posted May 12, 2012 6:41 PM by Anton Dubov
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updated May 25, 2012 11:37 AM
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The ASME Ontario Section cordially invites all members to attend our Annual General Meeting on May 24, 2012.
We are pleased to have Mr. Adam White, President of AITIA Analytics and President of the Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario (AMPCO), to speak about "Energy, Engineering and Public Policy: Understanding How Decisions are Made in Ontario".
Over the past year, the Ontario Section has built a strong Executive Committee with a team comprised of 24 volunteers. The success of the Ontario Section was evident through a large number of high quality events and activities throughout the year in serving and bringing together our members. So far, in 2012, the Ontario Section has conducted 3 tours, 4 seminars and workshops, and 2 social events which were all well received. At the AGM, you will have an opportunity to meet the Executive Committee and the newly elected Section Officers for Fiscal Year 2013. In addition, to maintain a strong and active section, we will be seeking volunteers to serve on the Executive Committee for the term from July 2012 to June 2013.
| Date: | Thursday, May 24 , 2012 | | Time: | 6:30pm (Reception)
7:15pm (Dinner) | | Location: | Hilton Garden Inn Toronto
92 Peter Street, Toronto
| | Registration: | Closed | | Registration fee: | $25 for members
$40 for non-members or guests
| | Registration Deadline: | May 22, 2012 | |
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Speaker: Adam White, President, AITIA Analytics Inc. and President, Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario
Keynote Address: "Energy, Engineering and Public Policy: Understanding How Decisions are Made in Ontario"
About:
Adam White is the President of AITIA Analytics, an organization translating government energy policy and market information into business intelligence. He has also been the President of the Association of Major Power Consumers in Ontario since August 2005, where, in his role, he advocates for power consumers' interests in public energy policy decisions. Mr. White is also a member of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee of the Independent Electricity System Operator, representing wholesale consumers, and also teaches energy policy to students in the Engineering Science Division at the University of Toronto. Mr. White has over 20 years experience in policy economics, analysis and advocacy, achieving energy, environmental and public health policy outcomes for clients and employers in the not-for-profit, public and private sectors. He is a Fellow of the Leadership in Environment and Development programme of the Canadian National Round Table on the Environment and Economy, the International Development Research Centre and the Rockefeller Foundation. Mr. White has a Bachelor of Arts economics from UBC and a diploma in Facilitative Leadership from the York University Faculty of Environmental Studies.
For more information, please contact Twishansh Mehta at mehtat2@asme.org.
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posted May 9, 2012 6:43 PM by Anton Dubov
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updated May 25, 2012 11:43 AM
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Calling out all Early Career and New Graduate Engineers!
Bored of your daily schedule? Don't have anything planned for a Friday night out? Come join the ASME Ontario Section for a fun bowling night out! This is a chance for you to meet new young engineers and reunite with your old friends. Refreshments will be provided. Most of all, it will be a lot of fun!
5429 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M9B 1B1 | Date: | Friday, May 18th, 2012 | | Time: | 6:00 pm-9:00pm | | Location: | Bowlerama West
5429 Dundas St. W.
Etobicoke, ON
| | Registration: | Link | | Registration fee: | $5 for ASME Members
$10 for Non-Members
| | Registration Deadline: | Thursday, May 17th, 2012 |
Please indicate your dietary restrictions when registering.
