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  • Introduction to Robotics Class 3: Introduction to Encoders and Feedback

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on: 1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino 2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. Date & Time: Monday June 11th, 2018 3:30 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Introduction to Microcontrollers

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    The workshop is to introduce students to Ardunio microcontroller programming, a way to get the knowledge about microcontrollers. This involves hardware component and software components. Date & Time: Wednesday June 13th, 2018 2:30 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Introduction to Robotics Class 4

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on: 1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino 2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. Date & Time: Monday June 18th, 2018 3:30 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Introduction to Robotics Class 5

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on: 1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino 2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Date & Time: Monday June 25th, 2018 3:30 p.m. Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Motor Control with Arduino

    Prototype Lab (J232 Humber College North Campus)

    -Introduction -Basic information about DC motor, stepper motor and servo motor -How to make them run (ON/OFF) -How to control speed * Basic information about PID control (I will not make the whole calculation but still I want to mention about the idea to show where it comes from) -How to control direction – How and where can we use them Speaker: Seda Erturk Date & Time: Tuesday July 10th, 2018 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Prototype Lab (J232 Humber College North Campus) For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Arduino Microcontroller Programming

    Humber College North Campus, J Building

    The workshop is to continue learning Ardunio microcontroller programming, a way to get the knowledge about microcontrollers. This involves learning hardware component and software component. In this workshop, we are going to introduce Pulse with Modulation concept and program Arduino to see it. Introducing 7 segment LED ( common cathode and anode) and going through wiring and programming. Date & Time: Monday July 16th, 2018 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation Measurement - Robotics Automation Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Zahraa Khalil

  • Arduino Microcontroller Programming

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    The workshop is to continue learning Ardunio microcontroller programming. In this workshop, continue the discussion about 7 segment LED , learning about Shift register and the application with Arduino board and keypad integration. The workshop involves hardware and software. Date & Time: Monday July 23rd, 2018 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation Measurement – Robotics Automation Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Zahraa Khalil

  • Engineering Gateways: Communicating for Success as Women in Engineering

    Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street, Toronto

    Tuesday, July 24th at 1:00 p.m., come join IEEE Canada Women in Engineering (WIE) and IEEE Toronto WIE Group for “Engineering Gateways: Communicating for Success as Women in Engineering” Panel at the IEEE Professional Communication 2018 (ProComm’18). Diverse perspectives will be brought to this panel on topics such as communications, self-promotion, professional branding, and strategies for intervention. Day & Time: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 1:00 p.m. ‐ 2:15 p.m. Speakers: Namir Anani President and CEO of Information and Communications Technology Council Christine Laperriere Lead Coach and Executive Director of the Women of Influence Advancement Centre Teresa Sing VP Business Development, Refine Recruitment Jennifer van Amerom Founder and CEO, Refine Recruitment Deborah-Tihanyi Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Director, and Communication Coordinator University of Toronto Location: Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto 40 St. George Street, Toronto Canada M5S 2E4 Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/173431 Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour Organizer: IEEE Canada Women in Engineering (WIE) and IEEE Toronto WIE Group

  • IEEE WIE ILS 2018 Toronto

    IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit (WIE ILS) is here for the first time in Toronto, Canada! IEEE Canada WIE is delighted to invite you to meet us on September 15th and 16th, 2018 at the Hilton Mississauga Meadowvale and participate in our 2-day summit. With “STEMpowered Leadership” as the theme, the summit aims at inspiring, engaging, and empowering women in STEM. IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit is launched as a part of IEEE WIE’s portfolio of global initiatives that provide opportunities for networking, mentorship, and collaboration. Past IEEE WIE Summits have been extremely successful and have made an outstanding impact on communities around the globe! Learn more and register at http://site.ieee.org/wieils-toronto-2018/.

  • IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Panel: “Creating a Diverse Smart Grid Sector: Challenges and Opportunities”

    350 Victoria St Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3

    Thursday, October 11th 2018, Jessie Ma, Neetika Sathe, Shadi Chuangpishit, and Sheldon Williamson will be participating on the IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Panel – “Creating a Diverse Smart Grid Sector: Challenges and Opportunities”. Day & Time: Thursday October 11th, 2018 5:00 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m. Speakers: Jessie Ma Senior Research Fellow, Ryerson Centre for Urban Energy Neetika Sathe Vice President, Advanced Planning at Alectra Shadi Chuangpishit Senior Consultant at Quanta Technology Sheldon Williamson Professor and NSERC Canada Research Chair in Electrical Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Organizers: IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering Location: Library Building, Library Lecture Hall – LIB72, Ryerson University 350 Victoria St Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3 Contact: Manar Jammal Register for Free: https://goo.gl/7cwkqv

  • Iguana Interface Engine, A day in the life of an integration engineer

    Centennial College, Progress Campus, Room A3-15

    Iguana interface engine allows integration with EHRs and other healthcare applications. Several EHRs systems can be connected via Iguana: Epic, Allscrips, Meditech, athenahealth, Cerner, etc. Iguana can process any data format and supports all protocols. Date & Time: Friday, October 12, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Speakers: Amandeep Aujla, Integration Engineer at iNTERFACEWARE Location: Centennial College, Progress Campus, Room A3-15 Organizer: Education Committee, IEEE Toronto Section Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Surgical Robots: Innovation, Opportunities, Challenges

    Autodesk Toronto, 661 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5G 1M1

    Wednesday, October 17th 2018, the GYBO Robotics Network will be hosting a symposium “Surgical Robots: Innovation, Opportunities, Challenges”. Day & Time: Wednesday October 17th, 2018 2:00 p.m. ‐ 5:00 p.m. Organizers: GYBO Robotics Network, IEEE Toronto Women in Engineering, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation & Measurement – Robotics & Automation Chapter, Autodesk, Synaptive Location: Autodesk Toronto 661 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5G 1M1 RVSP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/surgical-robots-innovation-opportunities-challenges-registration-50073521250?discount=IEEEWIE Description: Canada is home to numerous initiatives in surgical robotics technologies including the commercialized work of Synaptive Medical, the research on KidsArm at Sick Kids and investment in innovation centres such as the CSTAR research group. With its world-leading hubs in health research and innovation, Canada has a unique opportunity to combine key assets for innovation leadership; a highly concentrated health innovation cluster, engineering and technical talent to create the solutions of the future, and a single-payer system to support their larger scale adoption. The symposium will explore home-grown Canadian innovations, invite technology users and adopters to highlight what opportunities exist for these technologies, and host a discussion on the challenges in bringing these technologies to market, including their validation, adoption, policy innovation and how they will transform the healthcare system and practice. Agenda: 2:00 pm Networking 2:15 pm Surgical Robotic Technology Innovation in Canada – Technical Talks – Leila Kheradpir​, M.Sc., P.Eng, Director, Hardware Engineering, Synaptive Medical – Tim Fielding, Medical Product Development Manager, MDA – Thomas Looi, Program Director, Centre for Image Guided Innovation and Therapeutic Intervention, Hospital for Sick Children – Rajni Patel, Director of Engineering, Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics and Canada Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Control, Western University 3:20 pm Surgical Robots: Needs, Opportunities and Gaps – User Talks – Dr. Taymaa May, Gynaecologist, Oncologist, and Surgical Scientist, UHN Princess Margaret Hospital, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto 3:50 pm Networking 4:10 pm Panel Discussion – Cameron Piron, CoFounder and Member of the Board, Synaptive Medical – Tim Reedman, Director, Commercial Systems, MDA Robotics – Rajni Patel, Director of Engineering, Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics and Canada Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Control, Western University – Leila Kheradpir​, M.Sc., P.Eng, Director, Hardware Engineering, Synaptive Medical 4:50 pm Closing Remarks 5:00 pm Networking