The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering currently offers an accredited BASc Program in Industrial Engineering and with a Business Minor Option and a graduate Program offering an MEng & MASc in Industrial Engineering with manufacturing systems focus as well as a PhD in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering.

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Graduate Assistantship - Winter 2010

We have now posted the courses that require GA's for Winter 2010. Please apply for W2010 according to the required procedure and attached form. Also indicate your preferences for W2010 on the attached spreadsheet of courses offered and return to Ms. Angela Haskell with supporting docs. by Friday, November 13th, 2009 by 4:00pm.

Please Note that under the collective agreement you must be in good standing so make sure you are registered in your Thesis and Dissertation (you are required to be registered every term until after you have defended your paper). Please remeber to fill the application out completely and attach additional documentation as necessary.



Daily News
Public Affairs & Communications
Friday, September 25, 2009

Transferring knowledge, training renaissance engineers focus of $1.4 million research program

Watching students transform into “renaissance engineers” who will be on the leading edge of transferring innovative knowledge into more efficient industrial applications has been the most satisfying part of being a Canada Research Chair for Hoda ElMaraghy.~

“Seeing our student researchers achieve their potential has been tremendously rewarding,” said Dr. ElMaraghy, director of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Centre. “We’re trying to create an environment for them to excel and foster among them this ability to innovate.”

ElMaraghy recently learned her Canada Research Chair in Manufacturing Systems was renewed for another seven years with $1.4 million in federal funding. Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, announced $159.1 million in funding for 181 CRCs at 45 Canadian universities at a press conference at the University of Guelph Wednesday morning.

“Canada’s government is investing in science and technology to strengthen the economy, improve Canadians’ quality of life and create the jobs of tomorrow today,” Goodyear said.

ElMaraghy said Canada is a high-cost manufacturing country and to preserve jobs while efficiently producing a wide variety of consumer goods, it’s crucial for manufacturers to streamline their products and processes and capitalize on commonality. Universities have a crucial role in developing technological solutions and training engineers to become “enablers of change” who can help manufacturers respond efficiently to the rapidly changing demands of consumers.

“What enables a manufacturer to respond efficiently?” she said. “It’s their ability to adapt and change process plans and production schedules and reconfigure the manufacturing system itself. It’s not just management. They need tools and technology.”

Since 2002, ElMaraghy’s team has authored 110 peer-reviewed publications and trained 27 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Fourteen of them have gone on to become professors, while 11 are currently working in industry. Her students have worked closely with several local companies on reconfiguring their process and production planning systems so they can fully utilize their machines, adapt to product variations and deliver on time.

Over the next seven years, ElMaraghy’s team will continue to research and develop even more knowledge to boost productivity and competitiveness that can be transferred to industry and commercialized.

Hoda ElMaraghy leafs through a textbook she edited on

changeable and reconfigurable manufacturing systems.

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The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) in collaboration with the Centre for Teaching and Learning invite you to participate in the Engineering Arts Symposium. This is an opportunity to explore the connection between Engineering and other disciplines, such as the Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences and Business.

While the first day of the symposium examines these connections broadly, the second day will give participants the opportunity to explore more specifically how engineering principles apply to systems and human activity. Management Engineering is concerned with an entire system - the design, installation, operations and improvement of integrated systems, and especially the role people play in such systems. In post-secondary programs focusing on this discipline, the educational approach is, therefore, more multi-disciplinary and includes the study of human factors involved in industrial operations, service industries, and any business. The proposed innovative interdisciplinary program aims to provide an educational option for students interested in a rich mixture of technology, management and communication skills. The proposed BEA-ME (Bachelor of Engineering Arts – Management Engineering) program emphasizes breadth across engineering subjects and exposure to technology management and communication.

In addition to University of Windsor speakers, we are pleased to welcome many prestigious external speakers for this event. The very dynamic Antoni Cimolino, General Director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, will draw on his extensive experience in the professional theatre to show how imaginative and practical aspects of human ingenuity come together to create works of theatrical art. Larry Leifer, (Stanford), is in demand internationally to speak about Design-Thinking, a human-centric methodology for bringing expertise from design, the social sciences, business and engineering together to shape a multiple point-of-view paradigm, which can be used in courses with project teams. Kim Allen, CEO and Registrar for Professional Engineers Ontario, will explore the principal reasons for re-examining engineering licensure and membership in Canada.

