Lassonde School of Engineering

Lassonde School of Engineering
Former names School of Engineering
Established 2011 (2011)
Type Professional Faculty
Academic affiliation York University
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dean Janusz A. Kozinski
Students 2,000[1]
Website lassonde.yorku.ca
Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence building on Keele Campus
Facade installation
Preparation of finishes
Completed facade, interior view

The Lassonde School of Engineering is a professional engineering school of York University located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] The school's stated goal is to create so-called "renaissance engineers," entrepreneurial engineers with a social conscience and a sense of global citizenship. Lassonde also incorporates crossover programming with York University’s Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School to study law, business and entrepreneurship alongside the engineering program.[3]

The Lassonde School of Engineering was established in November 2011 with funding from founding donor Pierre Lassonde, the Government of Ontario and York University.[4] Former students in Engineering, Computer Science and Earth & Atmospheric Science programs from the Faculty of Science and Engineering formally joined the Lassonde School of Engineering on May 1, 2013.[5]

The Founding Dean of the Lassonde School of Engineering is Janusz A. Kozinski.[6]

On April 8, 2016 Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence opened as the home of the Renaissance Engineer. The building, designed by Greg Woods for ZAS Architects has no lecture halls and is modelled after the flipped classroom concept. The façade was designed by Dieter Janssen in collaboration with Mesh Consultants and Blackwell Engineering.

History

The Lassonde School of Engineering was created in November 2011. In May 2013 students and faculty members in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering (both previously part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at York University) joined the Lassonde School of Engineering.

In September 2013 the first group of new first-year Lassondians, 397 students, joined the Lassonde School, including the first students in the new Electrical Engineering program.

In September 2014 the first students in Lassonde's new mechanical engineering and civil engineering programs begin their studies at Lassonde.

The Lassonde School of Engineering challenged itself with a 50-50 initiative to have a student body that is 50% female and 50% male. [7] In April 2016 the Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence was officially opened, becoming the newest engineering building on the York-Keele campus.

The Lassonde School of Engineering is known for their "Renaissance Engineering" philosophy, which focuses on creating more "well-rounded" engineers by creating a unique curriculum to inspire creative, ingenious thinking.

Undergraduate Programs

Engineering

Computing

Earth & Space Science

Graduate Programs

References

  1. ↑ http://lassonde.yorku.ca/lassonde-numbers
  2. ↑ Alvi, Zalina (September–October 2012). "Ontario Schools prepare for tomorrow's engineer". Engineering Dimensions.
  3. ↑ http://lassonde.yorku.ca/articles/lassonde-courses-law-business-entrepreneurship
  4. ↑ Bradshaw, James (1 November 2011). "Mining entrepreneur's university donation digging for 'renaissance engineers'". Globe & Mail.
  5. ↑ "http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/04/30/a-new-dawn-for-york-university-as-lassonde-launches-in-style/". YFile. 1 May 2013. External link in |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "York University appoints Dean to the new Lassonde School of Engineering". York University.
  7. ↑ http://lassonde.yorku.ca/5050
  8. ↑ http://www.engineerscanada.ca/sites/default/files/accredited_programs_list_2014.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.cips.ca/accredited


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