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Departmental leadership announcements

July 13, 2022 — 
The Price Faculty of Engineering is pleased to welcome Dr. Olanrewaju (Lanre) Ojo to the position of head of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Shawn Clark as head of Civil Engineering, both for a five-year term.

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Transit Station

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Investment in transit infrastructure opens door for sustainable engineering

July 12, 2022 — 
Recently, the Government of Canada, the Province and Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg announced a joint investment of more than $478 million to support the next generation of public transit infrastructure in Winniepg. Through this investment, the city will begin to transition to zero emission buses, design and build a new North Garage, improve accessibility for riders, and start design work on new rapid transit corridors.

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Thank you, engineering community!

July 7, 2022 — 
"Your support of this golf tournament directly supports our students by allowing us to create welcoming and productive spaces, support teaching technology, support student design competition teams" - Dr. Marcia Friesen

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Dr. Malcolm Xing standing and posing for the camera

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Professor Xing inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering

July 5, 2022 — 
Dr. Xing is a leading expert in developing nano-gel self-assembly on cells and drugs for hair regeneration, controlled release, and cancer therapy.

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Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments Coming to Winnipeg

July 4, 2022 — 
The 10th Annual IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WISEE 2022) will be held on October 12-14, 2022 in Winnipeg.

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Land as teacher

June 29, 2022 — 
Land-based education means learning on, about and from the land

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Creating an inclusive syllabus

June 29, 2022 — 
Meeting students where they live by considering equity, diversity and inclusion

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UMIDEA 2022 deadline coming up on July 29th

June 28, 2022 — 
The UM Innovative Design for Engineering Applications program is seeking proposals from industry in two categories: biosystems and mechanical

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Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day 2022

June 23, 2022 — 
'I feel a great deal of responsibility to be a strong role model for women and girls as a mentor and a leader, to use my position to empower my colleagues and students, to influence change and use my platform to shine a light on our reality'

Dr. Digvir S. Jayas.

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Engineers Canada Award Gold Medal to Dr. Digvir Jayas, O.C., P.Eng.

June 21, 2022 — 
Digvir S. Jayas, O.C., D.Sc., P.Eng., was awarded the Gold Medal Award at the Engineers Canada ceremony in Toronto. The Gold Medal is the highest honour given by Engineers Canada.

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