his
      week’s
      Professor
      Profile
      is
      going
      to
      focus
      ona
      partof
     
    

    
     
      UPEI
      that
      does
      not
      usually
      get
      much
      coverage,
      the
     
    

    
     
      Engineering
      Department.
      Don
      MacEwen
      is
      one
      of
      the
     
     
      department’s
      three
      professors
      who
      toil
      away
      in
      their
      basement
     
     
      bunker
      in
      the
      Duffy
      Science
      Building.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Let’s
      start
      with
      his
      accomplishments.
      Since
      becoming
      an
     
     
      Associate
      Professor
      of
      Engineering
      at
      UPEI
      in
      1977,
      Mr.
     
     
      MacEwen
      had
      held
      several
      positions
      on
      both
      national
      and
     
     
      provincial
      organizations
      which
      deal
      with
      engineering
      or
      sci-
     
     
      ence.
      He
      has
      also
      served
      as
      the
      Chairman
      of
      the
      Engineering
     
     
      Department
      for
      a
      decade
      (1978-87).
      Mr.
      MacEwen
      is
      the
      Past-
     
     
      President
      of
      both
      The
      Canadian
      Council
      of
      Professional
      Engi-
     
     
      ieers
      and
      the
      Association
      of
      Professional
      Engineers
      of
      PEI:
      as
     
     
      vell,
      he
      is
      the
      Past-Chairman
      of
      the
      PEI
      Provincial
      Science
     
     
      ‘air.
      These
      accomplishments
      demonstrate
      Mr.
      MacEwen’s
     
     
      ledication
      to
      both
      his
      profession
      and
      to
      the
      development
      of
     
     
      joung
      minds.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      iwo
      main
      area
      of
      engineering
      in
      which
      Mr.
      MacEwen
      takes
     
     
      pecial
      interest
      are
      environmental
      engineering
      and
      ethics-in
     
     
      ngineering.
      He
      graduated
      from
      the
      University
      of
      New
      Bruns-
     
     
      vick
      with
      a
      Master
      of
      Engineering
      degree
      specializing
      in
      the
     
     
      hvironment.
      At
      the
      present
      time,
      he
      is
      conducting
      a
      research
     
     
      rogram
      in
      the
      area
      of
      professional
      practice
      and
      ethics.
      Mr.
     
     
      1acEwen
      has
      presented
      several
      reports
      and
      papers
      relating
      to
     
     
      oth
      of
      these
      subjects.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      {r.
      MacEwen
      takes
      a
      very
      different
      approach
      to
      teaching
      than
     
     
      ne
      would
      expect
      from
      an
      Engineering
      Professor.
      For
      example,
     
     
      le
      first
      assignment
      in
      his
      Engineering
      111
      course
      was:
      ‘‘Give
     
     
      our
      fundamental
      motive
      for
      taking
      this
      course.’’
      This
      sounds
     
     
      ore
      like
      a
      Philosophy
      class
      than
      an
      Engineering
      class.
      Stu-
     
     
      “nts
      are
      encouraged
      to
      observe
      problems
      forma
      larger
      perspec-
     
     
      ve
      and
      break
      them
      down
      into
      their
      components.
      Common
     
     
      -ns¢
      and
      understanding
      are
      the
      cornerstones
      of
      Mr.
      MacEwens’s
     
     
      ‘aching
      style.
      This
      teaches
      students
      how
      to
      learn.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      uring
      his
      career
      at
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island,
     
     
      ‘on
      MacEwen
      has
      madea
      major
      impact
      on
      hundreds
      of
      students
     
     
      ho
      have
      gone
      through
      the
      Engineering
      Department.
      He
      has
     
     
      So
      givena
      great
      deal
      back
      to
      the
      community
      and
      his
      pro
      fes-
     
     
      on.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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