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Five Engineering Professors Elected Fellows of AAAS

Professors Sanjeev Chandra (MIE), Andrew Goldenberg (MIE), Chul Park (MIE), Michael Sefton (ChemE/IBBME) and Paul Young (CivE) have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS is the largest international organization dedicated to…

Do Cellphones Pose Threat to Airplanes?

Can a cellphone bring down an airplane? That was the question posed by Global News to Professor Sean Victor Hum of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. The question arises after well-known actor Alec Baldwin was kicked…

Interface Biologics Inc. Announces $1-Million Investment by IAF-LS

U of T spin-off company, Interface Biologics Inc. (IBI), founded by Professor Paul Santerre (Director, IBBME), continues to garner technical and commercial success. On December 6, IBI announced a $1-million investment by Ontario’s Investment Accelerator Fund – Life Sciences (IAF-LS). The IAF-LS…

An Electronic Fireside Chat with Dean Cristina Amon

Product Design & Development (PD&D), a design engineering website, recently conducted an in-depth Q & A with Professor Cristina Amon, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. In the interview, Dean Amon discusses her early mentors, her research…

Lab-on-a-Chip Revolutionizes HIV Monitoring in Developing Countries

The World Health Organization considers HIV a worldwide pandemic. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, more than 22 million people are living with it. ECE PhD candidate James Dou and his supervisor Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE), Vice-Dean, Research, have developed an affordable and efficient lab-on-a-chip…

Eight Engineering Students Make The Next 36

Eight of the U of T students selected nationwide for 2012‘s The Next 36 come from engineering. Making this accomplishment an even greater one is the fact that U of T represents one-third of the total 36 chosen internationally. The…
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