I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Professor Markus Bussmann as Chair of the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE) for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2028.
Professor Bussmann joined MIE in 2002, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 and to full Professor in 2015. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, and a three-time recipient of the MIE Teaching Excellence Award. Markus’ research interests are in modeling multiphase flow, heat and mass transfer associated with several materials processes. He has authored more than 80 refereed journal papers and 80 conference papers.
Please join me in congratulating Markus on his reappointment and wishing him a rewarding journey for his second term.
I extend my deep appreciation to the following members of the Advisory Committee in this search for their time and thoughtful input:
Professor Yana Yunusova, Acting Dean Students, School of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor Matthew Mackay, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Professor Mark Chignell, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Professor David Sinton, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Professor Dionne Aleman, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Assistant Professor Merve Bodur, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Professor Deepa Kundur, Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Minnie Menezes, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Zeineb Ben Rejeb, Graduate Student, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Gayle Lesmond, Undergraduate Program Administrator, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
I also would like to take this opportunity to extend gratitude and warm thanks on behalf of the Faculty to Professor Greg Jamieson who served as the Interim Chair of Mechanical & Industrial since July 1, 2022. His commitment to ensuring the smooth continuation of leadership for the Department is exemplary and greatly appreciated.
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Natalie Enright Jerger as Director, Division of Engineering Science for a five-year term, from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2028.
Natalie joined The Edward S. Rogers Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering in 2009 and was promoted to associate professor in 2014 and full professor in 2017. Since July 2022, she has held the role of Associate Chair, Years 1 and 2 in Engineering Science.
Natalie holds the title of Canada Research Chair in Computer Architecture and has received several awards and honors, including Engineering Institute of Canada Fellow (2023) and IEEE Fellow (2021), to name a few. She is also actively involved in improving diversity and inclusion within the computer architecture community.Please join me in welcoming Natalie into the role of Director and thanking her for her continued leadership to the Division and to the Faculty.
On behalf of the Faculty, I also extend my gratitude to Professor Peter Grant who served as the Interim Director of Engineering Science since January 1, 2023. An additional thanks to the members of the Engineering Science Director Search Advisory Committee.
The external review of the Division of Engineering Science and its undergraduate program has been rescheduled to October 16-17, 2023. Four eminent colleagues have agreed to form the review team:
Rosalind Archer, PhD Professor and Head, School of Engineering and Built Environment Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Scott Moura, PhD Associate Professor and Chair, Engineering Science University of California, Berkeley
James Olson, P.Eng, PhD Professor and Dean, Faculty of Applied Science University of British Columbia
Bill Rosehart, P.Eng, PhD Professor and Dean, Schulich School of Engineering University of Calgary
Members of the Faculty who would like to offer comments toward this review may send them via email to governance.fase@utoronto.ca.
Please circulate this memorandum to any member of the Faculty who may not have received it through the general distribution. Thank you.