Posts Categorized: News

November 2, 2017 – Engineers are the makers, innovators and entrepreneurs behind so many of the world’s newest technologies, such as smartphones, self-driving cars and virtual voice-activated assistants. The engineering educational environment is quickly evolving to mirror the fast pace…

October 31, 2017 – When the host of the Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant read the winner’s name, Lauren Howe (IndE 1T6) didn’t register it immediately. “I was feeling every emotion possible,” recalls the U of T Engineering alumna. “It takes a…

October 27, 2017 – Engineers at Harvard University have developed a tiny, insect-like robot — complete with flapping wings — that can fly through the air, land on water and take off again. Professor Eric Diller, who runs the microrobotics laboratory at MIE, said medical applications…

October 13, 2017 – To address challenges ranging from ensuring aircraft safety and reliability to improving social media analysis, a diverse range of companies all come to the same place: the University of Toronto Institute for Multidisciplinary Design & Innovation…

October 13, 2017 – The Toronto Star’s Rosie DiManno recently wrote a column on MIE alumnus and newly crowned Miss Universe Canada, Lauren Howe (IndE 1T6). “Howe’s personal spectrum of accomplishments and interests would likely surprise many. That engineering ring on…

October 12, 2017 – Professor Amy Bilton recently joined host Steve Paikin on TVO’s The Agenda to discuss and champion women in the engineering profession. The discussion revolved around the changing face of engineering, and how the demand for skilled talent…

October 11, 2017 – MIE alumnus Ahmed Mahmoud (MechE 1T1, MASc 1T6) and his former supervisor Professor Amy Bilton have won a $50,000 prize for Innovative Agricultural Solutions in Nepal, for their  startup company, Spero Analytics. The USAID/Feed The Future Data-Driven Farming…

September 19, 2017 – Alison Olechowski recently joined MIE as an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, and is cross-appointed to the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead). In her short time at U of T Engineering, she has already begun…

September 13, 2017 – Startups founded by engineering students are poised to address challenges from sustainability to surgery. Twelve companies pitched their vision to a room of judges, investors and faculty members at the fifth annual Hatchery Demo Day, held…

September 8, 2017 – On September 6, faculty and staff had the pleasure of welcoming students to their first year at MIE. Nearly 200 students attended the department’s orientation session, which introduced them to resources readily available to them, including…