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A U of T Engineering student team has earned the top spot in the International Small Wind Turbine Contest (ISWTC) with a smart, sustainable design that includes components made of recycled pop bottles and plant-fibre composites. This is the second time the…
A newly designed catalyst created by U of T Engineering researchers efficiently converts captured carbon into valuable products — even in the presence of a contaminant that degrades the performance of current versions. The discovery is an important step toward…
Professor Enid Montague (MIE) has been named the new director of the Black Research Network (BRN), a University of Toronto Institutional Strategic Initiative (ISI) launched in October 2021. Montague, whose research is focused on human factors engineering, will serve a three-year term effective July…
With U of T Engineering’s convocation ceremonies on June 18, 2024, our students mark the end of one journey and the beginning of another. Having enriched the U of T Engineering community as undergraduate and graduate students, they will join…
Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) and her research team have advanced to the final stage of Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Oil Spill Challenge. The team has been awarded $1.3M from the challenge so far to develop and test their prototype. The research team that…
Vishakha Pujari (IndE 2T3 + PEY) is profoundly committed to paying it forward. The first student at the University of Toronto to be supported by a Karta Catalyst Scholarship, Pujari arrived at U of T in 2019 from the small Indian village…
The Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and the University of Toronto hosted the annual CSME/CFD conference from May 26-29, 2024. Guests from across Canada came to participate in the three-day conference, which saw 400 presentations, five plenary, and six…
Rob (Hongbo) Chen, a PhD student with MIE, is the recipient of a prestigious Data Sciences Institute (DSI) Doctoral Student Fellowship. Chen receives this award to support his interdisciplinary training and collaborative research in data sciences to address and drive…
When Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) thinks about his impact as an industrial engineering teacher, he is proud of consistently getting his students excited about the material, whether it is optimization, analytics or operations research. “The courses I have taught have…
In the NEWSTALK1010 Podcast published on May 21st, U of T engineering student Aigne McGeady-Bruce discussed the innovative project of his team aimed at reducing cyclist collisions. For their 2024 Capstone program, McGeady-Bruce and his team have developed a…
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