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With the aim of attracting and retaining some of the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) researchers and fostering talent development at our universities, Scale AI is moving forward with the creation of three new AI research chairs: The Research Chair…
Kimberly Lai (MASc Candidate, EngSci 1T9+PEY) didn’t originally plan on pursuing a Master’s degree after graduating last year but with COVID-19 limiting job prospects in the aerospace industry and some encouragement from Professor Alison Olechowski, she is now working towards…
If you asked Christine Yaromich (MechE 2T1 + PEY) a year ago where she would be in May 2021 she would not have imagined the answer would be working at Tesla in Berlin. Christine began her Professional Experience Year with…
The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from around the world. Fellows and Foreign Members are elected for life through a peer review process, on the basis of excellence in…
A new partnership between the University of Toronto and the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research is forging new collaborations and designing new technologies to reimagine how high-quality, digital approaches to heart failure can be equitably delivered to all Canadians.…
Zhenglin Liu’s (MechE 1T9+PEY) plans after graduating were changed as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to limit travel and in-person learning opportunities. Instead of heading to Cambridge University to begin a master’s program last fall, Zhenglin found himself taking on the…
In early April, fourth year MIE students wrapped up their final capstone projects. Despite the added challenge of meeting with clients and collaborating with their team fully online, the resulting projects were a great success. “The caliber of work the…
Mihai “Mishu” Duduta is joining the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering. He completed his PhD at Harvard University, with a thesis focused on novel dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) materials for soft robotic…
U of T researchers are developing microrobots with unique dexterity capabilities. Controlled by magnetic fields, this technology is a departure from the rigid, wired designs of most micro-surgical tools, and could one day be used to perform minimally invasive brain…
Kristina Menton (MechE 1T4 + PEY) loves airports. “I love sitting in the midst of all the people and chaos, watching the airplanes take off,” she says. “I love everything about their aerodynamics, the beauty of the physics that make them fly.” Lately, Menton has been experiencing…
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