Overview

Jean Zu, Professor and Chair 2014

• #1 Engineering program in Canada

• 9 Departments/Divisions

• 238 Professoriate

• 5,241 Undergraduates

• 1,933 Graduate students

• 300+ Research laboratories

• 61 Research chairs

• 30 Institutes and Centres

• 9.3% of NSERC engineering funding – 1st in Canada

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Times Higher Education (Thomson Reuters)

World University Rankings, 2013-14

Top 100 Engineering and Technology

–– Teaching

–– Research

–– Knowledge transfer

–– International outlook

QS World University Rankings, 2013

Top 100 Engineering and Technology

–– Academic Peer Review

–– Employer Review

–– Citations Per Faculty

–– Student-Faculty Ratio

–– Percentage of International Faculty

–– Percentage of International Students

Academic Ranking of World Universities

(ARWU), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2013

Top 200 Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences

–– Highly cited research (HiCi)

–– Published articles (PUB)

–– Percentage of articles published in the top 20% of

journals in the field (TOP)

–– Engineering research expenditure

Faculty & Staff

The Mechanical Engineering Building opened in 1949 and is cited as one of Toronto's finest examples of early modern architecture. Image courtesy of the University of Toronto Archives.

52 Faculty members

• 29 Full Professors

• 14 Associate Professors

• 6 Assistant Professors

• 2 Senior Lecturers

• 1 Lecturer

31 Administrative/Technical

Support Staff

Department Overview

•Fuel Cell Materials and Manufacturing: Olivera Kesler

•Diffusion-Wave Sciences and Technologies (Tier 1): Andreas Mandelis

•Smart and Functional Polymers: Hani Naguib

•Microcellular Plastics (Tier 1): Chul B. Park

•Mechanobiology: Craig A. Simmons

•Micro and Nano Engineering Systems: Yu Sun

•Robotics and Mechatronics: Goldie Nejat

•Thermofluidics for Clean Energy: Aimy Bazylak

Canada Research Chairs (CRC)

•Alumni Chair in Bioengineering: Cristina Amon

•Wallace G. Chalmers Chair of Engineering Design: Axel Guenther

•Clarice Chalmers Chair of Engineering Design: Greg A. Jamieson

•University of Toronto Distinguished Professor in Plasma Engineering: Javad

Mostaghimi

•NSERC Chair in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design: Kamran Behdinan

University Research Chairs

Faculty Awards & Honours

Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate Enrolment

50% of Track One students join MIE in 2nd year

Year 1 — common engineering foundation courses

Year 2 – core courses in mechanical and industrial engineering

Years 3 & 4 — technical streams:

Mechanical Engineering

•Bioengineering

•Solid Mechanics & Design

•Mechatronics

•Energy & Environment

•Manufacturing

Curriculum

Industrial Engineering

•Human Factors

•Information Engineering

•Operations Research

Minors

•Arts & Science

•Bioengineering

•Engineering Business

•Environmental Engineering

•Robotics & Mechatronics

•Sustainable Energy

Certificates

•Engineering Business

•Global Engineering

•Preventative Engineering

•Social Development & Entrepreneurship

Minors and Certificates

Curriculum

•Engineering Strategies and Practice (ESP)

•Capstone Design

Co-Curricular

•CAD

•George Brown Machining program

•IIE Lean Six Sigma

Undergraduate Design

Mechanical Engineering

67% participation in 2013-14

Average salary: $43,842

75 companies, including

•Honda

•Hydro One

• BlackBerry Limited (formerly RIM)

•Scotiabank

•Unilever Canada

•Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd

•Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)

•Magna International

•Siemens

•General Motors Inc.

Professional Experience Year (PEY)

Industrial Engineering

72% participation in 2013-14

Average salary: $44,217

35 companies, including

• Environment Canada

• Johnson & Johnson

• IBM

• Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd.

• Cancer Care Ontario

• Canada Post

• AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)

• Loblaw Companies Ltd.

• CIBC

• Celestica Inc.

•Cross-cultural capstone design projects

•The Global Educational Exchange (Globex)

•International student exchange program

International Experience

Student Design Teams and Clubs

• Blue Sky Solar Car Racing

• Formula SAE Race Team (FSAE)

• Mechatronics Design Association

• U of T Aeronautics Team (UTAT)

• U of T Robotics Association (UTRA)

• U of T Space Design Club

• U of T Supermileage

• WISE: Women in Science &

Engineering

• MIE supports about 50 clubs with

$90,000 in yearly funding

•1st Place in ―skidpad‖ at the FSAE student competition in Hockenheim, Germany 2011

•Gold winners (UTRA) at the International RoboGames2010 and 2011

•Gold student chapter award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2013

•2nd Place at the Wharton Undergraduate Consulting Competition

2011, 2012 and 2013

•8th place at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, Australia2013

•Technical Innovation Award and the Pennzoil Tribology Award

at the Shell Eco-marathon, 2014

Student Club Awards

Graduate Program

MIE Graduate Student Enrolment

PhD – Doctor of Philosophy

• 5 courses

• Dissertation

PhD “flexible-time”

