New Funding Supports Engineering Outreach
The Engineering Student Outreach Office (ESOO) in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering will benefit from two new grants announced by governments in Canada. On August 17, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario announced a grant of $1.25-million to support Actua, a national science, engineering and technology youth outreach network. These funds […]
47 Engineers Among U of T Recipients of $42-million in NSERC Funding
Federal Minister of State (Transport) Stephen Fletcher and Member of Parliament Mark Adler (York Centre) were on hand to celebrate the University of Toronto researchers and students who will benefit from more than $42-million provided through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The celebration was held on July 27 in the […]
U of T Engineering Mourns Passing of Professor Lavers
The Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering mourns the passing of Professor J. Douglas Lavers of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Professor Lavers died on July 11, 2011 in an accident while on a 16-day canoe trip in the Yukon. Professor Lavers’ research focused on applications involving magnetic fields. […]
IBBME Professor Wins Analytical Chemistry 2011 Young Innovator Award
Professor Aaron Wheeler (IBBME) has won the Analytical Chemistry 2011 Young Innovator Award. This award honours exceptional technical advancement and innovation in the field of micro- or nanofluidics early in the investigator’s career. Wheeler’s innovative research explores the relationship between traditional enclosed microchannels and digital microfluidics, in which discrete droplets are manipulated on open devices […]
IBBME Professor’s Start-Up Earns $2-Million Licence Fee
Another technology commercialization success story emerges from U of T. Interface Biologics Inc (IBI), a company founded by Professor Paul Santerre, Director of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), announced the successful conclusion of a licensing evaluation period with Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care, the largest provider of dialysis products and services, […]
CivE Professor Awarded $3 Million Ontario Research Fund Grant
Lead researcher and Principal Investigator Professor Brent Sleep (CivE) has been awarded $3,213,700 by the Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence (ORF-RE) Water Round program. He and his team, made up of seven co-investigators from Queen’s University, University of Waterloo and U of T, will investigate combined treatment technologies for remediating contaminated groundwater in Ontario. […]
Engineering Professor Receives CSCE Camille Dagenais Award
Professor Barry Adams (CivE) has received the 2011 Camille Dagenais Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development and practice of hydrotechnical engineering in Canada. Barry Adams has served the Faculty with distinction as Chair of the Environmental Engineering program and Chair of the Department […]
Engineering Lecturer Receives Minerva Canada Education Award of Honour
Dr. Graeme Norval, Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, has received the Minerva Canada Education Award of Honour. The award recognizes Dr. Norval’s contributions to advancing safety and health education in Canadian universities. He is the first engineering educator to receive the award. Minerva Canada is a […]
CivE Student Elected President of ESSCO
The Engineering Student Societies’ Council of Ontario (ESSCO) has elected its new President – U of T Engineering student Mauricio Curbelo (CivE 1T3). The announcement was made at the organization’s Annual General Meeting, which took place at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, from May 26-29. “As President, I’ll be responsible for facilitating constructive […]
