WindENG 2009 News
Getting Winded-
In this high school competition this is exactly what you
should be doing - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - Daily Planet, Discovery Channel
U of G Hosts High School Wind Energy Competition - April 21, 2009 - Campus Bulletin
Engineering career promoted to John McGregor students - April 13, 2009 - Chatham-Kent Daily Post
KidWind Challenge Readies Next Generation for a Future Powered by Renewable Energy - Feb 2, 2009 - KidWind Press Release
Congratulations to the Winners of WIndENG2009
1st Place - Dutch Windmill Men, Orangeville DSS, Orangeville
2nd Place - Icarus Engineering, Father Michael McGivney, Markham
3rd Place - Random Engineering, St.Benedict CSS, Sudbury
School of Engineering Best Spirt Award
The Austromancers, Richmond Green SS, Richmond Hill
Wind In Function, Vincent Massey SS, Windsor
Golder Associates Workmanship Award
TERKK, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic HS, Guelph
Trillium Power Creativity Award
Zephyr, George Harvey CI, T.O
Random Engineering, St.Benedict CSS, Sudbury
Henry's Best Video Award
Just in the Wind, Don Mills Collegiate Institute, T.O
SIDE FX, St.Francis Xavier SS, Mississauga
Toyota Challenge
Mississauga SS, Mississauga
Sir Oliver Mowat CI, Scarborough
Clarke Road SS, London
Msgr. Doyle Catholic SS, Cambridge
St. Benedict C.S.S., Sudbury
Microsoft Draw
WindENG2009 will be held on Wednesday April 22, 2009 (Earth Day).
If you or your company are interested in supporting WindENG please contact us.
Judging Panel for WindENG2009
Warren Stiver
Current Position: Professor and NSERC Chair in Environmental Design Engineering
Research Interests: view link
Darren Woon-Fat
Returning for his 3rd year...
Education: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo
Current Position: Engineering Technologist - Mechanical, Maintenance Engineering,
Rail Cars & Shops Department, Toronto Transit Commission
Job Role: To conduct technical investigations and diagnostics of equipment problems, equipment testing, quality assurance activities, procedural development, and specification development for components and sub-systems on Subway and SRT fleets.
Neal Cumming
Education: Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering,
University of Windsor
Current Position: Mechanical Engineer, Trillium Power Wind Corporation
Job Role:
Assist with varying technical aspects of developing a 710 MW offshore
wind farm in Eastern Lake Ontario in a start up Wind Power company.
Caitie Rosen
Returning for her second year...
Education: Environmental Engineering, University of Guelph
Current Position: Air Quality Specialist, Golder Associates Ltd.
Job Role: Assist with assessments of various existing and proposed facilities that wish to emit contaminants into the air, for the purposes of obtaining Certificates of Approval and permission to build, respectively.
William David Lubitz
Current Position: Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Guelph
Research Interests: view link
Brad Dixon
Education: B.Sc.(Eng) - Environmental Engineering - University of Guelph
Current Position: M.A.Sc. Candidate - Environmental Engineering - University
of Guelph
Project/Job Role - Measurement of aerial pollutants from agricultural
livestock housing.
Richard Lay
Education: Yale University - Biology, U of G - Biological Engineering (B.Sc.), U of Waterloo - Fluid Mechanics (M.A.Sc.)
Current Position: Senior Engineer - Building Design at Enermodal Engineering in Kitchener, one of Canada’s leading engineering consultants in energy and resource efficiency. Also Head Coach of the Gryphons Nordic Ski Team.
David Cooke
Current Position: President and CTO TRUE-NORTH Power Systems
Job Role: To read more about David click here
Kim Thompson
Education: University of Guelph (B.Sc. Engineering), University College of Cape Breton (Environmental Engineering Technology)
Current Position: Program Counsellor, School of Engineering, University of Guelph
Job Role: Primarily assist undergraduate students with understanding and
managing their academic requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering
Program. Other duties include course scheduling, enrollment management,
orientation planning, participation on various academic committees,
graduation checks and general record keeping. Previous work includes
over 10 years of air quality consulting.
Ted Jacobs
Current Position: Hematite Manufacturing
Erik Coverdale
Education: Electrical Engineering, Saginaw Valley State University
Current Position: Engineering and Technical sales, Green and Clean Energy Company
Job Role: Obtaining product certifications, Research and development for new
products, customer support (technical), product evaluations, renewable
energy systems design
Al Paulissen
Current Position: President of Wenvor Technologies Inc.