Professor Jim Wallace (MIE) Receives President’s Teaching Award
Professor Jim Wallace (MIE) has been named as a recipient of the 2012 President’s Teaching Award, U of T’s highest honour for teaching. He also now becomes a member of the prestigious U of T Teaching Academy. Other U of T winners include Senior Lecturer Karen Reid, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science and […]
Engineering Society Celebrates Student Leaders
A successful year full of award-worthy contributions by undergraduates was recognized on April 9 at the annual Engineering Society Awards. The awards celebrated the accomplishments of many student leaders and clubs. The Engineering Society – better known as Eng Soc – is the undergraduate student government for the Faculty. It has presented awards annually for […]
Engineering Mourns Passing of Professor Torstein A. Utigard
Professor Torstein A. Utigard passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early morning of April 11 after a long battle with cancer. The 57-year-old Materials Science & Engineering faculty member was surrounded by his immediate family. Professor Utigard received his MASc and PhD from the University of Toronto under the supervision of the late Professor Emeritus […]
U of T Engineering Students Honoured by 2012 Cressy Awards
On March 27, U of T recognized students for their outstanding extra-curricular contributions to improving the university’s community with the 2012 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards. The Faculty of Applied Sciences & Engineering is pleased to present the 17 U of T Engineering students who were celebrated for their leadership. As President of Engineers Without […]
Three U of T Engineering Members Elected to 2012 Governing Council
The Faculty is pleased to announce that three members of the U of T Engineering community will be serving on the University’s Governing Council in 2012-2013. The incumbents are: Full-time Undergraduate Students (Professional Faculties): James Bateman(EngSci 1T3), Graduate Students, Constituency II: Chirag Variawa (MSE 0T9, MIE PhD candidate), re-elected Teaching Staff, Constituency IV: Professor Steven Thorpe (MSE) The Governing Council […]
MSE Alumnus Honoured by Black Business & Professional Association
Materials Science & Engineering alumnus Andrew N. Forde (MSE 1T1) has been named the recipient of the 2012 Harry Jerome Young Entrepreneur Award by the Black Business & Professional Association. The Young Entrepreneur category recognizes a distinguished professional between the ages of 18 to 35 who embodies entrepreneurial spirit and success, the proven ability to turn business […]
Design the Future: National Engineering Month 2012
National Engineering Month (NEM) is the biggest national celebration of engineering and technology, in which volunteers in each province and territory stage events and activities designed to increase public awareness of engineers and engineering technology and to encourage young people to consider careers in these fields. Across Canada, NEM is celebrated through the month of […]
University of Toronto Professors Win John C. Polanyi Award
The groundbreaking research of two U of T professors has been recognized with the 2011 NSERC John C. Polanyi Award, which honours an individual or team whose Canadian-based research has led to a recent outstanding advance in the natural sciences or engineering. Professor Brendan Frey of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer […]
Eight Ways to Improve Society, the Economy and the Environment
U of T Engineering research with its direct impact on improving life on Earth – and the planet itself — got a huge boost with on February 13 with more than $3.2-million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The funding comes through NSERC’s Strategic Project Grants (SPG) program, which is […]
