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February 15, 201812:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

SEB 3109

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Today’s Agenda1. Opening Remarks and Welcome2. Approval of Agenda3. Approval of Minutes – November 17, 20164. Guests: 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Presentations:

a) Claudio Silva Lira (CBE) - The Role of Bio-Fuels in Environmental Maintenance

b) Colin Couper (CBE) – Expanding the Biofuel Platformc) Tiziana Venditto (CBE) - Urban Dialysisd) Andisheh Yazdanpanah (CBE) – From Your Plate, to the Garbage, to

Light Bulbse) Moe Haddara (BME) – Repair, Rehabilitate, Restore

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Today’s Agenda cont…5. Faculty Updates:

a) Western Engineering Outreach (Joanne Moniz)b) Finance & Stores Updates (Remington Wickman)c) ITG Update (Ron Farren)d) Human Resources Update (Stephanie Davy)e) Faculty Recruitment Update (Christina Bobier)f) Three C+ Update (Christina Bobier)g) Facilities Update (Mike Gaylard)h) Mental Health Strategic Plan Update (Clare Tattersalli) External Services Update (Lesley Mounteer)

6. Announcements/Reminders7. Other Business8. Adjournment

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APPROVAL OF AGENDAFebruary 15, 2018

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APPROVAL OF MINUTESNovember 17, 2016

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3MT Presentations

Claudio Silva Lira (CBE) The Role of Bio-Fuels in Environmental Maintenance

Colin Couper (CBE) Expanding the Biofuel Platform

Tiziana Venditto (CBE) Urban Dialysis

Andisheh Yazdanpanah (CBE) From Your Plate, to the Garbage, to Light Bulbs

Moe Haddara (BME) Repair, Rehabilitate, Restore

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CLAUDIO SILVA LIRA (CBE)The Role of Bio-Fuels in Environmental Maintenance

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Biofuels

Oil extraction

Refining

Fossil fuelsCarbon Neutral

Oil reservoir

Carbon Build-up

Plantcell walls

Cellulose microfibrils

Sugar monomers

Fermentation

Autohydrolysis

Atmosphere

Cellulose

Glucose

Ethanol

Combustion

Polymer

Cellulosicbiomass

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2CO

2

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

Conversion

BIOFUELSPlant sugars

→

The role of biofuels in environmental maintenance

Cellulose molecul

es

Photosynthesis

CO2

COLIN COUPER (CBE)Expanding the Biofuel Platform

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Expanding the biofuels platform:Biodiesel byproducts to butanol

TIZIANA VENDITTO (CBE) Urban Dialysis

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ANDISHEH YAZDANPANAH (CBE) From Your Plate, to the Garbage, to Light Bulbs

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Biogas

CHP Unit

ElectricityHeatFuelAnaerobic

Digester

NiCoMoSe

6M tonnes = × 1,000,000

MOE HADDARA (BME) Repair, Rehabilitate, Restore

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Repair. Rehabilitate. Restore

WESTERN ENGINEERING OUTREACHJoanne Moniz

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FINANCE & STORES UPDATESRemington Wickman

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Finance & Stores Updates

• Staff / Process Changes

• Mustang Market & Corp Visa

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ITG UPDATERon Farren

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ITG Update • Veeam Backup System Installed.

• Awards Springs Implementation (supplemental application form & student award applications).

• Western Outreach (Discovery Western) Camp booking software.

