EDUCATING ENGINEERS FOR LEADERSHIP The University of Calgary Experience APEGGA 2001 Annual General Meeting Luncheon Address April 27, 2001 Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Calgary Dr. Chan Wirasinghe

UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Faculty of Engineering 1965Inauguration 1995‘North America’s first postmodern engineering school’ - CANADIAN BUSINESS 1999‘Graduates are the most likely to succeed in industry’ - DOUG BALDWIN, C.E.O., TCPL Ltd Fastest growing research intensive 2001 Faculty in Canada 2000Ranked 1 st in the West in terms of Research Impact Factor OST, University of Quebec

TOTAL ENROLMENT Percentage of Growth = 64% Faculty of Engineering

WHY ARE WE UNIQUE Undergraduate Engineering Programs: CivilGeomatics MechanicalManufacturing ChemicalOil and Gas ElectricalComputer Software Postgraduate Engineering Programs: All of the aboveProject Management Biomedical EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering Faculty of Engineering

MINOR SPECIALIZATIONS Faculty of Engineering Civil Engineering environmental structures transportation Chemical Engineering petroleum Mechanical Engineering petroleum mechatronics Engineering Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Management

HUMANITIES SOCIAL SCIENCES FINE ARTS * Several hundred joint degree programs are available JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMS Faculty of Engineering

Unique in Western Canada Fastest growing (approximately 250 in 2001/02) Leadership training ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Faculty of Engineering

ENGINEERING DESIGN Full Year Team Design Project (4 th Year) Full Year Team Design Project (1 st Year 2002/03) NSERC/ Industry Chair in Lifecycle Environmental Design Engineering, Prairie Region Founding member C-DEN Faculty of Engineering

WOMEN IN ENGINEERING u First Women in Engineering committee in Canada (1994) u High participation rates: 23.3% BSc, 27.4% MSc and 20.9% PhD u NSERC/Petro Canada WISE Chair, Prairie Region u CEMF Awards u 15 women faculty members (Fall 2001) u ESS President, Christine Johanson Faculty of Engineering

INDUSTRY INTERACTION Engineering Associates Program Engineering Internship Program Industrial and Canada Research Chairs and Professorships Research Funding 2000: $15.67M Faculty of Engineering

u Multidisciplinary Research –Biomedical –IT –Infrastructure –Natural Resources u Co-located Laboratories u Unique Equipment u $35M Project CCIT Faculty of Engineering

BSc Engineering BA Spanish minor MEED Engineering Internship Independent Research Project (1 term) Is she ready for leadership?? IMAGINE A GRADUATE: Faculty of Engineering