Meet the 2013 McLean Award Winner and his Photosynthetic Friends
Professor David Sinton is a mechanical engineer. So at first glance it seems odd his lab is full of algae. Sinton’s research has always focused on small-scale plumbing, or fluidics — the movement of fluid at the micro- and nano-scale. Traditional applications have been exclusively biomedical, and Sinton’s work before 2004 was too. His early work in energy […]
Engineering Researchers Share in $2.5 million CFI funding
U of T researchers, including four affiliated with the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, have won just under $2.5 million in infrastructure funding in the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s latest Leadership Opportunity Fund competition. Engineering recipients were: Tobin Filleter, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, “Nanomechanics and Nanotribology Platform for Characterizing Energy Efficient Materials.” […]
Two U of T Engineers Honoured by Engineers Canada
Two members of the U of T Engineering community were recently recognized with Engineers Canada awards for their contributions and achievements in engineering. Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE) received the Young Engineer Achievement Award and alumnus Tyler Irving (ChemE MASc 1T0) garnered the inaugural Award of Journalism Excellence in Engineering. Established in 1972, the Engineers Canada Awards are national awards […]
U of T Engineers Featured in Globe and Mail Special Section
In a special section devoted to engineering in The Globe and Mail, several U of T Engineering research groups, professors and alumni were mentioned in the six-page spread. The supplement, which was published on June 6, was dedicated to covering the state of engineering in Canada. Among those featured are: Professor Reza Iravani (ECE), giving expert comment on […]
NSERC Invests Millions in U of T Engineering Research
The Government of Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced $46.2 million in research and scholarship investment to the University of Toronto on May 21. Several U of T Engineering faculty members and students received either research grants or scholarships. On the research side, $36,841,718 will go to 224 […]
CivE and MSE Win International Communications Awards
The Department of Civil Engineering (CivE) and the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) were recently honoured with two 2013 Hermes Creative Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. CivE was given the Gold Award in the Publications: Newsletter category for its alumni publication The Civilian, while MSE was recognized with a Gold Award in […]
U of T Student Team Takes Top Prize at Green Building Design Challenge
Civil engineering students Amanda Cirinna (1T3) and Steven Goldstine (1T3) recently took top honours at the Home Sweet Home Student Challenge, an annual competition developed by OntarioGreenSpec.ca and vied for by schools across the province. The competition, which is adjudicated by an advisory board of 12 academic leaders and green-building practitioners, was created to engage Ontario’s post-secondary students in the research, […]
EngSci Students Take Top Prize With Health & Safety App
Engineering Science students Sherri Cui (1T5) and Shen Wang (1T5) have won first prize in a national safe design award competition for their innovative mobile health and safety app. Cui and Wang were presented with the 2013 James Ham Safe Design Award by Minerva Canada Safety Management Education President Tony Pasteris at a ceremony at Ryerson University last week. […]
Five Engineers Honoured as U of T’s Inventors of the Year
Dietary advice tailored to your DNA. A ‘bio-printer’ that prints skin-like tissue that can be used to dress wounds. These are just two of the inventions that might change your life in coming years. They’re also two of 10 inventions whose creators were celebrated May 15 at the University of Toronto’s 2013 Inventors of the […]
