An external review of the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering and its undergraduate and graduate programs has been set for November 2-3, 2023.
Three eminent colleagues from leading peer institutions have agreed to form the review team. They are:
W Scott Dunbar, PhD, PEng
Professor of Mining Engineering and Head of Applied Science, Department of Mining Engineering
University of British Columbia
Mohamed Meguid, PhD, PEng
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering
McGill University
Junko Munakata Marr, PhD
Professor and Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Members of the Faculty who would like to offer comments toward the CivMin review are invited to send them to governance.fase@utoronto.ca or chair.civmin@utoronto.ca.
Please circulate this memo to any member of the Faculty who may not have received it through the general distribution.
Thank you.
I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Professor Greg Evans as Director of the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Practice (ISTEP), effective July 1, 2023 for his second four-year term. Professor Evans will take an administrative leave the first year of his reappointment.
Professor Evans joined the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry in 1990, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1995 and to Full Professor in 2000. Greg has an outstanding record of administrative service within the Faculty. From 2003 to 2005 he was Chair, First Year; from 2005 to 2007 he was Vice-Dean, Undergraduate; in 2007 he founded the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research where he continues to serve as the inaugural Director; from 2011 to 2018 he was the Associate Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering; from 2014 to 2022 he was the Director of the Collaborative Program in Engineering Education; and he has served as the inaugural Director of ISTEP since 2018. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Engineering Education Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a 3M National Teaching Fellow. Greg has also authored 183 refereed publications, 5 book chapters and 213 conference papers and seminars.
During Greg Evan’s leave in the first year of his reappointment, Professor Greg Jamieson (MIE) will serve as the Acting Director of ISTEP from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Professor Jamieson joined the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering as an Assistant Professor in 2002. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007, and Professor in 2017. Most recently, Greg served as the Interim Chair of MIE from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. He has authored 45 refereed publications, 4 book chapters and 127 conference papers and corporate presentations and holds 4 patents.
Please join me in congratulating Greg Evans on his reappointment and Greg Jamieson on his acting appointment at ISTEP.
I extend my deep appreciation to the following members of the Advisory Committee in this search for their time and thoughtful input:
• Shai Cohen, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream ISTEP
• Cindy Rottmann, Assistant Professor ISTEP
• Elham Marzi, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream ISTEP
• Emily Moore, Associate Professor ISTEP
• Deepa Kundur, Professor and Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Jennifer Farmer, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
• Jessica Li, Graduate student, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
• Elizabeth Whitmell, Manager of Operations ISTEP
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou as Chair of the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin) for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2028.
Professor Hatzopoulou joined CivMin in 2015 as an Associate Professor and was promoted to full Professor in 2020. In 2021, her team received the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering, and in 2022, as an alumnus (CivE PhD 0T8) she received the U of T Engineering Alumni Network 2T5 Mid-Career Achievement Award. Marianne is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Transport Decarbonization and Air Quality, and has authored more than 150 refereed journal papers in the area of transportation, air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. She is also an associate editor of the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and the Environment.
Please join me in congratulating Marianne on her appointment and wishing her a rewarding journey for her term.
I extend my deep appreciation to the following members of the Advisory Committee in this search for their time and thoughtful input:
Kelly Lyons, Professor and Acting Vice Dean Research and Program Innovation, SGS
Khandker Nurul Habib, Professor, Civil & Mineral Engineering
Robert Andrews, Professor, Civil & Mineral Engineering
John Harrison, Professor, Civil & Mineral Engineering
Kamran Esmaeili, Associate Professor, Civil & Mineral Engineering
Susan Andrews, Professor, Civil & Mineral Engineering
Daniel Posen, Assistant Professor, Civil & Mineral Engineering
Ramin Farnood, Professor and Chair, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Sean Thomas, Professor and Associate Dean Research, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
Aly Abdelaziz, Graduate Student, Civil & Mineral Engineering
Alec Gilvesy, Undergraduate Student, Civil & Mineral Engineering
Michelle Deeton, Director Finance & Administration, Civil & Mineral Engineering
I also would like to take this opportunity to extend gratitude on behalf of the Faculty to Professor Brent Sleep, who served as the Chair of CivMin since July 1, 2013. Under Brent’s leadership, the department’s name changed to reflect the synergies between civil and mineral engineering education and research, graduate enrolment and research funding increased, unique partnerships flourished and several ambitious infrastructure projects were completed. Notably, during Brent’s second term as Chair, the site of U of T’s Camp at Gull Lake was renovated extensively, building on a legacy that is more than 100 years old. The impact of Brent’s leadership will be felt by the entire U of T Engineering community for years to come.