Posts Categorized: News

August 31, 2016 — Bloomberg TV made a visit to Professor Goldie Nejat’s Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab to learn more about building socially-assistive robots to help the elderly as they age. Watch here.

August 22, 2016 – Six U of T Engineering professors have received Early Researcher Awards (ERA) from the Government of Ontario. The ERAs provide critical support that helps promising scientists and engineers in the first five years of their academic careers build their…

August 11, 2016 – When Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) sits down to watch a game of hockey, baseball or tennis, he isn’t taking a break from his research — he may be hard at work on a new paper. His…

August 5, 2016 — When the Canadian and American Olympic boxing teams compete in Rio de Janeiro in August, they may have the upper hand thanks to a wearable technology innovation from a U of T Engineering alumnus. Both teams…

July 27, 2016 — Collaboration is the key to success of two new professors that are cross-appointed with the Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Civil Engineering. Professors Marianne Touchie (CivE, MIE) and Fae Azhari (MIE, CivE) joined the Faculty at…

July 21, 2016 — Seven U of T engineers have been honoured by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) with Ontario Professional Engineers Awards. Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE) received the Research and Development Medal,…

July 27, 2016 — Professor Scott P. Sanner, an international expert in information engineering, joined the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering on April 1, 2016. Sanner’s research harnesses the power of computers and big data to make decisions faster, and…

July 18, 2016 — An astronaut holds a glass jar half-full of water in the near-zero gravity of space. How does the water look inside the jar? Does it form a single ball, sit on the bottom of the jar,…

June 21, 2016 — Every time a plane touches the ground — whether taking off, landing or taxiing on the runway — the pivotal piece of equipment that ensures the aircraft’s safety, and the safety of its passengers, is the landing…

July 21, 2016 — MIE alumni John Yeow (MASc MIE 0T0, PhD MIE 0T3) and Ted Maulucci (MechE 8T9) among seven U of T engineers honoured by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) with…