Posts Categorized: News

May 22, 2015 — Hani Naguib’s smart materials group is building artificial muscles, electronic skins and an array of other cool products. Read more.

May 22, 2015 —  Have you ever been on a plane and marvelled over the fact that a 400-ton hunk of metal can get off the ground? As you peered out the window at the wing flaps, you probably thought about…

May 21, 2015 — According to recent studies, texting while driving has surpassed drunkenness as the leading cause of death for teen drivers. But even as public service campaigns plead with drivers to relinquish their devices, cars are increasingly loaded up with…

May 11, 2015 — MIE Professor Kamran Behdinan has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for his outstanding achievements in the engineering profession. Professor Behdinan is the NSERC Chair in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design and…

April 29, 2015 — When Patricia Sheridan (MechE 0T9, MASc 1T1, ILead PhD Candidate) was an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering at U of T, she loved working on team projects. Most of her fellow classmates, however, were less than enthused.…

April 29, 2015 — On March 30, fourth-year students from departments across U of T Engineering displayed their innovative solutions to industry challenges in the second-ever Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects (MCP) course. The showcase was the grand finale for 20 multidisciplinary…

April 28, 2015 — Congratulations to Hussein Djirdeh, Hassan Djirdeh (MinE 1T4+PEY), Nithin Mathew and Aravind Raman and Shamail Rizwan for taking first place at the Harvard International Consulting Competition (HICC)!

April 27, 2015 — The team, which includes Professor Yu Sun (MIE), used live imaging and computer models to study the links between mechanical forces, changes in cell shape and cell movement in embryos. Read more.

April 17, 2015 — Four MIE students are among  this year’s 16 U of T Engineering winners of the Gordon Cressy Leadership Award. The prestigious award was established in 1994 and is named after Gordon Cressy, former U of T…

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…