For any questions about this event, please contact Bhavika Sagar at bhavika66@gmail.com
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posted Apr 24, 2012 8:41 AM by Anton Dubov
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updated May 9, 2012 6:37 PM
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The Issue...It’s now clear to many Canadians that it’s time to rescue our declining manufacturing industries and get everyone to work closer together to plan the recovery of our declining manufacturing sectors. The Solution... It’s time to Take Back Manufacturing (TBM)! The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is spearheading this TBM initiative and has formed a forum of broad representation of like minded Canadian technical societies, management associations, trade organizations and educational stakeholders and other interested organizations. The ultimate goal is to start working closer together to plan the recovery of the declining manufacturing sectors in Ontario. TBM is a Roadmap to recovery and defines what must be done, and what each of us can do to assist in its recovery. All engineers need to understand and support the recovery of a broad manufacturing industry base to provide a platform for sustained innovation and best in class practices, and that without such a base we will not be able to practice engineering in a competitive manner into the future. Take Back Manufacturing is about having ONE voice and ONE agenda. More on TBM at www.sme-tbm.org
The Speaker...  Mr. Nigel Southway, C.Eng., M.Sc., BIM, Author. Mr. Southway is the author of “CYCLE TIME management”, “Fast Track To Time Based Productivity Improvement”, and “A ground breaking LEAN Thinking text book”. Nigel has more than 35 years’ broad engineering and business experience. He provides coaching and education on Business Productivity Improvement and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering to all types of business sectors and industries and helps clients develop a strategy and a vision to attack waste, capture productivity improvements, increase profits, and become more competitive in the global market. Nigel is also a senior committee member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He is currently consulting and educating worldwide on Business Improvement Initiatives, Joint Ventures, New Product Introduction Systems and Global Technology Transfer projects.
| Date: | Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 | | Time: | 7:00 pm | | Location: | George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
245 Church Street
Toronto, ON
First Floor, Room: ENG102 | | Registration: | Link | | Registration fee: | Free | | Registration Deadline: | Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 at 5:00 pm |
Refreshments will be servedFor any questions or concerns regarding the tour please contact Matthew Sidon at matthew.sidon@gmail.com |
posted Mar 20, 2012 5:38 AM by Anton Dubov
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updated Apr 12, 2012 10:09 AM
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Have you ever wondered what happens to the waste water that
flow down through the drains after you use it at your home?
ASME Ontario Section is pleased to invite you to G.E. Booth Wastewater
Treatment Facility. The tour is comprised of a brief presentation which is
followed by a tour of the facility where participants will observe the various
stages of treatment of waste water before it finds its way back into Lake
Ontario. All participants must wear steel toed shoes, hard hats and sign the
indemnity form attached below. Children must be at least 8 years of age and
must be accompanied by an adult. | Date: | Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 |
Time: | Tour starts at 1:00 pm (Please be there before the start time) | | Location: | 1300 Lakeshore Rd. East Mississauga (Parking map is attached below)
| | Registration: | Link | | Registration fee: | Free for members,
$5 for non-members
*NOTE: ASME members will have priority registration for this event
Registration fee will be collected at the location of the tour | | Registration Deadline: | Monday April 2nd, 2012 |
For more information on waste water treatment please visit: http://www.peelregion.ca/pw/waterstory/index.htm For any questions or concerns regarding the tour please contact Hasan Akhter at akhterh2@asme.org |
posted Jan 18, 2012 9:16 AM by Anton Dubov
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updated Feb 3, 2012 8:31 AM
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Career self-management is an important 21st century skill, but what does it mean, and how is it done? Gone are the days when your employer managed your career for you. Yet, if you’re in charge of your own career, how do you decide what you want? How do you indentify and communicate your strengths? If you’re employed, how do you talk to management about all this? If you’re under-employed or in-transition how do you take charge and become more empowered in your career and life choices? Be inspired by career success stories and find out the six key ingredients that make career self-management easy. When it comes to making career and life choices, who you are matters!
| Date: | Wednesday, Feb 1 , 2012 | | Time: | 6:30pm-9:00pm
| | Location: | Eric Palin Hall 314
87 Gerrard Street East,
Toronto, M5B 1G8 | | Registration: | Link | | Registration fee: | Free for ASME members
$5 for non-members
| | Registration Deadline: | Jan 31, 2012 | |
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Speaker:
Mark Franklin, CEO for Career Cycles
PRESENTER BIO
Mark Franklin, MEd, PEng,CMF is practice leader of CareerCycles, and produces and hosts the weekly Career Buzz radio show. Mark has helped 2000+ clients from over 80 countries of origin become empowered in their career and life choices including many engineering industry professionals. CareerCycles is the career advisory firm for Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, U of T Alumni, among others. Mark leads a team of Associates who provide career management coaching to individuals and lead groups and workshops on career and work topics. He worked formerly at University of Toronto, York University, and had a 10-year engineering career in management consulting with KPMG, and technology management. www.careercycles.com
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posted Jan 10, 2012 5:27 PM by Anton Dubov
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updated Feb 3, 2012 8:30 AM
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Want to know how a car is made!!!ASME Ontario Section is pleased to invite you and your family or guests (Children must be 8 years of age and must be accompanied by an adult) to join us for a plant tour of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) located in Cambridge, ON. On Tuesday, January 24th, 2012.
