An overview of select technical capabilities and activities

Dalhousie University

Ronald Pelot, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Professor, Industrial Engineering Assistant Dean, Engineering Co-op

Associate Scientific Director, MEOPAR NCE

DALHOUSIE ENGINEERING

MEOPAR NCE ENGINEERING CO-OP

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Started as NS Tech in 1907, became TUNS in 1980, merged into Dal in 1997 Part of associated universities system that

allows students to start at Dal or any of 5 other universities and graduate with a B.Eng. Degree from Dal.

Students who do not start at Dal can do 2 years at one of the associated universities and transition seamlessly into third year at Dal

The Faculty of Engineering at Dalhousie

By the numbers 1783 B.Eng. Students 540 graduate students (125 Ph.D.) (60% research

based, 40% professional masters) 628 international students: 298 undergrad and 330 grad Five departments and 8 undergrad programs M.A.Sc., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in all programs 98 faculty members 43 staff members $13,000,000 annual research funding

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An Outstanding Education

Practical Engineers with excellent problem solving skills

Strong Natural Sciences background Graduates in extremely high demand

because of our emphasis on real world problems

Preferred school for many major industrial companies, including GM, Shell, Teck, Vale, Fluor, Imperial, Goldcorp, Michelin

Faculty of Engineering Research

$12,000,000 projected for 2013-2014 Have worked with over 200 different companies and agencies

over the past three years, most of these are ongoing Numerous spinouts 7 externally funded research chairs Major contracts with

Boeing Pratt and Whitney Raytheon Ultra Marine Systems Nunavut Halifax Water Intel

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Research Dollars

Research Dollars

Ocean and Offshore Clean water: ballast water treatment Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Offshore Risk and Safety Marine Communications Underwater communications Advance materials including corrosion,

anti-corrosion coatings Ship traffic modelling

Industrial Engineering@Dal

www.ie.dal.ca industrial.engineering@dal.ca

Some Members of the Class of 2011

Quick Facts about IE@Dal

Class Size: Maximum of 45 Students

Faculty: 10 Full-time, 2 Part-time

Location: 5269 Morris Street

Year Established: 1965

5269 Morris Street (Morroy Building & Classroom Addition)

People Information

Technology

Industrial Engineers Design

Systems

Science Business

Industrial Engineers design, create and manage systems that integrate people, materials,

information and technology in productive ways

Industrial Engineers design…

Maintenance Systems for

Airlines

Image from aeroguidance.com

Industrial Engineers design…

Distribution Systems for Online Retailers

Source: Assured Logistics

Industrial Engineers design…

Scheduling Systems for Hospitals

Industrial Engineers design…

Layouts and Control Systems for Factories

Image from factorycontrolsystems.co.uk

Industrial Engineers design…

Individual

Workstations

Image from AFC Industries

Industrial Engineers design…

Work & Workspaces

Ford Kentucky Truck Plant

Image from Car Buyers Notebook

Industrial Engineers design…

Warehouses & Inventory Systems

Image from Inter Complect

Industrial Engineers design…

Production Systems

Image from BZNotes

So, how do we

BUILD 1000s

of these?

Industrial Engineers design…

Global Supply Chains

IEs Design Systems for many sectors

Manufacturing

Transportation / Distribution

Health Care

Environmental

Municipal and Other Government

Utilities (Phone, electricity, gas)

Communications

Natural Resources (Forestry, Mines)

Some Recent IE Co-op Employers

Some Recent IE Co-op Employers

Ireland

Project in Industry Senior Design Project

In Final Year, student teams are partnered with a local “Client”

Students, acting as consultants, analyze and design solutions to the client’s problem

Jenna Cock, Julie Grant Class of 2007

Client: Canada Post

Some examples…

Irving Shipbuilding Ltd. Project in Industry 2003-4

Students redesigned the factory layout and developed a new system for production planning

Reduced time to produce product by nearly 40%

Subsea Oil Drilling Modules

Holly Gambin, Mark Chiasson

Class of 2004

Air Canada Jazz Project in Industry 2010-11

The students designed a virtually centralized inventory system for the rotable spare parts used in the Dash-8 aircrafts.

