Posts Categorized: News

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…

December 14, 2015 — Interview with MIE Professor Greg Jamieson on how complex algorithms can help by telling soldiers where to shoot, and where not to. Read more.

December 14, 2015 — Ambitious project aims to eventually tap into existing fuel-delivery systems at Canadian airports. The University of Toronto, McGill University and the International Air Transport Association are part of the project as members of the BioFuelNet Aviation…

December 10, 2015 — For North Americans, it can be easy to take emergency medical services (EMS) for granted. But in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh there is no EMS system, no centralized ambulances, and no 911 service. Justin Boutilier,…

December 10, 2015 — Sylvia Mwangi, a second-year U of T Engineering student, was raised in the mountainous central highlands of Kenya, and developed a passion for science and math early on. But in sub-Saharan Africa, where education beyond high school is…