Ontario Tech University
Latin: Universitas Ontario Instituto Technologiae | |
Motto | Cogitando et Agendo, Ducemus |
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Motto in English | "By thinking and doing we shall lead." [1] |
Type | Public |
Established | 2002 |
Endowment | C$13.1 million [2] |
Chancellor | Perrin Beatty |
President | Dr. Tim McTiernan |
Provost | Dr. Richard J. Marceau |
Academic staff | 868 [3] |
Administrative staff | 404 [3] |
Students | 9,203 [4] |
Undergraduates | 8,685 |
Postgraduates | 518 |
55 [5] | |
Location | , , 43°56′41.45″N 78°53′30.13″W / 43.9448472°N 78.8917028°W |
Campus | Urban/Suburban |
Colours | blue & lighter blue [6] |
Affiliations | AUCC, IAU, COU, CIS, OUA, Fields Institute, Ontario Network of Women in engineering, CBIE, CARL, |
Mascot | Hunter the Ridgeback |
Website | http://www.uoit.ca/ |
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) is a public research university located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The university shares its campus with Durham College. The university was founded in 2002 and accepted its first students in 2003, making it one of Canada's newest universities. The enabling legislation is the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Act, 2002.[7] All undergraduate programs require students to lease a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop PC from the university as a condition of enrollment, making it Ontario's only laptop-based university. Faculty members also encourage students to use their laptops to complete assignments, perform laboratory research and interact with faculty during lectures. UOIT offers a range of undergraduate programs, and graduate programs in Science, Engineering, Health and Information Technology. The UOIT campus is approximately 400 acres (160 ha) in the northern part of Oshawa.
History
UOIT was founded in 2002 by the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Act, 2002 passage by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario of Bill 109 on June 27, 2002. It is a public, career-focused university emphasizing science and technology, and a part of the Ontario government’s initiative to create more spaces in postsecondary institutions for the double cohort. UOIT's new slogan, "Challenge, Innovate, Connect" was unveiled in June 2006.
UOIT offered graduate and postgraduate programs and research opportunities[8] to the first 947 students in September 2003[9] and total enrolment was over 5,000 in the 2007–2008 school year, making it the fastest growing university in Ontario. The student population for 2009 was 6285 and 7018 in 2010; by 2012 there are 9203 students. .[10]
Construction on the university's first buildings began in 2002. The facilities currently include a library shared with Durham College, the Science Building, and the Business and IT Building as well as a state of the art virtual hospital for nursing students. The Ontario Power Generation Engineering Building opened in September 2006. The residences for UOIT are Simcoe Village and South Village. The Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE) is connected to the Ontario Power Generation Engineering Building (opened in 2011). ACE is a multi-level testing and research centre that will allow for full climatic, durability and lifecycle testing. It has a full range of testing facilities including a five story high climatic wind tunnel.
Plans have been announced for the Centre for Cybercrime Research which will be a separate, permanent location on campus and will be dedicated to leading-edge research and the training of graduate and undergraduate students in various aspects of cybercrime.[11] In addition, an expansion to the athletic facilities, funded largely by students, was completed in September 2007.[12][13]
The University has established a downtown campus. It purchased and renovated the Regent Theater to be used as a lecture theatre during the week and as a community stage on the weekends. The university also renovated the former Alger Press building which opened in January 2011. UOIT has also initiated plans to renovate Victoria St. (Between King St. and Bond St.) into a pedestrian, social and lounge area. Currently the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Faculty of Education are located downtown. The university just completed a comprehensive master plan for the downtown campus location entitled "Into the Future: A Framework & Action Plan for Growing UOIT & Downtown Oshawa. It will guide university growth over the next years and decades. The study anticipates the relocation of the Faculty of Business and Information Technology from the north campus location to the downtown campus location by 2015.
Programs
UOIT has seven faculties, each offering several programs.[14]
Faculty of Business and Information Technology | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities |
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Faculty of Education | Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science |
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Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Faculty of Health Sciences |
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Research
Faculty members are involved in research in a variety of areas. These include:
- Multimedia Based Digital Authentication Schemes
- Statistical and Array Processing
- Wireless Communications and Signal Processing
- Satellite Communications
- Pervasive Computing
- Sensor and Information Networks
- Computer Forensics and Network Security
- Web Modelling and Optimization
- Computer Networking
- Networked and Distributed Control Systems
- Haptics and Virtual Reality (Laboratory for Advanced User Interfaces and Virtual Reality)
- Medical and Mobile Robotics
- Automatic/Intelligent Sensing and Control
- Power Engineering
- Vehicle dynamics
- Fuel cells and hydrogen
- Automotive aerodynamics[15]
- Noise, vibrations and harshness
- Automotive materials and manufacturing[15]
- Chassis design
- Automotive software and system modeling[15]
- Alternative fuels
- Hybrid vehicles
- Automotive systems[15]
- Dynamics, vibration and noise
- Engineering design
- Energy, thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics
- Manufacturing and materials
- Mechanics of solids and structures
- Robotics, automation and controls
- Semiconductor physics and nanotechnology
- Solar cells
- Information Visualization[16]
- Human-Computer Interaction[16][17]
- Game Science[17]
Student Life
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology is home to a number of fraternities and sororities, both local and international. There is no "Greek row" on campus, nor are the fraternities and sororities formally acknowledged by the university. However, the Greek Council, of which nearly all fraternities and sororities are members of, is recognized as a club by the Student Association. It's purpose is to educate students on Greek life at UOIT and Durham College. The university has a fast growing Greek community, considering that it was founded only nine years ago. There are currently two fraternities and two sororities on campus. Of the approximately 8000 undergraduate students, about 170 are currently involved in a Greek organization. The Greek system at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology has a system of self-government. While there is an executive council, most of the day-to-day operations of the Greek community are governed by the organizations themselves, with a representative from each organization residing on the Greek Council. Many of the fraternity and sorority houses on campus are located within walking distance of the school. Many of the Greek organizations often contribute hundreds of volunteer hours and donate thousands of dollars to local charities, causes and clubs. These organizations are listed below, along with the year they were founded.
