Monthly Archives: April 2016

uOttawa Supermileage team competes at the Shell Ecomarathon

by nbaddour

I’m very proud of our uOttawa Supermileage team who qualified, competed and placed 16th out of 45 teams at the Shell Ecomarathon this past weekend.

Here are some photos (courtesy of the official Shell Ecomarathon photographer via their Flickr).

The Jaws II, race number 16, a Prototype vehicle running on gasoline for team Supermileage Ottawa from University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, during Day 3 of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, Saturday, April 23, 2016, in Detroit. (Photo by Shell International)
The student team portrait during day two of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Detroit, Friday, April 22, 2016. (Bryan Mitchell/AP Images for Shell)
The Jaws II, race number 16, a Prototype vehicle running on gasoline for team Supermileage uOttawa from University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, on the track during the final day of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Detroit, Sunday, April 24, 2016. (Rick Osentoski/AP Images for Shell)
The Detroit people mover train above the track during the final day of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Detroit, Sunday, April 24, 2016. (Bryan Mitchell/AP Images for Shell)
Michael Mode speaks during day two of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Detroit, Friday, April 22, 2016. (Rick Osentoski/AP Images for Shell)
The Jaws II, race number 16, a Prototype vehicle running on gasoline for team Supermileage uOttawa from University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, in technical inspection during day two of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Detroit, Friday, April 22, 2016. (Bryan Mitchell/AP Images for Shell)
The student team portrait during day two of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Detroit, Friday, April 22, 2016. (Bryan Mitchell/AP Images for Shell)
The Jaws II, race number 16, a Prototype vehicle running on gasoline for team Supermileage uOttawa from University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, on the track during the final day of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Detroit, Sunday, April 24, 2016. (Bryan Mitchell/AP Images for Shell)
The Jaws II, race number 16, a Prototype vehicle running on gasoline for team Supermileage uOttawa from University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, test brakes in technical inspection during day two of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Detroit, Friday, April 22, 2016. (Bryan Mitchell/AP Images for Shell)

How to survive after graduation

by nbaddour

A two‐day workshop focusing on the essential professional skills required for a successful career in the broad areas of engineering and science.

The program includes lectures from speakers within academia, research labs, industry, and government departments.

This workshop is particularly suited to graduate students and post‐doctoral fellows.

Organizers

  • Dr. Ioan Nistor, Vice‐Dean Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering, uOttawa
  • Dr. Richard Blute, Vice‐Dean Graduate Studies, Faculty of Science, uOttawa
  • Dr. Fabio Variola, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, uOttawa
  • Dr. Andrew Sowinski, Student Experience Officer, Faculty of Engineering, uOttawa

Dates
April 28th ‐ 29th, 2016

Venue

  •  Colonel By (CBY) Room C03 (Seminars)
  • Colonel By (CBY) Room A04 (Coffee break and Lunch)

Registration

  • Register online here!
  • Fee: $25 (incl. tax) for tea/coffee and lunches for both days.
  • Deadline: April 27th, 2016

Contact: Dr. Andrew Sowinski, sowinski@uottawa.ca

Schedule

Thursday, April 28th, 2016

Time Subject Speaker Room
8:00 – 9:00 Registration CBY A04
9:30 – 10:00 Applying for academic positions:  Tips from a current dean Dr. Steve Perry

Dean Faculty of Science

 CBY C03
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break CBY A04
10:30 – 12:00 Online personal branding Dr. Umar Ruhi

Telfer School of Management

 CBY C03
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break CBY A04
13:00 – 14:00 Quest for Tenure Dr. Richard Blute

Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics

 CBY C03
14:00 – 15:00 Tips on Scholarships and Grants Daniel Melanson

Awards Officer, FGPS

 CBY C03
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break CBY A04
15:30 – 16:30 Interviewing in Industry Dr. William Ogilvie

Dept. Of Chemistry

 CBY C03
16:30 – 17:30 Intellectual Property, Commercialization and Technology Transfer Joe Irvine

Technology Transfer and Business Enterprise

 CBY C03

 

Friday, April 29th, 2016

Time Subject Speaker Room
9:00 – 10:00 Starting your own business Dr. Aali R. Alizadeh

    CEO, Giatec Scientific Inc.

