{"id":6107,"date":"2024-02-01T20:22:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T01:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/?p=6107"},"modified":"2026-05-26T08:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:34:36","slug":"good-news-the-mechanical-and-aerospace-engineering-department-announces-new-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/2024\/good-news-the-mechanical-and-aerospace-engineering-department-announces-new-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD NEWS: The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Announces New Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        GOOD NEWS: The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Announces New Chair\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/profile\/edgar-a-matida\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/Matida_300x300_acf_cropped_300x300_acf_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"View the profile of Edgar Matida\" class=\"wp-image-271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/Matida_300x300_acf_cropped_300x300_acf_cropped.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/Matida_300x300_acf_cropped_300x300_acf_cropped-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor Edgar Matida, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering&#8217;s new Chair effective July 1, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department officially announces its new Chair, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/profile\/edgar-a-matida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Edgar Matida<\/a>.&nbsp; Dr. Matida has been a professor in 杏吧原创 University\u2019s Mech &amp; Aero Engineering Department since 2004, and more recently has served as the department\u2019s Associate Chair of Undergraduate Policy &amp; Planning.&nbsp; July 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2024 sees Professor Matida stepping into the role of Chair for the department after its current Chair, Ron Miller, steps down after eight years in the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Matida studied at Sao Paulo University and earned his Ph.D. from Yokohama National University.&nbsp; As well as serving as Associate Chair, Matida is a member of both the Editorial Board of the Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery, and the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matida\u2019s research at 杏吧原创 University has focused on aerosol science and technology (aerosol characterization and deposition); nozzle sprays;&nbsp;dispersed two-phase random-walk models; dispersed two-phase impinging jets; large eddy simulation (LES); and laser-doppler velocimetry (LDV).&nbsp; The applications of this research are found in pharmaceutical aerosols (pressurized metered dose inhalers) and add-on spacer devices; nasal drug delivery; diesel fuel characterization; airfoil-vortex interaction related to rotorcraft; aircraft icing; and airborne allergen dispersion.&nbsp; More information about Matida\u2019s research at 杏吧原创 University can be found at 杏吧原创\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aerosolresearchlab\/\">Aerosol Research Lab website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department officially announces its new Chair, Dr. Edgar Matida.&nbsp; Dr. Matida has been a professor in 杏吧原创 University\u2019s Mech &amp; Aero Engineering Department since 2004, and more recently has served as the department\u2019s Associate Chair of Undergraduate Policy &amp; Planning.&nbsp; July 1st, 2024 sees Professor Matida stepping into the role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/truth\/images\/1921\/blueprint.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6107"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8374,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6107\/revisions\/8374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}