• Investigating Notebook backup solution to OneDrive

• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)• Antivirus moving from Trend to Microsoft Defender• Software Distribution (applications and operating system)• Asset Management

• Move to 3C+ - Computers• TEB454, SEB1004, 3C+ Computer Labs 1/2/3• Increased focus on BYOD / application virtualization, equipment upgrade for labs

• ITG Survey Update• 133 Respondents• Generally positive responses

• Clarity on hours of operation (8:45-4:45, closed at noon)• Ticket handling (ensuring all requests have a ticket, all requests completed timely)• Additional skills (non Windows OS)

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HUMAN RESOURCES UPDATEStephanie Davy

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Staff/Faculty AnnouncementsCBE• Nataphan Sakulchaicharoen, Laboratory Supervisor, TF (Aug 2017)• Lisa Drysdale, Undergraduate Coordinator, TF (Oct 2017)• Venkateswara Kandlakuti, Research Technologist, TF (Sep 2017)• Danni Bao, Technical/Research Support I, TF (Jul 2017)• Yingliang Ma, Research Associate, TF (Jul 2017)• Zhiming Xu, Research Engineer, TF (Jan 2017)CEE• Hassan Peerhossaini, Professor (Jan 2018)• Joanne Kennel, Research Associate (Meteorologist), TF (Jul 2017)• Aiham Adawi, Laboratory Manager, RF (Jun 2017)• Martha Dagnew, Assistant Professor (Jan 2017)• Mohammad Reza Najafi, Assistant Professor (Jan 2017)

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Staff/Faculty AnnouncementsECE• Cole Handsaeme, Graduate Coordinator, RF (Sep 2017)• Manar Jammal, Research Associate, TF (Sep 2017)• John Dickinson, Assistant Professor (Aug 2017)• Katarina Grolinger, Assistant Professor (Jul 2017)• Pirathayini Srikantha, Assistant Professor (Jul 2017)MME• Haojie Mao, Assistant Professor (Jul 2017)• Ryan Willing, Assistant Professor (Jul 2017)• Karen Henry, Administrative Officer, RF (Jun 2017)• Mesfin Gebreyes, Laboratory Supervisor, RF (Jan 2017)• Hamidreza Abdolvand, Assistant Professor (Jan 2017)• Emily Lalone, Assistant Professor(Jan 2017)

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Staff/Faculty AnnouncementsFraunhofer• Arun Duraisamy, Research Engineer, TF (Sep 2017)• Stan Ivanov, Research Engineer, TF (Sep 2017)• Jovana Stanojevic, Administrative Assistant, TP (Aug 2017)• Steve Jones, Research Technician, RF (Jul 2017)BLWTL• Andrew Klazinga, Laboratory Supervisor, TF (Nov 2017)• Kenny Lew Slew, Research Engineer, TF (Oct 2017)• Peter Case, Acting Director (May 2017)WindEEE• Julien LoTufo, Research Engineer, TF (Jun 2017)• Chowdhury Jubayer, Research Scientist, RF (May 2017)UMS• Jake Vlemmix, Apprentice - Machinist, RF (Sept 2017)• Matthew Eaton, Technical Specialist, RF (Jan 2017)

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Staff/Faculty AnnouncementsDean’s Office• Cole Heslinga, ITG Co-op Student, TF (Jan 2018)• Natalie Ebel, Communications Specialist, RF (Nov 2017)• Shari Nash, Academic Counsellor, TF (Oct 2017)• James Gale, Co-op Student, TF (Sept 2017)• Kelsey Lavigne, Program Coordinator, Women in Engineering, TF (Sept

2017)• Mohsen Alghazali, Project Manager, CEAB Graduate Attributes, TF (Sept

2017)• Joel Eckel, Communications Specialist, RF (Aug 2017)• Terra Ahrens, Director of Development, RF (Jul 2017)• Miriam Capretz, Associate Dean Research (Jul 2017)• Stephanie Davy, Manager Human Resources, RF (Feb 2017)• Andrew Donkersgoed, Technical Support Specialist, RF (Jan 2017)• Jacob Lampkin, Client Support Specialist, RF (Nov 2016)• Tim Siemens, Technology Support Specialist, RF (Nov 2016)• Adis Castillo Lopez, Technology Support Specialist, RF (Nov 2016)

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Recruitment Update• Recruitment in Progress(RF, TF & Selected TP)

