100 Years of Materials Innovation, 1913–2013
Once known as Department Eight: Metallurgical Engineering, the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) has seen a lot of changes in 100 years. Today, it can count close to 2,000 alumni, 200 current undergraduate students, 80 graduate students and 17 core faculty members. But what hasn’t changed is that MSE at U of T continues to […]
Gold Medal for iGEM Team at U of T
What does it take to earn a gold medal at the North American iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition? For the gold medal-winning team from U of T’s IBBME, it can be summed up in just one word: safety. This year’s iGEM competition, hosted earlier this month at Hart House, brought 550 students from across North […]
Students Repeat Second Place Win at Wharton Undergraduate Consulting Competition
U of T Engineering students Tarek El Fedawy (IndE 1T3 + PEY), Kazem Kutob (IndE 1T3 + PEY), Layan Kutob (IndE 1T2 + PEY, MEng 1T4) and Alberto Picard-Ami (IndE 1T3 + PEY) recently finished second in the Wharton Consulting Competition. The win marks the third consecutive year the team placed second, surpassing competitors from universities, including […]
Founding Chair of Industrial Engineering Inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame
Professor Arthur Porter (MIE), (1910-2010), founding Chair of U of T’s Industrial Engineering program, has been posthumously inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is a central part of the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. It honours individuals whose outstanding scientific or technological achievements have had long-term implications for […]
Professor Doug Hooton Receives Robert E. Philleo Award
U of T Engineering Professor Doug Hooton (CivE 7T4, MASc 7T5) is the 2013 Robert E. Philleo Award winner from the American Concrete Institute (ACI). The award, given by the ACI Foundation Concrete Research Council, honours exemplary teaching, research and service to the profession in the areas of durability of concrete, properties of concrete-making materials and preparation […]
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Professor Elected ASME Fellow
Professor Yu Sun (MIE) has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Fellowship is the highest elected grade of membership within ASME, the attainment of which recognizes outstanding engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. A global leader in the development of micro-nano robotics and device technologies for biomedical, clinical and precision instrumentation […]
Top 10 Finish for U of T Engineering’s Blue Sky Solar Racing in Solar Cup Challenge
U of T’s Blue Sky Solar Racing team is heading home after a successful eighth-place overall finish, and second among North American teams, in the 2013 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, a gruelling 3,021-kilometre race for solar-powered cars across Australia from Darwin in the north to Adelaide in the south. The Blue Sky team achieved its goal of finishing […]
Post-doctoral Fellow Wins 2013 Colton Award
Dr. Muhammad Zulfiker Alam, a post-doctoral fellow in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been announced as the 2013 recipient of the Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence. Alam received the award at a ceremony Tuesday evening in Gatineau, Que. at CMC Microsystems’ 2013 Annual Symposium. The Douglas […]
Dean Amon Inducted into HENAAC Hall of Fame
Professor Cristina Amon (MIE), Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, has been inducted into the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC) Hall of Fame. The annual honour recognizes a member who has achieved a level of excellence that opens doors to advances in science, technology, engineering and math, and opens minds about the contributions […]
