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 […]
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 […]
