TEAM Advisors from
industry provide a great resource for the
students! Have a look at some of the incredible
people we have that help with the projects.
In addition to these industry people, we
have a variety of professors who provide
invaluable help to the projects (Queen's
Chemical Engineering faculty).
Industry
Advisor
Description
Peter Barbour
Peter
graduated from McGill University in
1965 with a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering.
He has worked in various capacities
with DuPont for nearly forty years serving
in their Montreal, Maitland, Toronto,
Sarnia and Kingston facilities. His
experience includes development and
process optimization of an acrylic fiber
manufacturing unit, as well as, design
work on a number of initiatives involving
nylon compounding operations, nylon
manufacturing, utilities, energy savings
optimization and various environmental
projects.
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Annette Bergeron
Annette
Bergeron is a registered professional
engineer who holds a B. Sc. in Metallurgical
Engineering from Queens University.
She completed further graduate work
at Schulich School of Business obtaining
an MBA specializing in Entrepreneurial
Studies, and Strategic Management. Her
professional career began as a Production
Engineer in Steelmaking Operations Technology
for Dofasco Inc. In 2000 Mrs. Bergeron
joined the faculty of the Department
of Chemical Engineering as an Instructor
in Technical Entrepreneurship, and in
the course Technology, Engineering and
Management (TEAM). Since 2003 she has
been the Director of First Year Studies
for the Faculty of Applied Science.
Annette Bergeron joined the Ontario
Society of Professional Engineers Board
of Directors in 2002 and was elected
President and Chair in May 2004. She
became the Past-Chair in 2005 and remains
on the Board.
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Dale
Dilamarter (our Business Advisor)
Technical
Entrepreneurship is Dale's primary focus
at Queen's. His interest in this field
began a number of years ago when Dale
became the Founding Director of the
Fleming Centre for Manufacturing Studies.
This pilot Centre, funded by the Ministry
of Industry, Trade and Technology, served
the eastern half of southern Ontario.
Its mandate was to transfer appropriate
technologies to small and medium-sized
manufacturers and offer executive education
opportunities to middle and senior management.
Dale has a strong interest in innovation
and entrepreneurship, marketing, new
product development and management.
He has also taught a number of management
courses and has co-authored a textbook,
Training in Management Skills, published
by Prentice-Hall in 2004.
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Fred
GodBille
Fred graduated from French Engineering school in Chemical Technologies (Ecole National Superieure de Chimie de Montpellier) in 1998. At the same time he received a MScE - Chem Eng from the University of New Brunswick where he was an exchange student (last year in France and Masters in Canada where combined). He continued on with a PhD in Chem Eng still at UNB from 98 to 02. His PhD was an industrial project on wood-polymer products for a Canadian company. Fred gained quite a bit of experience in communications with plant and management people as opposed to purely academia during these 3.5 years. Fred started working for DuPont in Feb 2002 and his work assignments where in process modeling for process development and optimization (did some work with Kim McAuley on Nylon polymerization). Fred became a Six Sigma Black Belt last year and a Master Black Belt this year and has been involved with 3 TEAM projects over the last 3 years.
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Peter A.R. Glynn
Dr. Glynn is a consultant on health care policy, planning, governance and management, both in Canada and internationally. Currently, he is very involved with advising governments, health authorities and hospitals on access management strategies. He is the Co-Chair (founding chair} of the Saskatchewan Surgical Care Network and Senior Advisor, Ontario Access to Services and Wait Time Strategy
Dr. Glynn has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Kingston General Hospital; the Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Services and Promotion Branch, Health and Welfare Canada; and the Associate Deputy Minister of Health for the Province of Saskatchewan.
He has been a member of, and chaired many task forces, committees and organizations in health care and health research. He is the vice-chair of the Board of Frontenac Community Mental Health Services and a member of the Institute Advisory Board, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He is the immediate past Chair of the Board of the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and past member of the Board of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the National Cancer Institute of Canada.
Dr. Glynn is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Queen’s University. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada and a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
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Doug Hatfield
Doug graduated from Dalhousie University in Halifax with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. He worked in a variety of industries over his 38-year career primarily with DuPont Canada in Engineering, Design, Process Control and Capital Equipment Project Engineering Sourcing.
He also is involved since retirement with local affairs of the Professional Engineers Assoc. of Ontario and restoration of the Marine Museum in Kingston.
Doug has been involved with the annual Ontario Engineering Competition involving final year Engineering students from major Ontario universities as a judge in various categories involving project Entrepreneurship Design.
He has worked closely with Plant designers and consultants in Chemical and Textile process industries primarily in heavy project planning, team sourcing, and equipment, system digital control and construction contracts related to installation and startup of capital projects over the past two decades.
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Robert Heaslip
Bob
is a graduate of the University of Waterloo,
B.A.Sc. (Chemical Engineering, 1973),
with over 30 years of experience in
the chemical, oil and gas, pulp and
paper and food industries in operations,
maintenance, plant engineering and design.
Companies worked for and with include
Noranda, Texaco, Shell Canada, Dow Chemical,
Celanese, Saudi Aramco, CASCO, Witco,
DuPont, Invista, Weber Manufacturing,
Alcan, Kemira, and Fluor Canada. Currently
Bob is semi-retired and owns KESCO a
small engineering firm that provides
technical services to companies in Southern
Ontario.
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Barrie Jackson
Jean Robert Lafontant
Barrie
had an international career with the
Shell group, having spent years working
in England, Holland, and the United
States. Although his core responsibility
was process design and process development
he spent considerable time in research
, marketing and plant operations. After
his early retirement from Shell Canada
he has been at Queen's for some fifteen
years as an Adjunct Associate Professor
in the Chemical Engineering Department.