• CBE• Laboratory Manager, RF

• MME• Research Engineer WIN 4.0, RF

• Finance & Stores• Procurement Assistant, TF

• ITG• 2 Co-op Students, TF

• UGS• Undergraduate Student Recruitment Assistant, RF

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Recruitment Update cont.…• Recruitment in Progress(RF, TF & Selected TP)

• Outreach• Junior Instructor, TF• Senior Instructor, TF• Summer Counsellor, TF• Internship Student, TF

• Dean’s Office/Facilities/HR• Project Management Assistant, TP• Facilities Assistant, TP• HR Practicum Student

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Award CommitteesThe Sharon A. Ling Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement by a Staff Member

• Three (3) staff member positions (2 terms)• Deadline for nominations was Feb 14th noon• Electronic vote will be sent out via email

All Award Committees will meet in March• Dates to be scheduled

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Award Nominations• Nominations are now being accepted for the

following awards:• R. Mohan Mathur Award for Excellence in Teaching• Engineering Award for Excellence in Research

• Due date for Nominations extended to February 28th at 4:00 p.m.

• Deadline for Nominations for Staff Awards was January 31st

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FACULTY RECRUITMENT UPDATEChristina Bobier

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New Faculty• Eric Johlin, Assistant Professor (Renewable

Energy), MME – March 1, 2018• Dan Langohr, Assistant Professor (Solid

Mechanics), MME - July 1, 2018• Ying Zheng, Professor (Catalysis & Chemical

Reaction Eng’g), CBE - July 1, 2018• Ayan Sadhu, Assistant Professor (Structural

Dynamics), CEE – July 1, 2018

Hiring in Progress• Hydrogeological Engineering (CEE)• Up to 5 expansion positions (2 offers in progress)• NSERC IRC Spinal Biomechanics & Trauma

(MME/Surgery)• Western Research Chair MSK (MME/Surgery)• NSERC IRC Composites (MME/CBE)• CRC Tier II Innovative Materials (CBE/Chemistry)• Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies• Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Faculty 2017-18 (Aug 31/17)

2017-18Projected (Apr 30/18)

2018-19Plan(Apr 30/19)

Tenured/Probationary 88 91 101

CRC Tier I 3 3 4

CRC Tier II 3 2 2

Limited Term 9 9 8

Sub-Total Faculty 103 105 115

Joint Appts (incl above) 6 6 7

Joint Appts (Not incl above) 5 5 6

THREE C+ UPDATEChristina Bobier

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ThreeC+ Innovation Centre• “Substantially” complete April 30th

• AV tender awarded to Avolution Multimedia• RFQ for furniture out for tender until end of

February• Planning for all equipment and computer

purchases underway• Next steps: planning the timing of installation

of furniture & equipment and moves

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First floor• Atrium with video wall• Room 1450 – flat classroom (108 seats)

– When roll door open – up to 2500 s.f. space

• Prototype Shop• Rooms 1415 & 1420 – case-style classrooms

(73 seats each)• Room 1410 – tiered classroom (101 seats)• Computer Lab (25 CPUs; 23 BYOD)

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Southwest Entrance Atrium

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Design Lab – 2nd floor

Prototype Shop – 1st floor

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Second floor• Student Lounge and kitchen• 5 break-out rooms / meeting rooms (~6-10 ppl)• 2 - ES 1050 Design Labs (50 seats each)• IT Group and Help Desk• Computer Lab (HP Lab – 1 CPU/p - 50 seats)• Digital Communications U/Grad Lab (36 seats)• School of Biomedical Engineering (3 faculty

offices; 2 staff)• Centre for Engineering Leadership & Innovation

(4 faculty offices; 1 staff)

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Second Floor

Student Lounge

Staircase / hallway

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Third floor• Electronics Shop• Mechatronics U/Grad Lab (36 seats)• MSE faculty offices• MSE Research Labs and graduate student

offices• Faculty/Staff Lounge• 3 - Break-out / Meeting Rooms (~6 – 20 ppl)• Computer Lab (20 CPUs; 20 BYOD)

