Posts Categorized: News

December 15, 2016 – A group of recent MIE alumni have designed a portable scissor lift that is not only economical, but easy to use and could improve mobility for the elderly and disabled. Eraj Ahmed (MechE 1T6), Pritam Das (MechE 1T5+PEY),…

December 8, 2016 – In 2018, Canada will issue a new $10 banknote bearing the likeness of Viola Desmond, a businesswoman and black civil-rights activist. Joining her on the shortlist was Elsie MacGill(ElecE 2T7), Canada’s first female electrical engineering graduate,…

December 5, 2016 – The University of Toronto’s Varsity Blues recently honoured top student athletes at the seventh annual Academic Excellence Breakfast held at the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport. The awards honoured student athletes who earned an 80 per cent…

December 1, 2016 – MIE’s Susan McCahan on the refocused world of academia and preparing students for life beyond university. “Previously, we thought of the university experience as consisting of a set of courses tied together with a curriculum, and everything else…

November 24, 2016 – U of T Engineering recognized two landmark partnerships with its inaugural Industry Partnership Awards announced Wednesday. Hatch, a global engineering and management consultancy, received the Corporate Academic Citizen Award. IBM Canada was presented with the Corporate…

November 23, 2016 –  For several years, health-care teams at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto focused on speeding up turnaround times in operating rooms to avoid having to postpone surgeries at the end of a shift. But there were still days…

November 21, 2016 – Professors Kamran Behdinan and Yu Sun have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest international organization dedicated to advancing science or its applications on a global basis. They are among four…

November 18, 2016 – Over its two-decade history, the University of Toronto’s Blue Sky Solar Racing Team has faced its share of challenges and triumphs, but one thing has remained constant — the team keeps moving forward, always chasing the…

November 14, 2016 – A single ant or termite is not very intelligent, but in large groups they can perform complex and useful behaviours – like protecting each other or securing food – that make the entire colony seem smart. This, in…

November 14, 2016 – When a person goes into cardiac arrest, every passing minute hurts their chances of survival. Now, a group of U of T Engineering researchers want to use drones to deliver life-saving automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) rapidly…