University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
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The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering is the
Within the university, it is known by the nickname of Skule [
History
The School of Practical Science (SPS) was created in 1873 by an act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The school was to serve the needs of a growing economy at a time marked by rapidly evolving sciences and technologies. In 1878, the school enrolled its first class for a three-year curriculum in the subjects of mining, engineering, mechanics and manufacturing.
The school was established as an affiliate of the University of Toronto, but operated as a separate institution. The first classes were held in a red-brick building that was known as the "Little Red Skulehouse" by attending students.
The school was renamed as the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering on June 20, 1906, when it officially became part of the university.[4]
In 1949, the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies opened for graduate studies and research in aeronautical and space sciences.
In 1962, the Institute of Biomedical Electronics (now Institute of Biomedical Engineering) was established for graduate studies. The original Skulehouse was finally demolished in 1966, by which time the faculty had already expanded to occupy a dozen other buildings that formed an engineering precinct in the southern part of campus.
The
Academics
The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering offers undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Toronto. As of the 2022–2023 academic year, there are 5,628 undergraduate students and 3,011 graduate students enrolled in the faculty, and over 50,000 living alumni worldwide.[6]
The undergraduate programs are conducted by the departments of
Courses in several majors overlap: the electrical engineering curriculum shares courses with the computer engineering curriculum in the first two years, while chemical engineering shares a set of courses with the environmental engineering option of the civil engineering department. The undergraduate
The faculty requires undergraduate students to accumulate 600 hours of engineering work experience, commonly obtained through employment in between academic terms.
Admissions standards are specific to each department, and the faculty had an entry average of 96.0% in 2022.[10] Due to grade inflation, entry averages have been increasing over time.[11]
Departments, divisions and specialized institutes
The faculty has a number of departments, divisions and specialized institutes that are split up into different research areas:
Departments
- Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (Chem)
- Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering (Civ/Min)
- The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE)
- Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE)
Divisions
- Division of Engineering Science (EngSci)
- Division of Environmental Engineering & Energy Systems (DEEES)
Specialized institutes
- University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS)
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Affiliated research institutes and centres
In addition, the faculty works with other research institutes and centres within the nationally and internationally:
- BioZone
- Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT)
- Centre for Advanced Diffusion-Wave Technologies (CADIFT)
- Centre for Advanced Nanotechnology Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN)
- Centre for Maintenance Optimization & Reliability Engineering (C-MORE)
- Centre for Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship (CMTE)
- Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering (CRHE)
- Centre for the Resilience of Critical Infrastructure (RCI)
- Centre for Technology & Social Development Emerging Communications Technology Institute (ECTI)
- Identity, Privacy & Security Institute (IPSI)
- Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead)
- Institute for Multidisciplinary Design & Innovation (UT-IMDI)
- Institute for Optical Sciences Institute for Robotics & Mechatronics (IRM)
- Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Centre & Test Bed
- Lassonde Institute of Mining
- Pulp & Paper Centre
- Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR)
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
- Ontario Centre for the Characterisation of Advanced Materials (OCCAM)
Research
Collaborations with industry
On April 7, 2022, the University of Toronto announced a partnership with American
Traditions and student life
Founded in 1885, The University of Toronto Engineering Society is the oldest
The Skule mascot is known as the Ye Olde Mighty Skule Cannon, which began as a cannon stolen from in front of the Parliament Buildings in the fall of 1898, and has since been rebuilt in several incarnations.[15] Students serving as "Cannon Guards" are led by a "Chief Attiliator" to protect the Cannon, which has been historically a target for attempted theft by other engineering schools. The Cannon is often fired (empty-shelled) during orientation events, and can also be heard during various events promoting Skule Spirit.
In September 2021, the University of Toronto Engineering Society, in partnership with the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, launched a Skule Mental Health Bursary, to provide access to mental health and wellness support for Engineering undergraduate students who are in need of financial aid.[16]
Social events
The Skule Orchestra, founded in 2006, is a full symphonic
The Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad [sic] and "White Noise Brigade" draws its name from the Godiva tradition.[17] Like several other universities, Skule students frequently sing Godiva's Hymn (or the Engineer's Hymn) and revere Lady Godiva. The first week of classes in January following Christmas holidays is designated Godiva Week, and features numerous events, competitions and activities.[18]
The Skule community hosts events, parties, activities, inter-faculty sports, a yearly musical production entitled Skule Nite and special interest lectures throughout the year.[19]
Toike Oike
The phrase Toike Oike, variously pronounced toy-kee-oyk or toyk-oyk, is derived from an Irish janitor named Graham who was employed in the original School of Practical Science building. When students worked late in the labs and he had to close up the building, he would tell them to "take a hike", which sounded like "toike oike" due to his Irish accent. The phrase is used as the name of the engineering society's humour newspaper, the Toike Oike, in print since 1911. At some points in its publishing history, the humour could be extremely sexual and misogynistic, especially given the predominant male enrollment. One of the more popular editions was a parody of the popular movie Star Wars, rebranded Star Whores. Because of its huge popularity on campuses, copies had to be gotten the day of publication, and would be sold out the next day.