| Date: | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | | Time: | Tour starts at 2:00 pm (Please be there before the start time) | | Location: | 1055 Fountain Street North, Cambridge, Ontario
When arriving please enter at Gate 2, and park in Visitor's Parking. Proceed to the Gate 2 Guard House. | | Registration: | Closed | | Registration fee: | Free for members,
$5 for non-members
*NOTE: ASME members will have priority registration for this event
Registration fee will be collected at the location of the tour |
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Upon arrival at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC), visitors are welcome to browse the state-of-the-art Visitor’s Center which features products made at TMMC as well as interactive displays. The tour program consists of a 10-minute video presentation about TMMC, its history and manufacturing methods. Following the video presentation, visitors embark on a motorized tram tour through the Welding and/or Assembly shops. Watch Toyota Team Members and robots build the Matrix CUV, Corolla 4 Door Sedan, and the Lexus RX350 SUV. Between its 2 manufacturing plants located in Cambridge, Ontario, TMMC has the capacity to produce over 300,000 units annually.
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posted Dec 3, 2011 5:14 AM by Anton Dubov
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updated Jan 10, 2012 5:19 PM
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 ASME Ontario invites you, your family, and your friends to our annual holiday social! This year, we are going to The Second City Toronto dinner theatre.
The evening will begin with a three course dinner at the nearby Pizza Rustica restaurant, where you and your guests can meet other ASME Ontario Section members and officers. Following dinner, you will experience Toronto’s best improv and sketch comedy show, as The Second City group presents its “Dreams Really Do Come True! (and other lies)” performance.
| Date: | Thursday December 15, 2011 | | Time: | Dinner is served at
6:00 PM at Pizza Rustica
Show begins at 8:00 PM
at The Second City | | Location: | Pizza Rustica - 270 Wellington Street West, Toronto
The Second City - 51 Mercer Street, Toronto
Major Intersection: King Street West and Blue Jays Way
Nearest TTC Subway Station:
St. Andrew
Parking is across the road from the theater
| | Registration fee: | $30.00 for ASME Members and their First Guest
$55.00 for Non-Members and Additional Guests | |
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To register for this event, please visit: Closed
After completing the online registration form, you will be directed to the PayPal link for online payment instruction. Note that each person is required to be registered and paid for separately.
Please indicate any dietary restrictions you have when registering.
The deadline for registration is Wednesday, December 14, 2011.
If you have any questions, please contact Patricia Sheridan at sheridanp2@asme.org.
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posted Nov 19, 2011 5:39 AM by Anton Dubov
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updated Jan 10, 2012 5:19 PM
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The ASME Ontario Section invites you to a seminar on optimizing your personal financial savings.
The seminar will consist of the following topics: 1. The importance and benefits of early savings. 2. A comparison of the tools available for money savings. 3. Usage of different tools to optimize savings and increase money accumulation without increasing personal contributions. 4. Practical approach: optimum way of accumulating down payment for the first home.
The seminar will be delivered by a licensed mutual fund and insurance agent. | Date: | December 1, 2011 | | Time: | 7:00PM-9:00PM
| | Location: | University of Toronto Mechanical Engineering Building (MC) Room 331
5 King’s College Road, Toronto, Ontario | | Registration: | Link | | Registration fee: | Free for members and non-members
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Light refreshments will be served.
