Written by Jennifer Gawor
Members of the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) School of Aerospace Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Sciences came out to show their support as a DAIR academic institution member for our FedDev Ontario funding announcement event on August 23.
This exciting event included a VIP tour with the Honourable Helena Jaczek, Minister of FedDev Ontario, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Member of Parliament for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas and Minister responsible for Canada Lands Company, and Ya’ara Saks, Member of Parliament for York Centre. The tour included the Bombardier Centre for Aerospace and Aviation facilities and also featured a special walk-through of the TMU Aerospace Engineering Centre where graduate students Soham Trivedi, and Xianzhi (Mike) Zhong showcased TMU’s ongoing R&D projects and collaborations with industry partners.
We’d like to thank the following attendees for participating in this milestone for DAIR:
- Dr. Hekmat Alighanbari – Professor, Chair (Aerospace Engineering), Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Sciences
- Dr. Stephen Waldman – Professor, Associate Dean (Research and External Partnerships), Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Sciences
- Dr. Paul Walsh – Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science and Director of the TMU Aerospace Engineering Centre
- Dr. Krishna Kumar – Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering
- Dr. Goetz Bramesfeld – Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
- Jerry Karpynczyk – Technical Officer, School of Aerospace Engineering
- John Karpynczyk – Research and Development Technologies, School of Aerospace Engineering
- Xianzhi (Mike) Zhong – Graduate Student, Aerospace Engineering
- Soham Trivedi – Graduate Student, Aerospace Engineering
We are thrilled to have TMU as a DAIR member and look forward to celebrating future achievements in advancing the aerospace industry.