Jean Surry

Jean C. Surry, P.Eng

CITIZENSHIP AWARD 1994
Professional Engineers of Ontario

Jean Surry, P.Eng., Professor, University of Western Ontario, works to ensure that the engineering profession is perceived as a caring, visible and interesting career choice. She has founded, or co-founded, four volunteer groups in the London area. Surry co-founded Open Doors of Greater London, which comprises volunteers employed in non-traditional professions who meet with students, educators, and parent groups to discuss career choices for students. The London Engineering Awareness Resource Network LEARN2), founded by Surry, is an information resource for educators. Its members give presentations at local schools and co-host an annual Lego workshop. Surry also founded the London Chapter of The Tetra Society, which recruits volunteer engineers and technicians to create assistive devices for people with disabilities. Since 1989, she has chaired the University of Western Ontario's Committee for Women in Engineering, an advisory and promotional group that encourages students, particulary girls, to pursue engineering as a career.

Education

    Born (1942), schooled in UK. Immigrated to Canada (1958)

    BSc. (Physics) - U. of Toronto

     MASc. (Aeronautical engineering) - U of Toronto
Employment:
     DeHavilland Aircraft - aircraft design
     U of Toronto, Dept. of Industrial Engineering - research into industrial and car accidents
     Child Rearing and Housewifery - 7 years full time with three children, designed house.
     Sparton Electronics, London - Industrial engineering in submarine detection equipment
     University of Western Ontario - Adjunct Professor Civil Engineering
     Consulting - specialist project management
     Retired (Volunteering, pursuing hobbies, travelling and delighting in grandchildren)
     Volunteer:
     Encouraging young people to study math and science, promoting engineering as a career, and working with women in engineering in industry and at university.
     Harnessed skills of engineers and trades-people to help people with disabilities improve their every day lives - Tetra Society of London has helped many people in the past ten years.
October 2000

jsurry@uwo.ca

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