AMIGAS

The Association of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Graduate Students—AMIGAS for short—represents the graduate students in the MIE department of the University of Toronto. We are responsible for organizing social and professional development events, orienting new students to the department, and representing MIE graduate students at the GSU (Graduate Students Union).

We have a Facebook group that you should join! If you would like to reach us, feel free to send us an e-mail.

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Hi MIE!

Make sure you save the date for the 2012 MIE Research Symposium!  It is June 4th, 2012, and it is a great opportunity to learn about the current research projects in MIE, to interact with the faculty and, most importantly, to witness true innovation.

The keynote speaker will be Prof. Gang Chen, Professor of Power Engineering at MIT. All MIE graduate students can submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations. Prizes will be awarded for the top oral and poster presentations. The deadline for abstract submission is May 1, 2012. You can submit your abstract on the website:
http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/research/symposium.

 
Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and the symposium will close with a wine & cheese social and awards ceremony. The event is free, but you must register to attend. We at AMIGAS look forward to seeing you there!!

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AMIGAS will be holding this year’s Persian New Year celebration on Friday, March 16th in MC330/331. The event will start at 12:30 pm. All MIE faculty, staff, graduate students,   Post docs, and researchers are cordially invited to this celebration. Come join us and enjoy some Persian food, cookies, and music.

Short history on Norooz: Haft-Sin (Persian: هفت‌ سین‎) or the seven ‘S’s is atraditional table setting of Norroz (or Nowruz), the traditionalIranian spring celebration. Today the haft seen table includes seven specific items, all starting with the letter sin (س) in the Persian alphabet.

The “Haft Sin” items are:

1. Sabzeh – wheat, barley, mung bean or lentil sprouts growing in a dish – symbolising rebirth
2. Samanu – sweet pudding made from wheat germ – symbolising affluence
3. Senjed – dried oleaster fruit – symbolising love
4. Sir – (Persian: سیر‎)- garlic – symbolising medicine
5. Sib – (Persian: سیب‎)- apples – symbolising beauty and health
6. Somāq – sumac fruit – symbolising (the color of) sunrise
7. Serkeh – (Persian: سرکه‎) – vinegar – symbolising old-age and patience

Credit: Wikipedia

This year, the exact time of Norooz will be 01:11:00 AM of March 20th. Happy Norooz, Noroozetan Pirooz!

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Dear MIE grads, Post Doctoral Fellows, Faculty, and Staff,

AMIGAS is holding a square dancing* event on February 22nd. Come join us,
and enjoy an hour of clapping and dancing in circles with happy old time
songs. AMIGAS invited award winning dance caller, Mr. Bill Hands, to cue us
through the sequence of steps of square dancing. You are more than welcome to bring your friends or dance partners.

Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm (The dance starts at 6pm sharp)
Date: Feb. 22, 2012
Location: Music room, Hart house

Note: Since Hart house has a strict no bottled water sustainable mandate,
AMIGAS is not allowed to serve water. So, please bring your own water
bottles.

More about square dance:

Old time square dance is a traditional folk group dance with eight dancers
arranged in a square. The dance was first described in 17th century England
but was also quite common in France and throughout Europe, and bears a
marked similarity to Scottish Country Dancing. During the dance, square
dancers are prompted or cued through a sequence of steps (square dance
choreography) by a square dance caller to the beat of music—almost a “Simon
Says” in dance form.

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Here are the pictures taken by Nina from the event.

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