
How U of T Engineering startup Nymi found an unexpected business niche
Founded by U of T Engineering researchers in 2011, Nymi uses people’s heartbeats as biometric identifiers to log them into iPhones, iPads — and now industrial equipment.

Entrepreneurship Week: The Hatchery launches its 2018 cohort
More than 100 teams applied to participate in U of T Engineering startup incubator’s Nest program

Mysteries of the heart: U of T Engineering professor developing solutions for coronary artery disease with mathematical models
Research team led by Piero Triverio (ECE) is looking at ways to solve some of medicine’s most challenging heart problems through computational mathematics

New joints for arthritis sufferers among U of T Engineering research projects receiving Connaught Innovation Award support
The five funded projects address pressing challenges in fields from machine learning to micro-surgery

EngSoc contest updates Godiva’s Hymn to reflect diversity in engineering
The Godiva’s Hymn contest, held by U of T’s Engineering Society, encourages students to contribute verses that echo the spirit of the 21st-century engineer. The 2018 winners were announced at Cannonball on Jan. 13, 2018.

Milos Popovic appointed research director of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
IBBME professor is a world-renowned researcher in the field of rehabilitation engineering

Reducing ‘range anxiety’ for electric vehicles by speeding up charging time
Large-scale, utility level battery systems will reduce the charging time for electric vehicles from hours to minutes

Smarter cities: Strategic partnership leverages technology and big data to improve urban environments
Collaboration brings together academia, industry and government to explore how the Internet of Things can make cities work better

Artificial intelligence can accelerate the race toward sustainable energy technologies
We’ve all heard that artificial intelligence and machine learning are poised to transform our lives with self-driving cars and voice-activated robotic assistants. But these technologies may also be the key to speeding up the development of clean energy — from better batteries to more efficient solar cells. That’s the argument advanced today in Nature by […]