A message from the Dean

Dean’s Message

elcome W to the fall/winter edition of The Complete

Engineer. Along with our usual collection of stories and profiles, we’ve included a special feature celebrating our

Inspiring Greatness Campaign, the largest fundraising campaign in the history of the Faculty.

Fall is always a busy time on campus, especially as we welcome new students and faculty. In this issue, we’re pleased to introduce Professor Julián Ortiz, a new faculty member in the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, and Professor Nicolas Hudon a new faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Along with a major new funding announcement for Physics, of which we were part, we’re thrilled to tell you about an exciting collaboration between Queen’s and Lafarge. We’re constantly looking for ways to partner with industry to support our learning and research initiatives, and this alliance is an excellent example of those efforts .

The wrap-up of our Inspiring Greatness Campaign in June was a wonderful celebration of spirit and generosity. How incredible to not only have the largest Faculty fundraising goal within the Queen’s Initiative Campaign, but also to exceed our final target by more than $5 million. If you visit campus in the near future, you’ll be able to see generosity in action—the renovation of the building that will house our new Innovation and Wellness Centre is already underway.

As always, I hope you enjoy reading about our activities and invite you to visit us anytime. When you do, be sure to stop by Beamish-Munro Hall to see our new art installation in the foyer.

Kimberly A. Woodhouse, PhD, PEng, FCAE, FBSE Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

“How incredible to not

only have the largest fundraising goal within the Queen’s Initiative Campaign but also to

”beat our target by over $5 million!

Interior of Innovation and Wellness Centre, under way at 67 Union Street. See page 20.