Two Engineering Professors Named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Professors Stewart Aitchison (ECE) and Harry Ruda (MSE) have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), one of Canada’s most prestigious academic honours. The RSC is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists. It consists of nearly 2,000 Fellows, who are selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the natural and social […]
U of T Engineering Receives Seven Ontario Research Awards
Engineering at U of T emerged a winner on Thursday when its researchers received several funding awards from Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation. No fewer than four Engineering faculty members received Early Researcher Awards (ERA), which provide significant financial support to emerging leading researchers to build their research teams. Mansoor Barati (MSE) received an award for […]
ARWU Ranks U of T Engineering First Again in Canada, 19th in World
Engineering at the University of Toronto has held onto its 19th-place position for the second year in a row in the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). It remains the premier institution in Canada for the fourth consecutive year. ARWU is a well-regarded ranking of research universities around the world based on internationally comparable […]
Doug Reeve Wins R. S. Jane Memorial Award
Professor Doug Reeve has been named the 2010 recipient of the R. S. Jane Memorial Award by the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering (CSChE). This is the premier award presented by CSChE and recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional achievement in the field of chemical engineering or industrial chemistry. Professor Reeve, who is Chair of the […]
ACM Computer Architecture Group Honours Andreas Moshovos for Improving Memory Performance of Processors
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH) has presented its 2010 Maurice Wilkes Award to Professor Andreas Moshovos (ECE) for his contributions to the development of memory-dependence prediction. This technique, used by high-performance microprocessors that execute memory-access operations, provides many applications in boosting memory-system performance and reducing processor-design complexity. The award, which carries a prize […]
EngSci Student Receives William Peyton Hubbard Memorial Award
Evelyn Mukwedeya (EngSci 1T0+PEY) has taken another award, this time the William Peyton Hubbard Memorial Award. Mukwedeya, who took the CEMF women in engineering award in April, accepted her new award at a luncheon in Toronto on July 15th, hosted by Laura Formusa, President and CEO of Hydro One. In 1992, Ontario Hydro established educational awards […]
Four Faculty Members Receive Collaborative Health Grants
U of T Engineering professors have been awarded four out of 31 new research grants offered through Canada’s Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program, an initiative of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Faculty recipients are: • Professor Moshe Eizenman (IBBME), awarded $353,597 over three years […]
Julie Payette Promoted to Officer, Order of Canada
Alumna Julie Payette (ECE MASc 9T0) has been promoted to an officer of the Order of Canada, one of 74 new appointments announced on June 30 by Governor General Michaëlle Jean. An astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency, Payette was described as “a source of inspiration and an international ambassador for engineering in Canada” in a news […]
David Castelino Achieves Gold Level in Duke of Edinburgh Awards
David Castelino, a second-year ChemE student, was honoured today with a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award of Achievement alongside 199 other young people from across Canada. On a visit to Canada, the Duke of Edinburgh handed out the awards before leaving Toronto the following day. Castelino, who was interviewed along with another award winner on […]
