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 ContentsProfessional Engineers Ontario |
| 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]
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]
She has received several awards for her teaching work,and promotion of engineering to women:
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