Posts Categorized: News

January 26, 2016 — U of T engineers have partnered with residents of Pedro Arauz, Nicaragua to design and construct a water-pumping windmill, providing critical irrigation during the area’s long dry season. The project was led by Professor Amy Bilton (MIE)…

January 26, 2016 — Professor Craig Simmons (MIE, IBBME) has been named the University of Toronto Distinguished Professor of Mechanobiology, an honour that recognizes his exceptional career accomplishments and promise. Issued by the U of T Office of the Vice-President and…

January 22, 2016 — This weekend’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) National Conference is designed to showcase a side of engineering and science you haven’t seen before. Its theme, ‘A Mosaic of Talent,’ was chosen to reflect the plethora of…

January 20, 2016 — B.C. man builds mobile home fuelled by vegetable oil, solar power. Professor Murray Thomson provides expert comment. Read more.

January 12, 2016 — Professor Emeritus Andrew Goldenberg is the 2016 recipient of the IEEE Canada A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal. The award is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) highest honour, recognizing outstanding Canadian engineers for their exemplary contributions…

January 11, 2016 — Som Seif (IndE 9T9) had a big chip on his shoulder after he found himself forced to sell his first company, Claymore Investments. Today, he retains full control of his new venture, and says he’s ready…

January 6, 2016 — Professors Kamran Behdinan (MIE), Doug Hooton (CivE), Hugh Liu (UTIAS), and Heather MacLean (CivE), along with alumnus Marc Rosen (MechE 8T1, MASc 8T3, PhD 8T7) have been recognized by the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for…

December 18, 2015 — A one-hour talk on the future of health, robotics and energy could have easily been mistaken as a talk on science fiction: from replacing body parts with living tissue that grows as you age, to creating robots…

December 17, 2015 — More than a dozen U of T Engineering students and professors spent four days last month in China collaborating with colleagues from two universities on projects ranging from satellite design to assistive devices. The trip was…

December 17, 2015 — A new multidisciplinary collaboration from the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN)is bringing together researchers from across the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering to address hunger and malnutrition, which affect billions of people around the world. The…