Lassonde School of Engineering

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 "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]

Lassonde School of Engineering
Former names
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Mottopassion + perspective
TypeProfessional Faculty
Established2011 (2011)
AffiliationYork University
DeanJane Goodyer
Students4,481[1]
Location
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
Canada
Websitelassonde.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 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]

On April 8, 2016 Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence opened. 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 began 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.[6] 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 with a curriculum to inspire creative, ingenious thinking. At the heart of this philosophy is Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (BEST) which combines curricular and co-curricular activities to support technology entrepreneurship at Lassonde and across York campus. www.bestlassonde.ca. BEST was funded by a donation from Doug and Sandra Bergeron, to help prepare graduating students for careers that don't yet exist, in organizations that don't yet exist. Doug Bergeron is a graduate of York University's computer Science Program.

In October 2015, the Lassonde School of Engineering accepted $1.5 million from IFlytek to create a neural computing and machine learning research laboratory.[7] The same company was later placed on a Bureau of Industry and Security blacklist for allegedly enabling human rights abuses in Xinjiang with its technology.[8]

Undergraduate programs

Engineering

Computing

  • BSc, BA, iBSc, iBA - Computer Science (Accredited by the Computer Science Accreditation Council)[10]
  • BSc, BA - Computer Security (Accredited by the Computer Science Accreditation Council)
  • BA - Digital Media (offered jointly with the Faculty of Fine Arts)

Earth & Space Science

Graduate programs
  • Civil Engineering (MASc & PhD)
  • Computer Science (MSc & PhD)
  • Electrical Engineering (MASc & PhD)
  • Computer Engineering (MASc & PhD)
  • Software Engineering (MASc & PhD)
  • Earth & Space Science (MSc & PhD)
  • Mechanical Engineering (MASc & PhD)

References
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  3. "Lassonde courses in Law, Business & Entrepreneurship | Lassonde School of Engineering". lassonde.yorku.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  4. Bradshaw, James (1 November 2011). "Mining entrepreneur's university donation digging for Renaissance Engineers". Globe & Mail. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. "http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/04/30/a-new-dawn-for-york-university-as-lassonde-launches-in-style/". YFile. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013. External link in |title= (help)
  6. "The Lassonde 50:50 Challenge | Lassonde School of Engineering". lassonde.yorku.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  7. Harney, Alexandra (June 13, 2019). "Risky partner: Top U.S. universities took funds from Chinese firm tied to Xinjiang security". Reuters. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  8. "US sanctions 8 China tech companies over role in Xinjiang abuses". The Nikkei. Reuters. October 8, 2019. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
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