Walter Weiss, Eric Noel Class of 2011

Major Research Themes in the IE Dept

Maritime Risk and Safety (Pelot)

Maintenance and Scheduling (Diallo, Ghasemi, and Gunn)

Engineering Design and Methodology (Johnston)

Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Process Industry Design, Planning, and Operations (Gunn, MacDonald, Tajbakhsh and Venkatadri)

Health Service Systems Optimization (Blake and Vanberkel)

Forest Resource Optimization (Gunn, MacDonald)

Ergonomics (Das)

Decision Analysis (Barzilai)

ENGINEERING CO-OP

2014 CO-OP STUDENTS

• 398 Engineering co-op students

• 535 total work terms

• 46 international students (12%)

DALHOUSIE ENG. CO-OP

Co-op in 8 ENG. disciplines:

• Chemical • Civil • Electrical • Environmental • Industrial • Materials • Mechanical • Mineral Resources

2014: CO-OP LOCATIONS

NS 61% AB

14%

ON 10%

NB 5%

BC 5%

SK 2%

MN, NL, PE 3%

WHERE THEY WORK:

TOP 3 CO-OP PROVINCES

Nova Scotia • Construction, electronics, communications,

transportation, energy, sustainability / efficiency, research

Alberta • Energy, oil, gas, mining, construction

Ontario • Automotive, transportation, energy

BENEFITS OF CO-OP

For students:

• Apply academics to real work and vice-versa

• Try different career paths before graduation

• Enter the job market with experience

• Make connections • Earn competitive wages

BENEFITS OF CO-OP

For employers:

• Boost operations • Test young talent for

long-term recruitment • Gain new knowledge and

fresh perspectives • Develop leadership skills

among staff • Build brand on campus • Provide feedback on curricula

Our increased exploitation, coupled with the ocean’s declining health, has led to an increased scale and frequency of marine emergencies as well as fundamentally new marine hazards.

Canada is particularly vulnerable to the new emerging risk patterns with our vast coastline, our dispersed emergency response assets and our economic dependence on the oceans and coastal environment.

Established in 2012 as Network of Centres of Excellence, a federal government initiative

Headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia at Dalhousie University

28 research projects

52 researchers from 13 Canadian universities and 4 federal departments

MEOPAR will deliver knowledge, technology, and people to enable Canada’s communities and industry to enhance resilience and economic opportunity through an informed relationship with the changing marine environment.

We will inspire and enable Canadian leadership in marine environmental observation, prediction, and response

PREDICTION CORE

OBSERVATION CORE

TECHNIQUE | SHARED KNOWLEDGE | PEOPLE

RESEARCH PROGRAM: ORGANIZATION

Theme 1 Projects Hours - Seasons

Theme 2 Projects Seasons - Decades

New Projects via Open Calls

New PIs via Recruitment

Program

New Linkages via Partnership

Program

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

• NATURAL SCIENCES

• SOCIAL SCIENCES

• POLICY SCIENCES

• HEALTH RESEARCH

MULTIPURPOSE

• OBSERVATION

• PREDICTION

• RESPONSE

MULTISECTORAL

• PRIVATE SECTOR

• ACADEMIA

• GOVERNMENT

• NGOs

• COMMUNITIES

MEOPAR’S VISION: the three “M’s”

RECEPTORS

PRIVATE SECTOR

• INSURANCE INDUSTRY

• OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

• FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE

• TRANSPORTATION

GOVERNMENT

• ENVIRONMENT CANADA

• DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CANADA

• FISHERIES & OCEANS

• PROVINCIAL &

• MUNICIPAL

STAKEHOLDERS

• COASTAL COMMUNITIES

• NGOs

• FIRST NATIONS & INUIT

3 DISTINCT EXAMPLES

• OceanViewer • real-time ocean data and forecasts from a wide variety of sources,

including citizens • from waves, to bottom temperature, to surface chlorophyll, to

animal sightings…

• Automatic Identification System (exactEarth Ltd.) • Satellite monitoring of ships worldwide • Fishing safety, fisheries management, spills, noise, routing, MPA,

etc.

• CONCEPTS

• Canadian Operational Network of Coupled Environmental Prediction Systems

• Canadian-global atmosphere-ocean-ice assimilation and modelling system

www.meopar.ca 902-494-4384

Questions?

Ronald.Pelot@Dal.ca