Six Engineers Recognized By U of T Inventors of the Year Awards
Six U of T engineers are among those recognized by the University’s second annual Inventors of the Year Awards competition, which honoured the work of 15 inventors at a ceremony on June 7. The awards were presented in the Banting and Best Innovation Hub on College Street. The awards recognize U of T inventors who […]
Three U of T Engineers Receive Engineers Canada Awards
Three members of the U of T Engineering community were recently recognized with Engineers Canada awards for their contributions and achievements in engineering. Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME/ChemE) received the Young Engineer Achievement Award, Engineering Science student Saksham Uppal (1T2) garnered the Student Gold Medal Award and alumna Anna Dunets-Wills (CivE 7T6) received the Meritorious Service Award for Community Service. […]
U of T Auto Research in the Fast Lane
With the support of new grants, auto research at the University of Toronto is being put in the fast lane. The funds will support a broad range of research, from building cars out of trees and plants to a new training program that will help drivers learn how to limit their gas consumption. Six projects […]
NSERC Invests $43 Million in U of T Research
U of T Engineering are among the many who will benefit from today’s announcement by the Government of Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) of $43 million in research and scholarship investment at the University of Toronto. The funding will support 176 research projects and 186 students at U of […]
MIE Professor Receives Medal from the Canadian Association of Physicists
Professor Andreas Mandelis (MIE) has received the 2012 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)-National Optics Institute (INO) Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics for his seminal contributions to the field of photothermal and photoacoustic science and applications. A Canada Research Chair in Diffusion-Wave Sciences and Technologies, Professor Mandelis has authored more than 300 refereed papers, as well […]
Paul Cadario Appointed as a Distinguished Senior Fellow in Global Innovation
The Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and the Munk School of Global Affairs announced the joint appointment of Paul Cadario, a Senior Manager at The World Bank, as a Distinguished Senior Fellow in Global Innovation. In this role, he will share his experience and expertise with students and faculty members at the Munk School of […]
U of T Engineering Professor to Receive Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Victoria
Former MIE Chair David Sanborn Scott is set to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria (UVic) on June 13, 2012. Professor Scott, who is being recognized for his groundbreaking work in energy systems, is humbled by the honour. “It reinforces that luck plays a major role in life and careers. Of the many people […]
Faculty Teaching Awards Given to Three Stellar Engineering Educators
Graduating future innovators is an ambitious task, but one that U of T Engineering’s educators wholly understand. Three shining examples of that commitment were honoured with teaching awards on April 18 at the Celebrating Engineering Excellence reception. Drew Cheung (EngSci 1T0, CivE MASc candidate) was presented with the Teaching Assistant Award, while Professor Jonathan Rose (ECE) was honoured with […]
U of T Engineering Welcomes New NSERC Chair in Multidisciplinary Design
U of T Engineering Professor Kamran Behdinan (MIE) has been named the NSERC Chair in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design. In his role, Professor Behdinan will establish real-world multidisciplinary senior design projects, which will utilize industrial collaboration and support. The projects will span all nine undergraduate engineering programs at U of T’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. The […]
