Six Members of U of T Engineering Community Honoured with Professional Engineers Awards
Six members of the U of T Engineering community have been recognized by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) with Ontario Professional Engineers Awards. Professor Stavros Argyropoulos (MSE) has been awarded a Research and Development Medal. Alumni Michael Branch (ElecE 0T3) received the Young Engineer Award, Carlos de Oliveira (CivE MASc 0T6) garnered the Entrepreneurship […]
MIE Professor Emeritus Recognized for Lifetime Achievement
Professor Emeritus Andrew K.S. Jardine (MIE) was honoured by the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM) with the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award for his exceptional dedication and contributions to advancing the field of Engineering Asset Management. Professor Jardine is the second ever recipient of the award. Professor Jardine’s research includes preventive maintenance on machinery to ensure […]
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 […]