 CBY C03
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break CBY A04
10:30 – 11:30 Careers In  the Space Industry Dr. Jean-Claude Piedboeuf, Director General, Space Science and Technology

    Canada Space Agency

 CBY C03
11:30 – 12:30

 

 Managing Diversity in Engineering & Science Dr. Catherine Mavriplis, NSERC Chair WISE

Dept. Mechanical Engineering

 CBY C03
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break CBY A04
13:30 – 14:15 Working for the Federal Government Marc Prudhomme

Statistics Canada

 CBY C03
14:15 – 15:00 Working for NRC Scott Baker

National Research Council

 CBY C03
15:00 – 16:00 “Survival” Skills for Researchers Dr. Federico Rosei

Director of the INRS-ÉMT

 CBY C03

 

Winner! Winner!

by nbaddour

Now at its ninth edition, the Faculty of Engineering Graduate Student Poster Competition allows students to showcase their research to the experts and public alike, often for the first time. Most of the judges are experts from industry and Ottawa’s world-class R&D organizations or sometimes investors with a trained eye for breakthrough ideas. Along with demonstrated expertise in their chosen fields, students must also know how to sell their ideas and market their research.

“This competition is a great way for students to make contacts in industry and R&D ventures – for potential employers this is a great opportunity to see the cutting edge research underway at the graduate level,” said the Vice Dean of Graduate Studies, Dr. Ioan Nistor.

..and the MCG winners are…

1st: Alex Steeves – Characterization and in Vitro Bioactivity of Poly (Dopamine).

2nd: Daniel MacDonald – Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Using Cold Spray.

3rd: Ruben Fernandez – Deposition and Simulation of Thick Copper Cold Spray Coatings on Steel for Used Nuclear Fuel Repository Using Nitrogen and Pulsed Waterjet Surface Preparation.

Honourable Mention – Maxime-Alexandre Ferko – Effects of Cobalt Ions from Hip Implants on Inflammasome Activation in Macrophages in Vitro. 

2nd place in the Masters of Engineering category: Aditi Khandelwal – Navigation Guidance to the Visually Impaired Using a Programmable Robot.

Mechanics / Materials Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering: Shuai Yang – Design, Modeling and Testing of a Two-Term Mass Device with a Variable Flywheel.

Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Best Female Presenter (Honourable Mention): Catriona S. Czyrnyj – A Semi-Automated Approach to the Measurement of Urogenital Kinematics in the Sagittal Plane.

Alexander Steeves with me, Dean Lague (L) and former department chair, Dr. Bertrand Jodoin (R).
Maxime-Alexandre Ferko with me, Dean Lague (L) and former department chair, Dr. Bertrand Jodoin (R).
Dan MacDonald with me, Dean Lague (L) and former department chair, Dr. Bertrand Jodoin (R).
Ruben Fernandez with me, Dean Lague (L) and former department chair, Dr. Bertrand Jodoin (R).
Aditi Khandelwal with me, Dean Lague (L) and Civil Engineering department chair, Dr. Colin Rennie (R).
Shuai Yang with Dean Lague (L) and Canadian Soceity for Civil Engineering representative (R).
Catriona Czyrnyj with Drs. Lague and Mavriplis.

Graduate student poster competition

by nbaddour

The faculty of engineering’s annual graduate student poster competition took place last Wednesday.  MCG was well represented (one of our students even won a mechanics and materials prize from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers!).   Always a fun day, thanks to everyone who participated including our volunteers.

Huan Huang
Alexander Steeves
Catriona Czyrnyj
Shuai Yang
Maxime Alexandre Ferko
Deliang Guo
Dan MacDonald
Mohammad Rafiee
Ruben Fernandez