It is also the inspiration for the lyrics of the Skule Yell, the cheer of the engineering society and likely the oldest surviving Skule tradition:
- Toike Oike! Toike Oike!
- Ollum te Chollum te Chay!
- Skule of Science, Skule of Science
- Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
- We Are (we are!), We Are (we are!), We Are the Engineers!
- We Can (we can!), We Can (we can!), Demolish Forty Beers!
- Drink Rum (straight!) Rum (straight!) And Come Along With Us,
- For We Don’t Give a Damn For Any Damn Man Who Don’t Give a Damn For Us!
- Yaaaay Skule!
The Brute Force Committee: Needs identification of its role in Skule. It was an organization which was Skule’s cultural leadership.
Before the adoption of the Skule Yell, the original cheer was significantly shorter:
- Who are we? Can’t you guess?
- We are from the S.P.S.
- S-C-H-O-O-L!!
Both Skule and the rest of the university recognized the original cheer as inadequate, so the first four lines of the new yell were proposed by A. G. Piper and adopted in 1897. The new yell was first performed that year at Theatre Night, a major campus-wide event for all faculties held on
Notable alumni
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (May 2023) |
- The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer
- Frederick Walker Baldwin (class of 1906) – Designer of the Silver Dart, White Wing and Red Wing aircraft
- Karl Brooks Heisey (class of 1922) – Mining engineer and mine president
- Elsie MacGill (class of 1927) – First female aircraft designer, "Queen of the Hurricanes"
- Avro Arrow, chief of engineering for NASA's Project Mercury
- Gerald Bull (class of 1944, M.A.Sc. 1948, Ph.D. 1951) – Ballistics engineer and developer of long-range superguns
- Lewis Urry (class of 1950) – Inventor of the alkaline battery and the lithium battery
- Project ApolloProgram Office
- Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. (class of 1951) – Anti-nationalist, politician and publisher
- Peter Munk (class of 1952) – Founder and chairman of Barrick Gold
- Paul Godfrey (class of 1962) – Politician and former president of the Toronto Blue Jays
- AWK programming language, co-author of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
- The UNIX Programming Environment
- Bernard Sherman (class of 1964) – Chairman and CEO of Apotex
- Kim Vicente (class of 1985, prof. of industrial engineering 1992–) – Author, The Human Factor
- Jeffrey Skoll (class of 1987) – First employee and president of eBay
- Julie Payette (M.A.Sc. 1990) – Astronaut and Governor General of Canada
- Raffaello D'Andrea (B.A.Sc. 1991) -- engineer, artist, and entrepreneur.
- Isabel Bayrakdarian (class of 1997) – Opera singer
- Brookfield Asset Management, philanthropist
- Donald Robert Sadoway (class of 1972, M.A.Sc. 1973, Ph.D. 1977) - Professor Emeritus of materials chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, notable expert in electrochemistry (molten salt battery and electrolysis)
References
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- ^ Polo, Marco (January 2003). "Green Giant". Canadian Architect. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ^ "About". Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
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- ^ "Chapter 1: Undergraduate Studies". Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ Crawley, Mike (June 20, 2023). "What Ontario's rising high school grades mean for university admissions". CBC News. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ Kalvapalle, Rahul (2022-04-07). "U of T partners with Moderna to advance research in RNA science and technology". University of Toronto News. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
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- ^ "New Skule™ Mental Health Bursary supports wellness for U of T Engineering students". Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ "Skule Traditions". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
- ^ Godiva Week website
- ^ "Skule FAQ". Retrieved 2007-04-08.
Further reading
- Robin Sutton Harris, Ian Montagnes. Cold Iron and Lady Godiva: Engineering Education at Toronto, 1920-1972. ISBN 0-8020-2062-3.
- Richard White. The Skule Story: The University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. University of Toronto Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7727-6704-1.
- Catherine Moriarty. John Galbraith, 1846-1914: Engineer and Educator. University of Toronto Press, 1989. ISBN 0-7727-6700-9.
External links
- University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
- Skule, the University of Toronto Engineering Society
- Archival papers of Vernon Russell Davies, lecturer at the faculty who ran Vernon Davies Tutorial School, are held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
- Archival papers of Barry French, Professor (1961-?) and Associate Director of University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (1982-1985), held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
- Bahen Centre, University of Toronto