Malgorzata S. Zywno
Malgorzata S. Zywno | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Professor of engineering |
| Awards | Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education, Canadian Council of Professional Engineers |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Lodz, University of Toronto, Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Engineering |
| Institutions | Toronto Metropolitan University |
Malgorzata (Gosha) S. Zywno Ph.D P.Eng is a Canadian engineer, and professor of engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is a 3M Teaching Fellow.[1][2][3]
Life and work
[edit]Zywno was born in Poland and arrived in Canada as a government-sponsored refugee, after she refused to join the Polish Communist Party or work for the secret police.[4]
She graduated from the Technical University of Lodz, the University of Toronto, and from Glasgow Caledonian University. She received her P.Eng licence in 1984.[3]
In her role at Toronto Metropolitan University she is a member of the Ryerson Women in Engineering Committee which encourages young women to consider engineering as a field of study.[3]
Awards and honours
[edit]She has received several awards for her teaching work, and promotion of engineering to women:
- Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education from the American Society for Engineering Education (2005)[3]
- Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education from the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers[3]
- Member of the Professional Engineers Ontario Order of Honour[3]
Works
[edit]- "Student Learning Styles, Web Use Patterns, and Attitudes toward Hyper-Media Enhanced Instruction". Frontiers in Education, 2003. FIE 2003. 33rd Annual. IEEE. 2003. ISBN 978-0-7803-7961-9. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
References
[edit]- ^ "Gosha Zywno- Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept - Ryerson". www.ee.ryerson.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ^ "3M Teaching Fellows - Sorted by year | 3M National Teaching and Learning Fellows". 3mcouncil.stlhe.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ a b c d e f "2007 Member of the Order of Honour". peo.on.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ^ "Gosha Zywno (2002) | 3M National Teaching and Learning Fellows". 3mcouncil.stlhe.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- 20th-century births
- 20th-century Canadian women educators
- 20th-century Canadian educators
- 20th-century Canadian women engineers
- 20th-century scholars
- 21st-century Canadian women educators
- 21st-century Canadian educators
- 21st-century Canadian women engineers
- 21st-century scholars
- Academic staff of Toronto Metropolitan University
- Alumni of Glasgow Caledonian University
- Canadian academics in engineering
- Expatriate academics
- Living people
- Łódź University of Technology alumni
- Polish expatriates in Canada
- University of Toronto alumni