Science dean named to Sci-Tech Ontario board
January 31, 2007
Dr. William Smith, dean of UOIT's Faculty of Science, has been named to Sci-Tech Ontario's board of directors.
Sci-Tech Ontario is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization with a mandate to promote and celebrate participation, excellence and innovation in science and technology by Ontario youth. Its main role is to act as a resource group in support of regional science and technology fair organizations in Ontario, provide information, assist with fundraising and help with the co-ordination of events and programs. Dr. Smith has also been named a member of the selection committee for Team Canada, the student science fair group that attends the Intel International Science Fair each year.
Dr. Smith is UOIT's founding dean of Science, arriving here with an extensive academic background. His research work has included a number of mathematical areas of biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics in the past, and his current research centres on computational science, involving molecular-level modelling and computer simulation of fluids and their mixtures using high-performance computing tools.
Sci-Tech Ontario is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization with a mandate to promote and celebrate participation, excellence and innovation in science and technology by Ontario youth. Its main role is to act as a resource group in support of regional science and technology fair organizations in Ontario, provide information, assist with fundraising and help with the co-ordination of events and programs. Dr. Smith has also been named a member of the selection committee for Team Canada, the student science fair group that attends the Intel International Science Fair each year.
Dr. Smith is UOIT's founding dean of Science, arriving here with an extensive academic background. His research work has included a number of mathematical areas of biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics in the past, and his current research centres on computational science, involving molecular-level modelling and computer simulation of fluids and their mixtures using high-performance computing tools.
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