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The Retirees's Association ( Faculty, Librarian, Administrator), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Vol X II , No. 4, December 2002
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Daimler Chrysler Canada Donation
of $1.6 Million to the University of Windsor
On December 5, 2002 - - Ed Brust, Chairman, President and
C.E.O., DaimlerChrysler Canada announced a significant donation
of $1.6 million to the University of Windsor.
The establishment of the DaimlerChrysler Canada/University of
Windsor Excellence in Engineering Education (Three "E") Fund . The
Three "E" Fund will support education through the acknowledgement
of excellence: student excellence; leadership excellence;
teaching excellence; and, community outreach excellence.
The $1.6 million fund will supply resources for student awards,
teaching awards, industry exchange programs, as well as
elementary and secondary school engineering awareness programs.
University of Windsor President Dr. Ross Paul said this latest
generous donation from DaimlerChrysler Canada will foster
excellence and raise the national and international profile of our
unique automotive engineering program, and help us to attract more
first-class students and faculty and to challenge them to exceed all
expectations.
Beginning in the mid-1990's, DaimlerChrysler Canada and the
University of Windsor developed the shared vision of forging the link
between industry and academia. By 1996, vision became reality with
the opening of the University of Windsor/DaimlerChrysler Canada
Automotive Research and Development Centre.
Ontario Announces Annual
Facility Renewal Grant
The University of Windsor will receive $943,800 this year for facility
renewal, the Ontario government announced yesterday.
Vice-President Administration and Finance said this money is the
annual allotment for facility renewal program. "This official
announcement that the funding is coming is important for universities
to continue to upgrade and maintain their campus facilities as
planned," he said.
The government divides its facilities renewal funding among
universities based on the square footage of the campus plant.
CFI Opens New Competition
For $450-million Investment
In Innovation In Canada
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has approved an
allocation of $450 million for its fourth competition, which is open to
all eligible universities, colleges, hospitals and not-for-profit research
institutions. It builds on the $1.32 billion investment provided in the
first three competitions.
"Canada's research community requires state-of-the-art
infrastructure to tackle research that is increasingly multidisciplinary,"
said CFI President David Strangway. "This competition will help to
create new ideas that will ultimately benefit Canadians from all walks of
life."
The Government of Canada is investing with a goal to make Canada
one of the top five countries in research and development performance
by 2010. The CFI has been entrusted with a capital investment budget
of $3.15 billion and contributes 40 per cent towards eligible project
costs, with universities identifying the remaining 60 per cent matching
funds.
Industrial Research Chair Announced
The Hon. Susan Whelan was on campus to announce the fifth Industrial
Research Chair at the University of Windsor to be supported by a major
automotive manufacturer and the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada.
Maev Named to Industrial Research Chair
Specialist in Acoustic Imaging
and Materials Characterization
The University of Windsor has its sixth Industrial Research Chair -- the
fifth in partnership with a major automotive manufacturer.
Dr. Roman Maev was named NSERC/DaimlerChrysler Canada
Industrial Research Chair in Applied Solid State Physics and Material
Characterization. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Council
(NSERC) is providing $875,000 over five years, with DaimlerChrysler
Canada contributing a further $850,000 to support the work of the chair.
Dr. Maev is a professor of physics at the University of Windsor with a
unique background and an extraordinary talent for innovation. He has
been working closely with DaimlerChrysler on a range of projects in the
past few years, specializing in the development of new high frequency
acoustic and acousto-optic imaging technology and in developing
innovative systems and applications for this technology.
The additional funding and other support from the government, the
company and the university will allow Dr. Maev and his team at the
Centre for Imaging Research and Advanced Materials Characterization
(IRAMC Centre) to make advancements in manufacturing technology.
Taylor Named Acting
Associate V-P Research
Dr. Keith Taylor, the environmental biochemist who is head of the
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named Acting
Associate Vice-President, Research. Dr. Taylor has been with the
University of Windsor for 25 years, and has been active in faculty
recruitment and administration as well as teaching and research. His
research in recent years has been in collaboration with
Environmental Engineering Professors Nihar Biswas and Jatinder
Bewtra. They have developed a biochemical method for removing
contaminants from industrial waste, which has been proven in the
experimental stage and is now being developed as large scale
technology. In the office of Research Services,
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