Movers & Shakers
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part-time instructor. In 1998 he became a senior instructor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and was appointed Program Director in 2010. With more than 15 years of full-time teaching under his belt, Mr. Bartley has honed his ability to connect with students through his great sense of humour, engaging lab assignments, and infamous colour-coded notes. He teaches classes of up to 200 students, helping them understand how to build an electrical circuit, or figure out how a computer processes information. Mr. Bartley’s award nomination was supported by Dean Bill Rosehart, P.Eng. , as well as Ron Hugo, P.Eng. , Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning. Along with his instructor responsibilities, Mr. Bartley is an examiner and member of supervision committees for thesis and candidacy examinations. He supervises over 25 undergraduate project teams and is a mentor for over 100 undergraduate students participating in the Engineering Internship Program.
E.I.T. GOES OUT ON A LIMB
Katherine Evans, E.I.T. , is a master’s student in mechanical engineering and volunteers as a mentor with groups such as DiscoverE, Let’s Talk Science, and Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science & Technology (WISEST). And in her spare time, she works to improve bionic limbs. In March she received the Graduate Student Service Award from the Graduate Students’ Association, as well as the Leonard E. Gads Teaching Assistant Award. Ms. Evans is part of the Bionic Limbs for Improved Natural Control (BLINC) lab at the University of Alberta. The lab consists of an interdisciplinary team working to improve the control and performance of robotic prostheses. Ms. Evans is studying a novel method to provide the sensation of touch to people with amputations, by way of a small, inexpensive, non-invasive device. The service award recognized her volunteer contributions both on and off campus. A longtime mentor with groups promoting science and engineering to children, she’s also the youngest member of the Women in APEGA group, which focuses on improving the retention of women in engineering
NORM BARTLEY, P.ENG. . . . . . the right way to teach
2014 he won the Northwest Chapter Trenchless Project of the Year Award from the North American Society for Trenchless Technology.
CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH CONCEPTS
“Teaching keeps me young,” says Norm Bartley, P.Eng. , in a University of Calgary news story. It may be his youthful attitude that allows him to connect so well with his students, going the extra mile to present complex concepts in a simple way. A senior instructor at the Schulich School of Engineering, he was honoured with a 2015 University of Calgary Teaching Award. After completing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the U of C, Mr. Bartley stayed on as a research engineer and
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