Tissue engineering pioneer Michael Sefton named to the U.S. Institute of Medicine
This week, University Professor Michael Sefton (ChemE, IBBME) was invited to join the United States Institute of Medicine (IOM)—a rare honour bestowed upon few Canadian scientists and engineers. Sefton is a global leader in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. His research tackles a question central to the field: how can scientists construct or grow blood […]
Frank Kschischang named U of T Distinguished Professor
When you download photos from your digital camera, it may only seem like a click of a mouse. But to your computer, it’s an intricate process fraught with error. As millions of information bits travel between devices at lightning speed, tiny blips and blunders are common—and fixing those errors is more complex than you’d imagine. ECE […]
U of T inventor wins $100K Manning Award for anti-clotting medical innovation
Often singled out for his academic leadership and research, U of T Professor Paul Santerre is being celebrated for a different reason this month. His leadership in moving his biomaterials discovery, Surface Modifying Macromolecules, to the marketplace has garnered him top prize from the 2014 Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards. The awards recognize Canadian innovators […]
Engineers take aim at childhood hunger and unclean water with Grand Challenges Canada grants
In Canada, we often take safe drinking water and a stable food supply for granted. But in many parts of the world, people are much less fortunate. Two recently announced Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) grants will allow U of T Engineering researchers to bring their expertise to bear on some of the most urgent global […]
U of T Engineering alumni celebrated at 25th annual Arbor Awards
For the better part of six decades, alumnus Donald Dowds (MechE 5T3) has been giving back to U of T Engineering. As a member of multiple awards committees, the host for many student recruitment events and an organizer of the Skule Lunch & Learn speaker series, his personal service to the engineering community is exemplary. […]
Ontario’s Campus-Linked Accelerator Program gives $3 million boost to U of T entrepreneurs
The time has never been better to be an entrepreneur at the University of Toronto. Yesterday, U of T announced that it will receive more than $3 million in funding from the Ontario government to increase training and support for student entrepreneurship. Offered through the Ontario’s new Campus-Linked Accelerator Program (CLA), the $3,056,000 of funding […]
Micah Stickel named to Top 20 Under 40 by American Society for Engineering Education
He pioneered U of T Engineering’s “inverted classroom”, was one of the first in the Faculty to teach entirely using a tablet PC, and he calls himself “a facilitator of experiences, not a deliverer of content.” Dr. Micah Stickel (ECE), a senior lecturer in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, […]
3D skin printer wins engineering students Canada Dyson Award
While some of us are using the new power of 3D printers to make smartphone cases and chocolate figurines, two engineering students from the University of Toronto are using them to print functional human skin. On September 18, Arianna McAllister (IBBME MASc 1T4) and Lian Leng (MIE MASc 1T0, PhD 1T5) were named the Canadian winners […]
Student startups compete for $42,000 in funding at Entrepreneurship Hatchery demo night
Aiming for more than $42,000 in prizes, young U of T entrepreneurs pitching to investors packed their presentations with 3D animations, live classical guitar serenades, product giveaways hidden under audience chairs – and one very efficient mop bucket. Welcome to demo night at the Entrepreneurship Hatchery, U of T Engineering’s startup incubator, where 13 companies […]
