Posts Categorized: News

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…

November 9, 2016 – A robotics pioneer, a three-time Olympian and a Harvard-MIT professor were among nine exceptional alumni recognized with 2016 Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) Awards. The awards, which celebrate alumni for their outstanding contributions to the Skule™ community as well as…

November 7, 2016 — Calvin Rieder (Year 2 MechE) has been trying to solve the world’s water problems since Grade 7. Lost cause? Far from it. Read more at the Toronto Star.

October 28, 2016 — One summer Calvin Rieder (Year 2 MIE) went camping with his family. During the night, dew condensed on the inside of his tent, rolled down the fabric wall and made his pillow wet. To most, this event would…