Posts Categorized: News

April 14, 2015 — Eighty-nine engines revved in Motor City this weekend, but they weren’t racing for gold—they were racing for green. The University of Toronto Supermileage team won this year’s Shell Eco-Marathon Americas in Detroit, Michigan, with an efficiency of…

April 13, 2015 — Professor Chul Park (MIE) has been named a University of Toronto Distinguished Professor, an honour that recognizes individuals with outstanding career achievements and promise. Awarded by the U of T Office of the Vice-President and Provost, Park…

April 13, 2015 — MIE Associate Professor Lidan You has been named Fellow by the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME). The distinction recognizes those who have shown excellence in mechanical engineering and has actively contributed to the progress of…

April 10, 2015 — Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) has been named the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Novel Optimization and Analytics in Health. Ed Holder, Canada’s Minister of State for Science and Technology, shared the news at University of Toronto’s Mississauga…

March 31, 2015 — Professors Kamran Behdinan and Sanjeev Chandra were recently honoured by the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME), winning the C.N. Downing Award for distinguished service to CSME over many years, and the Jules Stachiewicz Medal for outstanding…

March 18, 2015 — Professor David Sinton (MIE) has been named Fellow by the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for his exceptional contributions to bioenergy technologies in Canada. Sinton is among three U of T engineers honoured. Professors Alberto Leon-Garcia (ECE)…

January 22, 2015 — Tangy the bingo-playing robot will make its debut as part of pilot study at a long-term care facility in Toronto in the coming weeks. Statistics Canada estimates people aged 65 and older will account for almost a…

December 8, 2014 — We may soon be able to enable almost “life-like” mobility in prosthetics, thanks to significant research advances in smart materials at U of T. Professor Hani Naguib (MIE / MSE) is a renowned engineer whose leading research…