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July 6, 2015 — Four mechanical engineering students at the University of Toronto set out to “demystify” the knuckleball by attempting to build the world’s first pitching machine that would replicate the notoriously capricious pitch on a consistent basis. Read…

June 22, 2015 — Fifty-five researchers from U of T Engineering have received $12.7 million in research funding and scholarships awarded today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The awards comprise the 2015 competition results for…

June 22, 2015 — Professor Aimy Bazylak will be the Director of Institute for Sustainable Energy from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018. Professor Bazylak has served as Associate Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy since 2012. She has…

June 17, 2015 — Professor Craig Simmons(MIE/IBBME) is among five Canadian researchers to receive $300,000 over two years by research associations CQDM and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). The funding aims to support unconventional and innovative research projects to accelerate…

June 15, 2015 — Three U of T Engineering professors have received Early Researcher Awards from the Government of Ontario. The ERAs provide as much as $140,000 for promising early-career scientists and engineers to build their teams. “These awards recognize the…

June 9, 2015 — On June 4, MIE held its 6th Annual Graduate Research Symposium. Nearly 50 poster presentations and 30 oral presentations took place throughout the day. Graduate students presented on an array of important research areas, from harvesting next-generation…

June 8, 2015 — Could engineering improve your basketball jump shot, optimize your sleep schedule or help you make smarter investment decisions? These are just a few of the challenges that are motivating the next generation of entrepreneurs in U of…

June 8, 2015 — Eight members of the U of T Engineering community have been inducted as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Professors Kamran Behdinan (MIE), Greg Evans (ChemE), Vladimiros Papangelakis(ChemE), Michael Sefton (ChemE, IBBME) and Jim Wallace…

June 8, 2015 — Three promising new technologies from U of T engineers are one step closer to market thanks to the latest round of Heffernan Commercialization Fellowships. Researchers are awarded $17,000 per year, with the possibility of a one-year…

June 8, 2015 — GLEE is part of the Faculty’s strategy to increase diversity, particularly gender diversity, which is a key goal of the Academic Plan. In 2014-15, women made up 30.6 per cent of the first-year class, the highest proportion…