Next Generation of Inventors Lights Up Design Fair
Mind-controlled computing, an app for diversifying your stock portfolio, a new chip that could one day revolutionize airport security – these were just a few of the futuristic concepts brought to life by enterprising fourth-year undergraduates at this year’s ECE Annual Design Fair. More than 100 projects debuted over the three-day event, and the most spectacular finalists were featured […]
Mary Qiu Wins Health Innovation Challenge
Mary Qiu (IndE 1T3 + PEY) has placed first in the individual category of the Health Council of Canada’s nation-wide Health Innovation Challenge for her paper “Preventing Acute Care Hospital Readmissions Through the Use of a Virtual Ward.” More than 100 students across Canada participated in the Challenge, submitting a total of 74 essays explaining which […]
National Engineering Month 2013
National Engineering Month (NEM) is the biggest national celebration of engineering and technology. Across Canada, engineering schools and volunteers stage more than 500 events and activities to bring more awareness to the exciting and rewarding world of engineering. This year’s NEM theme is Design the Future – something U of T Engineering certainly knows a […]
EngSci Students to Compete in International Engineering Competition
Four EngSci students are heading to Calgary for the first-ever International Engineering Competition in September. The four, Jun Tao Luo (EngSci 1T4), Zane Luo (EngSci 1T4), Aleck Wu (EngSci 1T4) and Ling Zhong (EngSci 1T4), placed second in the senior design team category at the Canadian Engineering Competition. Another student, Amr Ahmed (IndE 1T3), placed […]
U of T Engineering Researchers Benefit from CFI, ORF Awards
Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation, Reza Moridi, announced $35 million in matching funding from the Ontario Research Funding for U of T researchers, including U of T Engineering faculty members Omer Gulder (UTIAS), Charles Mims(ChemE) and Ted Sargent (ECE). Gulder received funding for a High-Pressure Blow-Down Facility for Gas Turbine Combustion Research, Mims for an Ontario Centre for Characterization […]
Seven U of T Engineers Among New, Renewed Canada Research Chairs
U of T research got a big boost on March 15, when the federal government announced $18.7 million in funding for 23 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs), seven of which come from U of T Engineering. Chairholders will use the funds to investigate everything from lung transplantation to the efficiency of wireless networks. […]
U of T Engineering Student a Finalist in Health Innovation Challenge
Mary Qiu (IndE 1T3 + PEY) has been named a finalist in the Health Council of Canada’s Health Innovation Challenge, an annual contest to find the best papers from university and college students about innovative practices in Canadian health care. Qiu’s paper, “Preventing Acute Care Hospital Readmissions Through the Use of a Virtual Ward,” is one of […]
Five U of T Engineers Honoured by the Engineering Institute of Canada
Professors Paul Chow (ECE), Andrew Goldenberg (MIE), Chul Park (MIE), Shamim Sheikh (CivE) and Yu Sun (MIE) have been recognized by the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for their outstanding engineering achievements. Andrew Goldenberg received the Sir John Kennedy Medal, the EIC’s highest honour. Chul Park was awarded the K.Y. Lo Medal for significant engineering […]
U of T Leads in National Science Awards
University of Toronto researchers won or shared honours in six of eight prize categories in this year’s awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), presented Feb. 27 in Ottawa. Among them are U of T Engineering professors Warren Chan (IBBME), Paul Santerre (IBBME, Director) and Yu Sun (MIE), as well […]
