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New Acting Dean among changes at ARI

Dan Douglas will serve as Acting Dean of Applied Research and Innovation for a six-month term, Senior Vice-President Academic Lane Trotter has announced. An architectural technologist and a graduate of both Fanshawe College and The University of Western Ontario. Douglas joined the School of Building Technology 25 years ago after working with a consulting engineering firm. He has served in a variety of capacities at the College including co-op consultant, professor, program coordinator, Chair and as Acting Dean, Faculty of Technology. He has special interests in historical buildings and sustainable building practices, and has been instrumental in advancing sustainable initiatives at Fanshawe in both curriculum and practice. In particular, he has been involved with applied research and innovation within the School of Building Technology and within the Faculty of Technology. He is a past member of the executive council of the Association of Architectural Technologists of Ontario (AATO) and a Member of the Association of Architectural Technologists of Ontario (MAATO).

Douglas replaces outgoing Dean Greg Weiler. Weiler left Fanshawe in January to take a position as Director, Health Research Services, Faculty of Health Sciences, at McMaster University. Meanwhile, 2011/12 has been a year of changes for the department. The department name was shortened to Applied Research and Innovation (ARI). The office moved to T3010 (third floor of T Building facing Oxford Street). The re-design of the Fanshawe College website means ARI’s web pages can now found under Services at www.fanshawec.ca/research.

First Annual Student Research & Innovation Day
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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