A new era in engineering education began on June 22, 2005 at the University of Calgary. The Schulich School of Engineering was founded through a $25-million donation philanthropist Seymour Schulich and a matching contribution of $25 million from the Government of Alberta, forever changing the future of engineering in Canada.

1. A
decade
of
accomplishments
in
engineering
educa4on,
research
and
diversity

2. A
new
era
in
engineering
educa-on
began
on
June
22,
2005
at
the
University
of
Calgary.
The
Schulich
School
of
Engineering
was
founded
through
a
$25-­‐million
dona-on
philanthropist
Seymour
Schulich
and
a
matching
contribu-on
of
$25
million
from
the
Government
of
Alberta,
forever
changing
the
future
of
engineering
in
Canada.

3. “In
2005,
we
became
the
first
named
engineering
school
in
Canada
due
to
our
focus
on
engineering
educa-on,
research
innova-on
and
ambi-on,”
says
Chan
Wirasinghe,
founding
dean
of
the
Schulich
School
of
Engineering
and
professor
in
the
civil
engineering
department.
“It
was
an
opportunity
to
stand
up
and
raise
our
flag
as
one
of
the
top
engineering
schools
in
the
country."

4. Over
the
past
10
years
as
the
Schulich
School,
we
have
successfully
aPracted
the
brightest
students
in
Canada,
groundbreaking
researchers
and
supported
a
diverse
engineering
community.

5. The
Schulich
School’s
present
dean
Bill
Rosehart
envisions
an
even
brighter
future
built
on
our
founda-on
of
success.
“With
a
renewed
focus
on
our
suppor-ng
our
students,
on
fostering
diversity
and
on
research
that
makes
a
difference
we
look
forward
to
star-ng
our
next
decade
as
the
excep-onal
Schulich
School
of
Engineering.”

6. Please
view
the
following
collec-on
of
photos
as
we
share
some
of
our
highlights
of
our
first
10
as
the
Schulich
School
of
Engineering.

7. 2005
-­‐
On
June
22,
the
University
of
Calgary’s
Faculty
of
Engineering
becomes
the
Schulich
School
of
Engineering
in
honour
of
philanthropist
Seymour
Schulich’s
giY
of
$25
million.

8. 2006
-­‐
AYer
12
and
half
years
as
Dean
(1994-­‐2006)
and
a
visionary
leader,
Chan
Wirasinghe
steps
down
from
the
helm
of
the
Schulich
School
of
Engineering.

9. 2006
-­‐
Elizabeth
Cannon
takes
over
as
Dean
of
the
Schulich
School
of
Engineering
on
July
1.
Four
years
later,
Elizabeth
Cannon
becomes
the
eighth
president
and
vice-­‐chancellor
of
the
University
of
Calgary.

10. 2007
-­‐
The
University
of
Calgary
Solar
Car
Team
was
the
top
Canadian
team
in
the
Panasonic
World
Solar
Challenge,
October
21-­‐28.
The
“Schulich
I”
finished
the
3,000-­‐kilometre
race
across
the
Australian
Outback
in
12th
place.

11. 2008
–
The
Schulich
student
team
from
the
iRadio
Lab,
lead
by
professor
Fadhel
Ghannouchi
(pictured
on
leY),
was
awarded
first
prize
at
the
second
annual
Smart
Radio
Challenge
in
Washington,
D.C.

12. 2009
-­‐
The
Schulich
School
of
Engineering
expands
Cybermentor
by
launching
a
web-­‐based
mentoring
program
that
matches
girls
11
to
18
years
of
age
with
female
scien-sts
and
engineers.

13. 2009
-­‐
Message
to
space.
On
September
23,
400
University
of
Calgary
students
holding
LED
lights
sent
this
communiqué
to
University
of
Calgary
alumnus
Dr.
Robert
Thirsk
on
the
Interna-onal
Space
Sta-on.

14. 2010
-­‐
The
In
Situ
Energy
Centre
opens
new
facility
that
enables
researchers
to
test
projects
aimed
at
more
cleanly
and
cost-­‐
effec-vely
unlocking
energy
from
Alberta’s
vast
oilsands
resources.
Pedro
Pereira
Almao
explains
one
of
the
pieces
of
equipment
in
the
new
In
Situ
Energy
Centre
to
graduate
student
Vanessa
Rendon.

15. 2011
-­‐
Biomedical
engineering
researcher
Kris-na
Rinker
and
research
associate
Bob
Shepherd
with
a
flow
chamber
device
that
they
developed.
It
simulates
blood
flow
in
the
body
and
was
used
in
research
to
determine
the
role
of
protein
Smad2
in
heart
health.

16. 2012
-­‐
Alex
Ramirez-­‐Serrano
with
the
Evader,
which
was
featured
in
an
exhibit
of
unmanned
aerial
vehicles
at
the
Canada
Avia-on
and
Space
Museum
in
OPawa.
The
Evader
was
designed
to
have
the
ability
to
fly
into
complex
confined
areas
such
as
caves
and
collapsed
buildings.

17. 2013
-­‐
On
October
9,
the
province
announced
$142.5
million
in
funding
for
the
Schulich
Expansion
and
Renova-on
Project.
Scheduled
to
open
in
2016,
the
new
building
and
renova-on
will
create
more
space
for
teaching,
learning
and
research.

18. 2013
-­‐
On
October
21,
the
University
of
Calgary
announced
the
single
largest
corporate
dona-on
in
the
ins-tu-on’s
history.
Canadian
Natural
Resources
Limited
contributed
$7
million
to
the
Schulich
School
of
Engineering.

19. 2014
-­‐
Bill
Rosehart
appointed
dean
of
the
Schulich
School
of
Engineering,
effec-ve
April
1.

20. 2014
-­‐
Renowned
nanotechnology
researcher
Steven
Bryant
joins
the
Schulich
School
of
Engineering
as
the
new
Canada
Excellence
Research
Chair
(CERC)
for
Materials
Engineering
for
Unconven-onal
Oil
Reservoirs.

21. 2015
-­‐
University
of
Calgary
student
team
is
crowned
King
of
the
Hill
and
wins
first
place
overall
at
the
Great
Northern
Concrete
Toboggan
Race,
January
21-­‐25.

22. 2015
-­‐
Schulich
School
of
Engineering
students
built
homes
in
Tijuana,
Mexico
over
reading
break
in
February
with
the
interna-onal
Homes
for
Hope
program.
The
school
par-cipates
twice
a
year
with
30-­‐40
undergraduate
students
volunteering
their
-me.

23. 2015
-­‐
David
Wood
receives
APEGA
Summit
Environment
and
Sustainability
Award
for
his
advances
in
wind
turbine
design,
and
wind
and
solar
energy
research.

24. 2015
-­‐
The
Schulich
School
of
Engineering
welcomes
the
first
class
of
50
Energy
Engineering
students
on
May
13.