE)
Professor Jun Nogami, Chair, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering (FASE)
Professor Brent Sleep, Chair, Dept. of Civil Engineering (FASE)
Professor Christopher Yip, Director, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
(FASE)
Professor David Zingg, Director, Institute for Aerospace Studies (FASE)
10 min
10:35-10:45 am
30 min
75 min
Administrative Staff
10:05-10:35 am
Technical Staff
10:45 -12:00 pm
Tour of Undergraduate Labs, Machine Shop, and Student Clubs
Machine Shop - MC78
NSERC Design Chair Fabrication Studio - MC81
Fluids/Vibrations/Materials Lab - MC215
Student Design Shop - MC216 (other side of MC215)
Energy Lab - MC120
BREAK
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LOCATION
TBD
Annona Restaurant
Park Hyatt Hotel
From Lobby
Park Hyatt Hotel
MC331
MC331
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MC331
Tour
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DURATION
TIME
50 min
12:05-12:55 pm
10 min
12:55-1:05 pm
75 min
1:45-3:00 pm
30 min
3:50-4:20 pm
30 min
45 min
1:05-1:35 pm
EVENT
FSAE Shop - HA102-103
Automated Manufacturing - MB68
Laboratory Engineer and Manager Tom Bernreiter will escort Reviewers
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LOCATION
Lunch with Undergraduate Students
Trevor Burton (MechE), Mariana Gomez (IndE), Balavignesh Krishnamurthy (MechE),
Mariam Mikhail (IndE), Daniel Osmokrovic (MechE), Emma Sexton (IndE), Zoya Shrivastava
(IndE), Vinoj Suthakaran (MechE), Tian-Yuan Zhao (IndE),
MC331
Debrief with Chair, MIE Department
Professor Jean Zu
Sue Eccles / Suzanne Prashad will escort Reviewers to BA2001
MC136
BREAK
Sue Eccles / Suzanne Prashad will escort Reviewers to MC136
Review Team In Camera
3:00-3:45 pm
Meeting with Advisory Search Committee for Chair of MIE Department
4:30 pm
Reviewers depart for airport
For international flights, allow for 2.5 to 3 hours to travel to Pearson, check in and clear security
Exit Meeting with Dean Cristina Amon
MC331
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