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Mechatronics Research Lab & Graduate Space – 3rd floor

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Fourth floor• 2 – Software Eng’g U/Grad Labs (60 seats

each)• Controls U/Grad Lab (24 seats)• Wind faculty and graduate student offices• ICLR offices and Board Room (~35 ppl)• Communications faculty and graduate student

offices• 1 Break-out / Meeting Room (6-8 seats)

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People Moving• Electronics Shop, Lyudmil Marinov• IT Group and Help Desk (2nd floor)• MSE faculty and up to 60 graduate students• Director of Software Engineering• Wind faculty and up to 48 graduate students• WindEEE staff & Research Scientists• Communications faculty and up to 34 graduate

students• BME (Christine Ellwood, Jim Lacefield)• CELI (Darren Meister, John Dickinson)

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How to Book a Space• All classrooms, design labs, computer labs and

undergraduate labs – Undergraduate Services– None are General Use classrooms

• Atrium, ICLR Board room and Faculty/Staff Lounge – Sue Chapman

• Break-out /Meeting rooms – Office 365

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SEB / TEB Changes• Vacated ITG Space – CEE Graduate students and MME

research labs / graduate students• Vacated Electronics Shop and ECE Labs – MME U/Grad

Labs• Various spaces throughout SEB (2023, 2038, 2091,

3016, 3114) – to MME and CEE grad spaces or labs• TEB 213 and TEB 244, several faculty offices vacating• SEB 2092 – Career Services reno (phase 1)• SEB 14 – CEE Research Lab reno• Gradually updating technology in all meeting

rooms/classrooms (SEB 3102, 3109 next) to be same as ThreeC+

FACILITIES UPDATEMike Gaylard

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Upcoming Projects • CMLP/SEB Deep Energy Retrofit

• Upgrades to Mechanical and Electrical Systems to increase energy efficiency

• CMLP Starting Now

• Duration approx. 23 weeks

• SEB later this year

• SEB will be more intensiveStaff Meeting

Structures Lab

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MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGIC PLANClare Tattersall

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Draft Mental Health Strategic Plan

http://studentexperience.uwo.ca/student_experience/strategic_planning/mental_health_strategic_plan/MH_Stratplan_DRAFT.pdf#MH_Stratplan_DRAFT

Feedback can be submitted to mentalhealthplan@uwo.ca

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Training Available

• Safe Talk Training http://www.uwo.ca/hr/learning/courses/safeTALK.html

• ASIST Training http://www.uwo.ca/hr/learning/courses/ASIST.html

• Mental Health First Aid http://www.uwo.ca/hr/safety/topics/mental_health/index.html

• Indigenous Intercultural Competancyhttp://indigenousscholarship.uwo.ca/activities/winter_school/index.html

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UPCOMING EVENTS & IMPORTANT DATES

Lesley Mounteer

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Upcoming Events & Important Dates• Feb 27 – Iron Ring Information Session• March 1 – Faculty Council• March 3 – Go CODE Girl• March 3 – WE Outreach at TVDSB STEAM Conference• March 4 – Women in STEM Conference • March 6 – Coffee and Conversation• March 6 – Iron Ring Sizing – CMLP Atrium 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm• March 8 – Faculty DL – Prof. Zhong Lin Wang from Georgia Tech• March 10 – MBOH• March 14 – Iron Ring Sizing – SEB 2075• March 22 – Lynda Shaw Lecture – Mary Wells, ONWiE Chair• March 24 – Iron Ring Ceremony – Homily by Sarah Shortreed• March 29 – Three C+ Town Hall• March 30 – Good Friday• April 3 – Coffee and Conversation• April 4 - ACWE• April 5 – CBE DL• April 6/7/8 – First Robotics Competition and the TVDSB Science and Engineering Fair• April – TBD – Budget Town Hall• June 7 – WE Act Retreat (all faculty/staff invited)

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Other Business & Questions

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