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IBBME Faculty Honoured for Excellence in Education

Professors Tom Chau and Dr. Albert Yee of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) were honoured at a gala ceremony at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine’s Annual Education Achievement Celebration on April 26. Professor Chau, core…

Two Engineering Alumni Named Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™

Alumni Som Seif (IndE 9T9) and John Poulos (ElecE 9T7) have been named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™. Established in 1995, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™ is a national program that celebrates the achievements of 40 Canadians who have…

Sidewalk Surfin’

Since the first skateboards appeared in the 1950s, they have evolved from crude wooden planks with metal rollers to sleek, symmetrical boards with polyurethane wheels. Now Professor Mark Kortschot (ChemE) has put his own stamp on the iconic “sidewalk surfer,”…

So You Want to be an Engineer

Ever take apart a mechanical toy to see how the parts work? Do you tinker with gizmos or get a rush pondering physics problems? Is math your second language? Maybe you should get in touch with your inner engineer. No…

U of T Civil Engineers Study Energy Efficiency for Apartment Towers

A team of civil engineering researchers is working on a plan to increase the efficiency of aging apartment buildings in Toronto by creating an outer perimeter whose temperature varies between the inside and outside temperature. Nested Thermal Envelope Design, or…

Why We Make Robots Human

For an upcoming episode of Spark, host Nora Young spoke to Professor Andrew Goldenberg (MIE), who spearheads the Robotics and Automation Lab at the University of Toronto, on why researchers are obsessed with replicating robots to the human form. To…
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