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|a2a=9445 Airport Rd, Brampton, ON L6S 4J3
|a2a=9445 Airport Rd, Brampton, ON L6S 4J3
|a7=The intended site is the home of the Division that developed the Canadarm.
|a7=The intended site is the home of the Division that developed the Canadarm.
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|a8=The space robotics group started out at 1235 Ormont Drive in Weston Ontario. On the 6th of January 1992, the group relocated to 9445 Airport Road in Brampton, Ontario.
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|mounting details=The plaque will be mounted on a stand in the reception area in the vicinity of other awards and mementos that the division has received, including flags that have flown in space, citations from NASA and more recently a Hall of Fame award for our neuroArm project.
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|a9=The reception area is the most accessible indoor portion of the facility and is seen by all visitors to the facility. Casual visitors can view the plaque and other awards and mementos without requiring a security badge.
|a10=MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates, Canada's leading space engineering firm, has been the site owner since they completed acquisition of SPAR Space and Advanced Robotics Division on 10 May 1999.
|a10=MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates, Canada's leading space engineering firm, has leased the site since they completed acquisition of SPAR Space and Advanced Robotics Division on 10 May 1999.
|permission letter=MDA Letter of Support.pdf
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Docket #:2015-07

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To the proposer’s knowledge, is this achievement subject to litigation?


Is the achievement you are proposing more than 25 years old? Yes

Is the achievement you are proposing within IEEE’s designated fields as defined by IEEE Bylaw I-104.11, namely: Engineering, Computer Sciences and Information Technology, Physical Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Technical Communications, Education, Management, and Law and Policy. Yes

Did the achievement provide a meaningful benefit for humanity? Yes

Was it of at least regional importance? Yes

Has an IEEE Organizational Unit agreed to pay for the milestone plaque(s)? Yes

Has an IEEE Organizational Unit agreed to arrange the dedication ceremony? Yes

Has the IEEE Section in which the milestone is located agreed to take responsibility for the plaque after it is dedicated? Yes

Has the owner of the site agreed to have it designated as an IEEE Milestone? Yes


Year or range of years in which the achievement occurred:

1969-1981

Title of the proposed milestone:

The Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (Canadarm), 1981

Plaque citation summarizing the achievement and its significance:

On 11 April 1981, NASA formally accepted the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) or Canadarm developed by SPAR Aerospace and the National Research Council of Canada. By providing the means to manipulate and transfer heavy payloads, support astronauts on EVA, and conduct inspections and repairs to the Shuttle, the SRMS revolutionized manned spaceflight and played a pivotal role in the Shuttle program.

200-250 word abstract describing the significance of the technical achievement being proposed, the person(s) involved, historical context, humanitarian and social impact, as well as any possible controversies the advocate might need to review.


IEEE technical societies and technical councils within whose fields of interest the Milestone proposal resides.


In what IEEE section(s) does it reside?

Toronto

IEEE Organizational Unit(s) which have agreed to sponsor the Milestone:

IEEE Organizational Unit(s) paying for milestone plaque(s):

Unit: IEEE Canada
Senior Officer Name: Amir G. Aghdam

IEEE Organizational Unit(s) arranging the dedication ceremony:

Unit: IEEE Canada
Senior Officer Name: Amir G. Aghdam

IEEE section(s) monitoring the plaque(s):

IEEE Section: Toronto Section
IEEE Section Chair name: Emanuel Istrate

Milestone proposer(s):

Proposer name: David G Michelson
Proposer email: Proposer's email masked to public

Please note: your email address and contact information will be masked on the website for privacy reasons. Only IEEE History Center Staff will be able to view the email address.

Street address(es) and GPS coordinates in decimal form of the intended milestone plaque site(s):

9445 Airport Rd, Brampton, ON L6S 4J3

Describe briefly the intended site(s) of the milestone plaque(s). The intended site(s) must have a direct connection with the achievement (e.g. where developed, invented, tested, demonstrated, installed, or operated, etc.). A museum where a device or example of the technology is displayed, or the university where the inventor studied, are not, in themselves, sufficient connection for a milestone plaque.

Please give the address(es) of the plaque site(s) (GPS coordinates if you have them). Also please give the details of the mounting, i.e. on the outside of the building, in the ground floor entrance hall, on a plinth on the grounds, etc. If visitors to the plaque site will need to go through security, or make an appointment, please give the contact information visitors will need. The intended site is the home of the Division that developed the Canadarm.

Are the original buildings extant?

The space robotics group started out at 1235 Ormont Drive in Weston Ontario. On the 6th of January 1992, the group relocated to 9445 Airport Road in Brampton, Ontario.

Details of the plaque mounting:

The plaque will be mounted on a stand in the reception area in the vicinity of other awards and mementos that the division has received, including flags that have flown in space, citations from NASA and more recently a Hall of Fame award for our neuroArm project.

How is the site protected/secured, and in what ways is it accessible to the public?

The reception area is the most accessible indoor portion of the facility and is seen by all visitors to the facility. Casual visitors can view the plaque and other awards and mementos without requiring a security badge.

Who is the present owner of the site(s)?

MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates, Canada's leading space engineering firm, has leased the site since they completed acquisition of SPAR Space and Advanced Robotics Division on 10 May 1999.

What is the historical significance of the work (its technological, scientific, or social importance)? If personal names are included in citation, include justification here. (see section 6 of Milestone Guidelines)


What obstacles (technical, political, geographic) needed to be overcome?


What features set this work apart from similar achievements?


Supporting texts and citations to establish the dates, location, and importance of the achievement: Minimum of five (5), but as many as needed to support the milestone, such as patents, contemporary newspaper articles, journal articles, or chapters in scholarly books. 'Scholarly' is defined as peer-reviewed, with references, and published. You must supply the texts or excerpts themselves, not just the references. At least one of the references must be from a scholarly book or journal article. All supporting materials must be in English, or accompanied by an English translation.


Supporting materials (supported formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, DOC): All supporting materials must be in English, or if not in English, accompanied by an English translation. You must supply the texts or excerpts themselves, not just the references. For documents that are copyright-encumbered, or which you do not have rights to post, email the documents themselves to ieee-history@ieee.org. Please see the Milestone Program Guidelines for more information.


Please email a jpeg or PDF a letter in English, or with English translation, from the site owner(s) giving permission to place IEEE milestone plaque on the property, and a letter (or forwarded email) from the appropriate Section Chair supporting the Milestone application to ieee-history@ieee.org with the subject line "Attention: Milestone Administrator." Note that there are multiple texts of the letter depending on whether an IEEE organizational unit other than the section will be paying for the plaque(s).

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