Engineering Student Takes Sunnybrook Prize with Biomaterials Discovery
Ben Ouyang, a fourth-year Engineering Science student (Biomedical Engineering option) has been awarded first prize in the Sunnybrook Prize competition. The national research competition recognizes excellence in undergraduate engineering and physical sciences research and promote careers in biomedical engineering, pitting 10 undergraduate finalists from across Canada against one another. Competitors give a final presentation before […]
Professor Shoichet Awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
On February 6, Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) will be awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, an award that marks the Queen’s 60th year of reign. “It’s a huge honour,” said Professor Shoichet. “You realize the importance of that honour when you look around at the other recipients.” Her nomination for the Queen’s […]
David Zingg receives the 2012 McCurdy Award from CASI
Professor David Zingg (UTIAS) has been named the 2012 recipient of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) McCurdy Award. One of CASI’s most prestigious awards, the McCurdy Award is presented for outstanding achievement in the science and creative aspects of engineering relating to aeronautics and space research. The award commemorates the many contributions made by U […]
Ted Sargent Talks Steacie Prize Win with CBC
Professor Ted Sargent (ECE), Vice-Dean, Research, was recently awarded the 2012 Steacie Prize, an honour given each year to one person 40 years of age or less who has made notable contributions to research in Canada. And he’s not the first in his family to win the prestigious award – his wife Shana Kelley, a professor in U […]
Engineering Students are Five of The Next 36
Five engineering students are among six U of T undergrads selected as part of The Next 36, an annual program aimed at promoting Canadian entrepreneurship among undergraduate youth. “I got in, and I was shocked,” said Simon Bromberg. “I thought there’d be no way I was going to get in, that I’d do my best and […]
Professor Awarded Korea’s Highest Honour for Science and Technology
Professor Chul B. Park (MIE) has been recognized by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), Korea’s national society for science and technology. Professor Park is the Canada Research Chair in Microcellular Plastics and the founder and Director of the Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory. A world leader in the development of innovative technologies for the manufacture […]
Three U of T Engineers Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Professors Alberto Leon-Garcia (ECE), Andreas Mandelis (MIE) and Doug Perovic (MSE) have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest international organization dedicated to advancing science or its applications on a global basis. Professor Leon-Garcia is the U of T Distinguished Professor in Application Platforms and Smart Infrastructure and Scientific Director of the NSERC Strategic […]
Gates Foundation Awards U of T Engineers $2.2 Million for Toilet Research
A University of Toronto Engineering team has received a major grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to continue work on designing for a waterless, hygienic toilet that is safe and affordable for people in the developing world. The Gates Foundation awarded the grant, worth $2.2 million for 15 months, to U of T […]
International Aviation Body Confirms Human-powered Ornithopter Achievement
An historic human-powered ornithopter flight by the Toronto-based Snowbird in 2010 has been certified as a world record first by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI). The Snowbird is a human-powered flapping wing aircraft that was designed and built by and Todd Reichert and Cameron Robertson of AeroVelo, while they were University of Toronto Engineering graduate students at the Institute for Aerospace […]
