Posts By: Tyler Irving

Flight MH370: forensic engineering prof on the significance of debris

Plane debris found on the French island of Réunion in the western Indian Ocean has renewed hopes experts can determine the fate of flight MH370 which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 500 days ago. The recovered object, confirmed…

$2.8 million research grant boosts the search for ‘green plastics’

Paper or plastic? This seemingly mundane question captures one of our biggest sustainability challenges: although paper is renewable and biodegradable, for many uses non-degradable plastic still wins out due to its resilience and versatility. Now, thanks to a new grant from…

Smart cities become reality at SAVI meeting of minds

If you live in Toronto, you may have noticed that your commute is worse since the HOV lanes opened ahead of Toronto’s Pan Am Games. Or is it all in your head? The smart traffic monitoring platform Connected Vehicles and…

Engineering professor wins Borg Early Career Award for outreach

When ECE Professor Natalie Enright Jerger received the Borg Early Career Award a few weeks ago, there was a certain sense of passing the torch. “I remember when my co-supervisor, Li-Shiuan Peh received this same award in 2007 when I…

Q & A: Two U of T engineers compete at Pan Am Games

With the Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games beginning in Toronto today, the U of T Engineering community is cheering on two of its own. Donna Vakalis (CivE PhD Candidate) competes for Team Canada in the modern pentathlon and Sasha Gollish…
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