I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Craig A. Steeves as Acting Vice-Dean Graduate for a term of six months, effective July 1, 2025.
Professor Craig Steeves joined the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) in 2009 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2015. He served as Associate Director, Graduate Studies at UTIAS from July 2016 to June 2020. Additionally, he served as Acting Vice-Dean Graduate from January to June 2023 and served as the Associate Director of the Centre for Research in Sustainable Aviation since July 2015.
Please join me in in expressing gratitude to Craig for serving in this important role and providing leadership to the graduate portfolio over the next 6 months.
I extend my deep appreciation to the following members of the Advisory Committee for this search for their time and thoughtful input:
- Professor Christopher Yip, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (Chair)
- Professor Joshua Barker, Vice-Provost, Graduate Research & Education and Dean, School of Graduate Studies
- Helen Bright, Faculty Registrar
- Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou, Chair, Civil & Mineral Engineering
- Professor Hani Naguib, Chair, Materials Science & Engineering
- Professor Markus Bussmann, Chair, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
- Tess Seip, President, The Graduate Engineering Council of Students (GECoS)
- Roger Francis, Executive Director, Engineering Career and Experiential Learning
I am pleased to announce that Professor Ning Yan of the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry has been acclaimed as the Speaker of Faculty Council for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 academic years, beginning July 1, 2025. Professor Yan served as interim Council Speaker in 2023-2024. We are grateful to Professor Yan for her continued commitment and leadership within the Faculty.
We express our deep gratitude to Professor Jun Nogami for his exemplary service as Council Speaker since 2022.
Shared Service administrative units are a critical part of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE), providing centralized services across the Faculty. Periodic reviews of these units are an important opportunity to reflect on successes and challenges and to strive for continuous improvement.
A review of the Engineering Computing Facility will take place over the period June – August 2025. The membership of the review committee is as follows:
Ramin Farnood
Chair, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Marianne Hatzopoulou
Chair, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering
Markus Bussmann
Chair, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Heather MacLean
Vice-Dean, Strategy (VD-S)
Lisa Camilleri
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Olenka Baron
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Geoff Wichert, Monica Flak
Staff Support
Members of the Faculty who would like to offer comments toward this review can do so by June 2, 2025, via the Engineering Computing Facility feedback survey.
General questions and comments regarding the reviews can be sent via email to SSReview.engineering@utoronto.ca.