UOIT to officially open Ontario Power Generation Engineering building

Tours and demonstrations planned to mark opening of state-of-the-art facility at Oshawa campus

OSHAWA, Ont. - Demonstrations of robot pick and placement movements and an incredible 3-D scanning process used in reverse engineering applications, are among the high-tech features that will be on display at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) on Friday, March 30, when Tom Mitchell, chief nuclear officer at Ontario Power Generation (OPG), and Dr. Ronald Bordessa, president of UOIT, join students, faculty and staff; OPG partners; municipal government officials; local dignitaries; and members of the business and academic community to celebrate the official opening of the OPG Engineering building.

The opening of the 40,000-square-foot, three-storey building will include a tour of its 17 state-of-the-art labs and demonstrations of the type of innovative and industry-specific technology that provides UOIT students with the hands-on experience that will make them in-demand, next-generation engineers upon graduation.

Thanks in large part to a $10-million, multi-year partnership with OPG, UOIT has been able to outfit the OPG Engineering building with equipment carefully selected to educate students about technologies of the future. The building has become a showcase for the delivery of engineering education and one of the key reasons why UOIT has quickly become home to one of the foremost Engineering and Applied Science faculties in Canada.

Who:
Tom Mitchell, chief nuclear officer, OPG;
Dr. Ronald Bordessa, president, UOIT; and
Patrick McNeil, chair, UOIT Board of Governors.

When:
Friday, March 30, 2007
11 a.m. to noon

Where:
UOIT
OPG Engineering building, Rooms 2045 and 2050
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario

Parking:
Enter off of Conlin Road and proceed to the Founders 3 parking lot.

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