Skule™ Arts Festival Chair is Recognized with Arts Award
Taryn Davis (ChemE, 1T0), the Chair of the 2010 Skule™ Arts Festival, has been honoured with a University of Toronto Arts Council Award for Student Engagement. The award recognizes Davis’s contribution to the arts community within the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, where she helped establish the one-week festival for Engineering students and displayed several […]
Professors’ Automotive Research Shifts into High Gear with Federal Grants
Three Engineering professors have received funding under the federal Automotive Sector Partnership program, for an energy storage system for cars that will reduce start-up emissions, and for a more fuel-efficient vehicle transmission system. Professors Masahiro Kawaji and Honghi Tran of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry will receive $234,000 for their research, in partnership with the Thermal Products Group of […]
Quantum Dot Spin-out from U of T Wins Wall Street Journal Innovation Award
The Wall Street Journal’s 2010 Technology Innovation Awards have chosen InVisage’s QuantumFilm as the winner in the Semiconductor category. The winning product makes vast improvements in capturing light for digital cameras, and especially cell phone cameras. Using semiconductor quantum dots instead of weakly light-absorbing silicon, QuantumFilm image sensors capture more than 90% of available light instead […]
Professor Edward (Ted) Davison Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering
University Professor Emeritus Ted Davison, of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was inducted into the USA’s National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as a Foreign Associate in a ceremony in Washington, DC, on October 3rd. Founded in 1964, the NAE provides engineering leadership in service to the United States and globally. […]
THE Global University Ranking Names U of T Engineering as Best in Canada
The University of Toronto has the top engineering program in Canada, according to the UK-based Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. Ranked 13th among global universities, U of T is one of only two Canadian institutions to make the top 50 list of engineering and technology programs. The University of British Columbia ranked 38th. “It is […]
Engineering Professor and Alumnus Selected for Best Paper Award
Professor Stavros Argyropoulos (MSE) and alumnus Dr. Zhi Li (MSE PhD 0T8) have been selected for a Metallurgical Society (MetSoc) Best Paper Award. Professor Argyropoulos and Dr. Li’s winning paper was entitled “The Assimilation of Mn-Al Powder Compacts in Liquid Mg: Exothermicity and Recovery Issues,” and was published in the CMQ, Vol. 48, No. 4, in 2009. The award will […]
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 […]
