Dean Amon Among Most Important Hispanics in Technology, 2010
Dean Cristina Amon has been selected for the “Most Important Hispanics in Technology” list for 2010. The honour, from American magazine Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology (HE&IT), was bestowed on the Dean today at an awards dinner in Baltimore, Maryland. Extensive research was performed on thousands of employees from 100 candidate companies; HE&IT editors then evaluated and ranked the highest-achieving Hispanic […]
Two Engineering Researchers Win NSERC Discovery Accelerator Grants
Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) has been awarded $120,000 over the next three years by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s (NSERC) Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS) program. The grant will assist Professor Radisic to hire more students and commit more resources to her research into the development of new therapies for heart disease. The grant recognizes […]
U of T Wins Five of Nine Ontario Professional Engineers Awards
Five members of the U of T Engineering community have been selected by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) to receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards, out of a total of nine recipients province-wide. Stephen Armstrong, an instructor in our ELITE program, received the Engineering Excellence Medal. Professor Mansoor Barati (MSE) received […]
PhD Candidate Earns ITF Young Researcher of the Year Award
U of T Engineering student Hossam Abdelgawad (CivE) received the Young Researcher of the Year Award 2010 at the International Transport Forum, the leading global mobility summit, held in Leipzig, Germany on May 27. The 27-year-old PhD candidate was recognized for his study of mass evacuations of major cities in the event of a catastrophe. The paper […]
Engineering Dean Emeritus Michael E. Charles Elected CAE President
Former Dean and Professor Emeritus Michael E. Charles, FCAE, PEng, has been elected President of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), and started his presidency on June 4, 2010 at the conclusion of the CAE’s Annual General Meeting in Toronto. The CAE is an independent, self-governing, non-profit organization serving the technological development of Canada by marshaling […]
Assistant Professor Milica Radisic Named a “Scientist to Watch”
The prestigious life sciences magazine, The Scientist, recently named Assistant Professor Milica Radisic of the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) and the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (ChemE) as the “Scientist to Watch” for her research involving engineered cardiac tissue called the “heart patch.” The idea for the heart patch first came to Radisic […]
Student David Castelino Named to Top 20 Under 20™
Second-year Chemical Engineering student David Castelino has been named one of Canada’s Top 20 Under 20™ by Youth in Motion, a national charitable organization that develops and implements dynamic programs for youth. Castelino was recognized for his development of a thin-film solar tile, which uses solar paint made from organic dyes to convert the sun’s rays into […]
Engineers Canada Award Recipient — Julie Payette
This video was shown at the Engineers Canada Awards Gala in Vancouver on May 29, 2010. Video courtesy of Engineers Canada. Engineers Canada honoured alumna Julie Payette (ECE, MASc. 9T0) with the Gold Medal Award. In 1992, Julie Payette was selected by the Canadian Space Agency as one of four astronauts from a field of 5,330 applicants. She […]
Engineers Canada Award Recipient — Mike Klassen
This video was shown at the Engineers Canada Awards Gala in Vancouver on May 29, 2010. Video courtesy of Engineers Canada. Mike Klassen (EngSci 1T0) is one of two students who received the Student Gold Medal Award from Engineers Canada. Like Jane Chui (EngSci 1T0), the other award recipient, Mike has shown incredible leadership as an engineering student. Mike […]