In addition to the capstone design course
and TEAM he has been involved with the
laboratories and several first year
developments such as APSC100. His research
activities in the department have resulted
in one process patent issued and one
pending.
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Jean Robert is a graduate of the University of Concordia, B.A.Sc. ( Physics May 1984) and University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC B.A.Sc (Mechanical Engineering, December 1986), with over 20 years of experience in Shop Fabrication and Consulting for the chemical, oil and gas, pulp and paper and food industries in, maintenance, plant engineering and design of pressure vessels, heat exchangers and API tanks. Companies worked for and with include, Shell Canada, Petro Canada, Celanese, SNC Lavalin, Bedarco CASCO, Witco, DuPont, Invista, Weber Manufacturing, Alcan, Kemira,Fluor Canada and Stone & Webster.
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Keith
Marchildon
Keith
Marchildon, FCIC; is a DuPont Fellow
(retired) at DuPont Canadas Research
and Development Centre in Kingston,
Ontario. He has 38 years experience
in process invention, process design,
process modeling and process optimization
and is an adjunct associate professor
at Queens University.
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Julie
McLachlan
Julie
McLachlan is a Professional Engineer
with a Masters in Chemical Engineering
(McMaster) and B. Sc. in Engineering
Chemistry (Queen's University). She
has more than 10 years of Engineering
experience
working in a variety of industries.
She is currently a Process Engineer
at INVISTA (Canada) Company in Kingston
in the Polymer Technical Group. She
was previously an Environmental Engineer
with INVISTA, a Water Treatment Consultant
in Eastern Ontario with Nalco Canada,
a Process Engineer with Owens Corning
Canada in Guelph and a Process Engineer
with Domino Sugar Corporation in Arabi,
Louisiana.
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G. R. ( Reb ) Millar
Born and raised in Saskatchewan. Graduated University of Notre Dame with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 1961. Joined DuPont Canada Inc. immediately upon graduation and worked there until retirement in 1996. Held various manufacturing, technical sales, transportation, and engineering positions in management roles. Last position held was in Engineering Unit managing specialist engineers and designers engaged in project engineering.
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Dave
Mody
David
Mody graduated from Queens University
with a B. Sc. in Engineering Chemistry.
After a summer in a pulp and paper company,
he spent 17 years as a process engineer
working for Fluor Corporation. Working
for clients such as DuPont, Invista,
Proctor and Gamble and others has left
him with range of engineering skills
that encompasses design and safety in
polymer processing, chemical plants,
and utilities. He has gained experience
in the field of engineering education
by teaching courses for the Canadian
Society Of Chemical Engineers, EPIC,
and Queens University. Dave has
been fortunate to have worked with many
outstanding people and is committed
to fusing this knowledge from these
leaders in engineering. He is now an
adjunct lecturer for the Chemical Engineering
program and an engineer in residence
for the Queens University Engineering
Faculty. He also speaks very enthusiastically
about his interests in windsurfing,
kitesurfing, videography and photography.
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Steven Moore
Steven Moore is a Business Communications instructor in the Queen’s School of Business and Communications Coach for all the Commerce undergraduates and post-graduate students in the Master of Global Management Program. His teaching experience includes two decades in the Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, and he is Contributing Editor to Kingston Life Magazine.
Steven has been around. He sold cucumbers door-to-door, umpired semi-pro softball, played trombone in a dance band, and surveyed the Manistee River flats before earning his interdisciplinary Masters Degree in Environmental Studies. He’s also conducted a private counselling practice, been a commercial photographer, and owned an art gallery before concentrating on business communications.
In his private practice, he consults with large and small Canadian businesses including British Council, United Way of Canada, CIBC Finance, Inc., CI Investments, Toronto Dominion Bank, CBC, Scotiabank, Canadian Medical Association, RBC Investments, Canadian Cancer Society, Empire Life, and Canadian Diabetes Association.
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Clare
Morris
Clare Morris, P. Eng., graduated from Queen’s University in 1978 with a B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering. Upon graduation, she joined Kraft (General Foods) where she held various manufacturing positions for 11 years (Quality Control, Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering). She then joined Fluor Canada and worked in various design roles (Process Engineer, Engineering Manager) for 17 years, with 10 years at Procter & Gamble and 7 years at DuPont.
She was involved with PEO (Professional Engineers Ontario) at the local level during the 1990’s. She was elected to first board of directors of OSPE (Ontario Society of Professional Engineers) in 2001 for a 2 year term and again in 2004 for a 3 year term. She is currently the Treasurer for the OSPE board.
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David Strong
A graduate of Queen’s Mechanical Engineering, David spent the first 22 years of his career in product and process design and development in industry. In both technical and managerial roles, his experience includes the metals industry with Alcan Aluminium, the biomedical and biotechnology fields with Q-Life Systems, and high volume consumer products with Black & Decker. David holds patents from all three areas of experience. Throughout his industrial career, David was an avid supporter of engineering education as a member of the Queen’s Engineering Advisory Council, and through the sponsorship of many undergraduate and graduate student projects.
David joined the Faculty of Applied Science at Queen’s as the NSERC Chair in Design Engineering in March 2003, and works with all engineering departments to enhance engineering design and professional skills in the Queen’s Engineering curriculum. In addition to supporting TEAM, David has introduced a new Multidisciplinary Design Stream that is available to all engineering students.
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Don
Robinson
Don
was employed for 38 years at the Dupont
Canada Research Centre in Kingston as
a Research Engineer and Research Manager.
His fields of research included polyethylene
process & product technology, nylon
intermediates & polymerization,
and computer modeling of chemical processes.
Since retiring in 1995 he has been working
part time as an instructor in CHEE470
and other 4th year Chemical Engineering
courses.