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U of T Engineering Students Place First in Google Case Challenge

A team comprised of four U of T Engineering students took first prize in the first-ever Google Case Challenge at the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference 2010 held in April. Huda Idrees (MIE, 1T2), Hubert Ka (ECE, 1T2), Kazem Kutob (TrackOne, 1T3) and Layan Kutob (MIE, 1T2), beat…

Professors decode genetic messages with groundbreaking “Enigma machine” program

Brendan Frey from The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Benjamin Blencowe from the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research at the University of Toronto unveiled a groundbreaking “Enigma machine” program that can decode genetic messages. In…

CivE Professor studies how greenhouse gas emissions affect cities worldwide

Professor Chris Kennedy (CivE) published study,  “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities” examined ten global cities’ greenhouse gas emissions.  Professor Kennedy believes cities can learn best practices and strategies for reducing air pollutants by comparing and understanding why different cities generate the…

Omni-focus video camera to revolutionize industry

University of Toronto, a world-leading research university, announces a breakthrough development in video camera design. The Omni-focus Video Camera, based on an entirely new distance-mapping principle, delivers automatic real-time focus of both near and far field images, simultaneously, in high…

Advisory Search Committee for Dean of U of T Engineering

The composition of the Committee was announced in PDAD&C #77 last week. Since that announcement, Ms. Ines Fernandez has had to step aside from serving on the Committee. In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic…
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