I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Aimy Bazylak as Interim Director of the Division of Engineering Science for a term of six-months, effective July 1, 2022.
Aimy joined the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in 2008, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013, and to full Professor in 2018. She is the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Thermofluidics for Clean Energy.
From 2015-2018, Aimy served as Director of the University of Toronto Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE). Since 2016 she has served as the Option Chair, Engineering Science Energy Option, and most recently has served as Associate Chair, Research and Associate Chair, Years 3 and 4 in the Division of Engineering Science. In 2021, Aimy served as Acting Vice-Dean Undergraduate for a six-month term.
Please join me in in expressing gratitude to Aimy for serving in this important leadership role for the Faculty.
On behalf of the Faculty, I also extend sincere gratitude and appreciation to Professor Will Cluett for his leadership of Engineering Science these past 3 years. His dedication to the success of the Division, Faculty and indeed the University has been a constant feature of his leadership, even during the most challenging days of the pandemic. Thank you, Will.