ECE Student Takes NSERC André Hamer Postgraduate Prize
Audrey Kertesz, an ECE student in her first year of graduate studies and specializing in control theory, received the 2010 André Hamer Postgraduate Prize from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in Ottawa on Monday, February 14th. Roberto Morandotti, an ECE post-doctoral fellow in 2002-2003 who is now a professor in […]
MSE Students Recognize Top Educators
The winners of the inaugural IMPACT Student Choice Awards for Instructor and Teaching Assistant (TA) of the Year were announced last weekend at the annual Materials Science & Engineering Dinner Dance. Selected by the undergraduate student body “for dedication and excellence in teaching,” the 2011 awardees were Professor Zhirui Wang (Instructor of the Year, MSE […]
U of T’s Connaught Fund Announces Innovation and Summer Institute Awards
The Connaught Committee met Dec. 16 to make its final decision on the winners of the Innovation Award and the Summer Institute. The committee also invited three researchers to move forward with applications to the Global Challenge Award. Founded in 1972, the Connaught Fund was created from the sale of Connaught Laboratories, which first mass-produced […]
Seven Principal Investigators are Awarded NSERC Strategic Project Grants
Seven Engineering researchers will receive Strategic Project Grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the government announced on Thursday. The Strategic Project Grants (SPG) Program awards were announced at the University of Waterloo by the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), and Stephen Woodworth, Member of Parliament […]
Molly Shoichet is Named to Ontario’s Highest Honour
Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME), a world-renowned researcher of regenerative medicine, is among 30 new appointees to the Order of Ontario, the provincial government announced on Friday. The appointees to Ontario’s highest honour were chosen for their contributions to the arts, justice, science, medicine, history, politics, philanthropy and the environment. The Honourable David C. Onley, […]
IBBME Professors Receive Nearly $6.5 Million in Funding from CIHR
Professors Shana Kelley, Michael Sefton and Gang Zheng of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) have received nearly $6.5 million in research funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), it was announced on Monday. These grants come from the Emerging Team Grant: Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine program which will back IBBME research […]
Giving Children with Physical Challenges the Tools to Speak Out
Professor Tom Chau (EngSci 9T2) of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering has been chosen as one of 25 Transformational Canadians. The Globe and Mail’s Transformational Canadians program celebrates 25 living citizens who have made a difference by immeasurably improving the lives of others. Over several weeks this past autumn, a panel of six […]
Two Engineering Alumni Appointed to Order of Canada
U of T Engineering alumni Jeffrey Skoll (ElecE 8T7) and Thomas Jenkins (MASc ElecE 8T5) have been appointed Officers of the Order of Canada. The Order of Canada is the country’s highest honour and recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, and dedication to community and service. Of the 66 appointed on December 30, Skoll and Jenkins are among nine […]
Five Students Selected for The Next 36: Canada’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative
The Next 36, a new program that helps launch the business careers of 36 promising and innovative Canadian undergraduates, have chosen five U of T Engineering students. In summer 2011, EngSci students Shahed Al-Haque (1T1), Shane Gu (1T3), Saksham Uppal (1T1 + PEY) and ECE students Michael Del Baso (1T2) and Tulika Gupta (1T2) will join other aspiring entrepreneurs from around the country, as […]
