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Abstract: Mechanical engineer Dr. Martin Fandrich recalls feeling engineering was the right career when he recognized he could readily visualize cross sections of objects in an undergraduate graphics class. He received a prestigious scholarship to earn his PhD from the University of Cambridge, studying vibrations. He returned to work for Rolls-Royce in Montreal, in particular the conversion of gas turbine… more
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Abstract: Dr. David Weaver describes his youthful interest in gasoline-engine powered go-karts, home-built radios, servicing cars, and how this led him to study mechanical engineering. He left his first job with the Ford Motor Company in Oakville to return to university for a Master's degree on satellites for Spar Aerospace and then a PhD in mathematics and physics. He found a university position and began… more
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Abstract: Le choix de devenir ingénieur s’est dessiné dès un jeune âge pour Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb alors que son professeur de 5e année du primaire a remarqué son « talent pour les mathématiques ». Ayant grandi avec un père ingénieur, Madiha découvre rapidement son intérêt pour ce domaine. Elle début le programme d'ingénierie des matériaux à l'université américaine du Caire, mais à la…
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Abstract: Madiha Kotb's fifth grade teacher noted her "talent in math" and that, plus marking her 16th birthday with Niel Armstrong's moon walk, led to her decision to choose a career in engineering. She started the materials engineering program at the American University in Cairo, but with the unexpected passing of her father, she and her husband moved to Canada, and she completed her degree at Loyola in… more
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Abstract: Mechanical engineer Dr. Martin Fandrich describes one of his design-build projects – a boat lift. The lift reaches under the water surface to pick up the boat and rotates it to the left or right for a forklift to take it to dry storage. The owner of a boat that was at the limit of the lift's capacity offered his vessel for a load test. Dr. Fandrich recalls "I am not a mariner – but it was a very… more
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Abstract: Dr. David Weaver describes his 16 years of retirement as "travelling around the world solving big problems". Always an avid modeler, one of his first initiatives as a new professor at McMaster University was to build a model of Cape Breton Island control structures for the hydro-electric power stations. He used the model to identify and resolve potential problems converting Megawatts of water… more
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Abstract: Mechanical engineer Madiha Kotb describes her calling as "engineers do fix things". Life-saving equipment found in hospitals is designed and maintained by engineers. Society takes engineering achievements for granted, even though they are essential and everywhere in every-day life: from plumbing fixtures to electricity to the buildings that we live in. "Unfortunately", she says, "engineers did… more
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Year: 2024
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Abstract: Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb, ingénieur mécanique, décrit comment le projet “Engineering for Change,” a vue le jour lors d’un de ses mandats sur le comité de gouvernance de la American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Cette plate-forme web, crée par des ingénieurs afin d’aider le public en matière d’ingénierie, permettait au public de discuter avec des ingénieurs afin de…
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Year: 2024
Member of: EIC Interview Snippets
Abstract: Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb, ingénieur mécanique, explique l’importance de la « conquête de l’espace » dans sa vie, autant au niveau professionnel que personnel. Elle décrit sa rencontre avec l’astronaute Neil Armstrong ainsi qu’avec Gene Krantz, ingénieur aéronautique Américan, directeur de vol et directeur de la NASA connu aussi pour avoir dit « l’échec n’est pas…
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