For your inquries about the upcoming workshop, please email to andubov@gmail.com |
posted Nov 10, 2011 5:53 AM by Anton Dubov
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updated Jan 10, 2012 5:20 PM
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Steel
Image Plant Tour and Seminar on Metallurgical Failure Analysis in Manufacturing
The ASME Ontario
Section invites you to a plant tour of Steel Image, a metallurgical
laboratory facility located in Flamborough, Ontario specializing in solution
based failure analysis and material/process evaluations.
The visit to Steel
Image will consist of a seminar on metallurgical failure analysis and will be
followed by a tour of the plant’s ASME/ASTM testing facilities. 7 Innovation Dr7 Innovation Dr
| Date: | November
25, 2011 | | Time: | 5:00PM-8:00PM
| | Location: | 7 Innovation Drive, Suite 155
Flamborough, Ontario
L9H 7H9, Canada | | Registration: | closed | | Registration fee: | Free for members,
$10 for non-members
| | The registration fees include: | Seminar: Metallurgical Failure Analysis in manufacturing
Tour: Steel Image Plant Tour |
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Proposed Agenda: Seminar: Metallurgical Failure Analysis in manufacturing Product failures can result in costly events, poor product branding and loss of business. Determining the precise cause of component failure is critical to develop cost-effective solutions and containment strategies. The session will begin with a seminar to introduce the concepts used during metallurgical failure analysis. Case histories will be used to demonstrate material covered. Participants will better understand the methods applied during failure analysis and how to better utilize it within the manufacturing industry. Tour Following the talk, a tour of the metallurgical laboratory and demonstrations of the equipment will be provided. Attendees will be given the opportunity to use some of the equipment to examine component failures. Steel Image has the capability to perform the following material tests: Microstructural Assessment, Weld Evaluation, Grain Size (ASTM E112), Microhardness Survey (Vickers, 100-500gf load) and SEM Examination and EDS Analysis. Biography: Shane Turcott, Principal Metallurgist, Steel Image Inc.
Shane Turcott graduated with both a B.Eng and M.A.Sc in Materials Engineering from McMaster University. He has performed failure analysis for the manufacturing, maintenance and energy industries through former employment at Dofasco, Bodycote and Liburdi Turbine Services. In 2008, he started Steel Image specializing in solution-based failure analysis. He is currently the Vice Chair of the Sourthern Ontario ASM Chapter and regularly speaks at events and conferences on failure analysis. |
posted Sep 10, 2011 7:18 AM by Anton Dubov
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updated Oct 6, 2011 7:19 AM
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Announcements
 There will be awards for the best poster presentations. In addition, selected high-quality studies presented as a poster at the workshop will be considered for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Energy Research.
Registered authors are invited to make poster presentations. Please send the title, author information, and a short abstract (max. 200 words) to info@fcrd.net until September 18, 2011.
The Second Workshop on the Recent Advances in Fuel Cells, which is sponsored by MITACS, will be held at University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada on September 26, 2011, is intended to bring the researchers, scientists, engineers, policy makers, and students from the academia, industry, and government together to share and exchange information on the latest progress in the research and development of fuel cell science and technology. This event will also lead a new effective network and collaboration between the researchers of the universities and industrial partners. The main focus of this workshop will be the research and development of low and high temperature fuel cell systems as well as the commercialization of the fuel cells. The topics covered will include but not limited to modeling, experiments, materials, manufacturing, and future strategies, policies, and directions for fuel cell science and technology. In this one-day workshop, distinguished speakers from different universities, governmental laboratories, and industry will give presentations on several topics related to fuel cells. There will be also breakfast, networking/coffee breaks, networking lunch, closing reception, and poster session.
2000 Simcoe St N2000 Simcoe St N
| Date: | September 26 , 2011 | | Time: | 8: 00am (Registration)
(outline of the program) | | Location: | University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2000 Simcoe St N, Oshawa | | Registration: | Link | | Registration fee: | Full delegate: $75
Student delegate: $35
| | Registration Deadline: | September 25, 2011 |
The registration fees include:
| - Access to all sessions
- Book of abstracts
- All meals including breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, and reception
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