• Program length extended to 6 years

• Must actively engage in professional activities related to program of study

•Flexible-time PhD students receive no funding

Degree Programs

MEng – Master of Engineering

• 10 courses or

• 7 courses + project

MEngM – Master's in Design and

Manufacturing

• 10 courses or

• 8 courses + project

MASc – Master of Applied Science

• 5 courses

• Thesis

• Option to ―fast-track‖ into PhD program within 1st year

•MIE Certificate in Energy Studies

•MIE Certificate in Healthcare Engineering

•MIE Certificate in Financial Engineering

•MIE Certificate in Computational Mechanics in Design

•Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovation, and Technology in Engineering (ELITE)

•Engineering and Public Policy (EPP)

•Engineering and Globalization (Global)

MEng Certificates

Graduate Student Life

• AMIGAS: Association of Mechanical

and Industrial Engineering Graduate

Students

• Weekly Seminar Series

• Human Factors Interest Group

(HFIG)

• Operations Research Group

(UTORG)/CORS/INFORMS Student

Chapter

• ILead Graduate

Research

Department space

Research Funding Overview

Technology transfer

Indicators 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total

Invention

Disclosures 8.9 6.7 14.1 20.5 14.1 64.3

Patent

Applications 3 2 4 8 2 19

Patents

Issued 0 0 2 1 2 5

Licenses &

Options 1 1 1 1 3 7

Start-up

Companies 0 1 2 0 2 5

• 11+ publications per faculty member per year

• 2,599 average citation total per faculty member

•Whirlscape Inc., William Walmsley (MASc MIE 1T2)

• Ablazeon Inc., Javad Mostaghimi

•Quantum Dental Technologies, Andreas Mandelis

•Anviv Mechatronics Inc. (AMI), Andrew Goldenberg

•Vocalage Inc., Mark Chignell

•Information Intelligence Corporation (ICC), Burhan Turksen

•OMDEC Inc., Andrew K.S. Jardine

•Photo-Thermal Diagnostics Inc., Andreas Mandelis

•Simulet Inc. Javad Mostaghimi

•Virtek Engineering Service Inc., Andew Goldenberg

Spin-off Companies, 2000-14

56 Laboratories

Industrial Engineering

•Human Factors/Ergonomics

•Information Engineering

•Operations Research

Research areas

Mechanical Engineering

• Advanced Manufacturing & Materials Engineering

• Applied Mechanics & Design

• Biomedical Engineering

• Energy & Environmental Engineering

• Robotics, Mechatronics & Instrumentation

• Thermal & Fluid Sciences

•Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT)

•Centre for Advanced Diffusion-Wave Technologies (CADIFT)

•Centre for Maintenance Optimization & Reliability Engineering (C-MORE)

•Centre for Microfluidic Systems for Chemistry and Biology (MATCH)

•Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering (CRHE)

•Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE)

•Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics (IRM)

•Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (TIAM)

•The University of Toronto Institute for Multidisciplinary Design and Innovation (UT-IMDI)

Interdisciplinary centres

Advanced Manufacturing and Materials

Electroactive Polymer Research

Structural Foam Injection Molding System

Shock Absorber Design for Electric

Vehicles

Applied Mechanics and Design

Flexible Wing Design

Automotive Belt Drive Systems

Photoelasticity

Biomedical Engineering

Access and communication prosthetics

Bioprosthetic Heart Valve

Design Dental Caries Detection System Development using Photothermal Radiometry (PTR) & Modulated

Luminescence (LUM)

Energy and Environment

Microfluidic Fuel Cell

Thermogravimetric Analysis in Fuel Cell

Research

Bioenergy production with photosynthetic bacteria

Robotics, Mechatronics and Instrumentation

Brian, the Socially Assistive Robot

Hybrid Mobile Robot

Microtransformer

Thermal and Fluid Sciences

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Computational Imaging of

Pulsatile flow in a Canine Aneurysm

Analysis of Ferromagnetic Fluids

Combustion Research

Human Factors/Ergonomics

Military Applications

Airplane Cockpit Design

Ergonomic Design of Medical Equipment Interfaces

Information Engineering

User Interface Design

Airport Database

DesignVehicle Routing Systems

Operations Research

Supply Chain Logistics

Optimizing Radiation Beams

Healthcare

Alumni & Industry

Our Alumni• 2,278 undergraduate degrees awarded,

2004-2014

• 11,500 total active (living) alumni

• 80 countries, including:

• Australia

• Canada

• China

• England

• Hong Kong

• India

• Malaysia

• Mexico

• Singapore

• Switzerland

• United States

160+ industry collaborators, including:

•Bombardier Aerospace

•Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

•Candu Energy Inc.

•Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)

•Ford Motor Company of Canada

•IBM

•Magna International Inc.

•Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC)

Industry Collaboration

Supporting research collaborations:

•MIE Industry Board

•UT-IMDI Advisory Board