The Symposium will close with a series of breakout groups during which participants will explore specific areas, leading to a plenary which will bring these findings back to the whole group.

Registration is limited. To register, please send an email to the attention of Ms. Angela Haskell (ext. 2617) or Ms. Jacquie Mummery (ext. 2607) at imse@uwindsor.ca indicating which days you plan to attend and whether you intend to stay of lunch on Friday, September 4.

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Monday, July 6, 2009 University of Windsor Daily News

Still a future in manufacturing, says scholarship winner
Master's student Victoria Townsend won a $5,000 scholarship from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation.

The fact that Ontario’s industrial sector is struggling now doesn’t mean there’s no future in manufacturing, according to a recent engineering scholarship winner.~

In fact, there are plenty of opportunities for forward-thinking individuals willing to embrace the idea that the manufacturing industry can quickly adapt to constantly changing consumer demands, says Victoria Townsend.

“I don’t think manufacturing is going to go away,” says the winner of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation E. Wayne Kay graduate scholarship.

“In fact, some of the advanced technologies we’ve been working on could actually help increase a manufacturing company’s competitiveness and improve the economy.”
Townsend, a master’s candidate in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, is examining hybrid methods for rapid prototyping, which could help cut the lead time required to design and make parts so that manufacturers can get their products to market more quickly.

The scholarship, worth about $5,000 US, is awarded annually to four students from across North America. It is named for E. Wayne Kay, who came to Detroit in the early 1940s and created a successful chrome-plating business. He was deeply committed to the society and his widow, Beulah Kay, endowed a scholarship fund in his memory.

Townsend praised her supervisors Jill Urbanic and Waguih ElMaraghy for their support, as well as Jerry Sokolowski and the 2009 casting capstone team for collaborating on her research.
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Windsor Star Article - July 14, 2008 (Dave Hall, Windsor Star; Published: July 14, 2008)

SARINA TURNER - I ndustrial Engineering Student
PROGRAM UNITES STUDENT, DAINTY FOODS

A University of Windsor Graduate student is taking advantage of a new provincially funded internship program designed to move more students from the classroom into workplaces for hands-on training.


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TIM BURKHART WINS SCHOLARSHIP




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QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEMS EARNS AHMED AZAB ISMAIL FINALIST IN COMPEITION




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BRENDAN EAGEN, RIVA NISSAN, PRIYA SHARMA, AND SARINA TURNER FIANLISTS IN MEDAL COMPETITION




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STUDENTS AIM TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY


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NEW FORM FOR INTERNATION STUDENTS NEEDING SIN RENEWAL

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CAPSTONE STUDENTS WINNERS AT THE OCE DISCOVERY 2008 CONFERENCE

IMSE 4th Year Capstone project, "Body In White Throughput" made it possible for 3 of our graduating students the ability to win 2nd place at the OCE Discovery 2008 Conference that was held on Monday, May 12th, 2008 in Toronto.

Congratulations go out to Mohammad Taboun (presenter), Muhammad Durrani and Drazen Dodric (team members) who were rewarded for their hard work by receiving a monetary prize at the Ontario Center of Excellence conference for their successful paper and presentation. We wish to extend our sincere appreciation to Mr. Steve Colbert from OCE, Mr. Andy Momont, from Chryslers' Windsor Assembly Plant, Dr. Michael Wang for Supervising the team and Dr. Walid Abdul-Kader for overseeing the Capstone Project groups.

GA Applications for Fall 2008 Will Be Coming Soon

GA Application Click Here

DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 4:30pm, No late applications will be accepted

Course Offering for Fall 2008 Available (IMSE Course Code is 0691)

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All communication will be sent to your UWindsor Mailbox.

University of Windsor Policy Concerning the Use of E-mail as an Official Means of Electronic Communication with Students
(Approved by the IT Steering Committee and the Senior Management Group)


1. When conducting official University business, electronic communication from the University will be delivered to a student’s University of Windsor (UWin) email address.

2. All official electronic communication from the University will be deemed to have been delivered when it arrives at a student’s UWin e-mail address.

3. Students must use their UWin e-mail account when electronically communicating (including corresponding with faculty and staff) with the University.
Please see policy in full click here
In order to activate the student must go to http://www.uwindsor.ca/uwinid and click on Students - Activate your UWin Account.
After this is done, the e-mail account will be set up to receive e-mails
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