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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…