Greek Life
Fraternity:
- Tau Kappa Epsilon (2004)
- Zeta Psi (2005)
- Phi Kappa Pi (2006)*Inactive
Tau Kappa Epsilon was the first fraternity chartered at UOIT and is the only fraternity to recruit both from UOIT and Durham College. With 292 Chapters and over 270,000 members worldwide, they are the largest college fraternity in the world. Their six main values are brotherhood, scholarship, leadership, service, teamwork and character.
Sorority:
- Alpha Sigma Chi (2008)
- Alpha Gamma Delta (2009)
Alpha Gamma Delta is UOIT's only international sorority with over 160,000 sisters worldwide. Their values include sisterhood, academic excellence, personal development, leadership and philanthropy. They were the champions of Greek Week 2012.
In addition to fraternities and sororities UOIT also has a number of societies and clubs.[18]
Student Societies
- UOIT Engineering Students' Society (ENGSOC)
- UOIT ASME Chapter (American Association of Mechanical Engineers)
- UOIT ASME Facebook Page
- UOIT IEEE Chapter (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
- UOIT UCSC Computer Science Club and Association
- UOIT Health Science Council (HSC)
- UOIT Social Science and Humanities Student Society (SSHSS)
- UOIT Business and Information Technology Society (BITSOC)
- UOIT Science Council (SC)
- UOIT Concurrent Education Student Association (CESA)
- UOIT Graduate Studies Council (GSC)
Campus Facilities
- Campus Library 2004
- Business and Information Technology 2005
- Gordon Wiley Building
- Science Building 2004
- Simcoe Building
- Ontario Power Generation Engineering building 2006
- University Pavilion (UP Building)
- Campus Tennis Centre 2003
- Campus Ice Centre 2005
- Campus Athletic Centre
- Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre 2007
- Polonsky Commons
- General Motors Automotive Centre of Excellence (2011)
- Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre (2011)
Board Members
- Lyn McLeod 2002-2008
- Perrin Beatty 2008–present
Presidents/Vice-Chancellor
- Dr Gary Polonsky 2002-2006
- Dr Ronald Bordessa 2006–2011
- Dr Tim McTiernan 2011–Present
See also
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks
- UOIT Engineering Students' Society
- List of Ontario Universities
- Ontario Student Assistance Program
- Higher education in Ontario
- Canadian Interuniversity Sport
- Canadian government scientific research organizations
- Canadian university scientific research organizations
- Canadian industrial research and development organizations
References
- ^ "UReg11_Sep10-03.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-09-13.
- ^ "UOIT recognizes donor generosity with interactive digital display". University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ a b "UOIT Fast Facts" (PDF). University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ "UOIT enrolment increases tenfold in 10 years". University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ "Common University Data Ontario". University of Ontario Institute of Technology - Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ Logo colours | Logo
- ^ University of Ontario Institute of Technology Act, 2002
- ^ Pound, Richard W. (2005). 'Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates'. Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
- ^ "History". About UOIT. University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ Durham's university achieves new enrolment figures
- ^ UOIT unveils plans for Centre for Cybercrime Research
- ^ Campus Athletic Centre expansion well underway
- ^ UOIT celebrates grand opening of Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre expansion | 2007
- ^ Connect@UOIT - UOIT - List by faculty
- ^ a b c d UOIT Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Automotive, Manufacturing & Mechanical
- ^ a b Chris Collins HCI and Visualization Research.
- ^ a b UOIT HCI and Game Science Group
- ^ http://www.your-sa.ca/20102011-clubs-list/
External links
- UOIT Engineering Students' Society
- UOIT's American Society of Mechanical Engineers Chapter
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology Act, 2002
- Clubs @ UOIT
- Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada profile
- UOIT's EcoCAR Engineering Competition Team Website
- UOIT's Formula SAE Team Website
- Durham Strategic Energy Alliance (DSEA)
- UOIT's Athletic Website