Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)

Peter Munk (ElecE 5T2) was a Canadian business leader whose philanthropic contributions to education, medicine and public life are unparalleled. He passed away at the age of 90.

In Memoriam: Peter Munk (1927-2018)

March 29, 2018

The U of T Engineering community has lost a visionary alumnus and philanthropist in Peter Munk, who passed away at the age of 90

Phil De Luna (MSE PhD candidate) is first author on an analysis of how researchers could capture and recycle the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. "If we continue to work at this, it’s a matter of time before we have power plants where CO2 is emitted, captured, and converted,” says De Luna. (Credit: Tyler Irving)

U of T Engineering researchers propose how we could use climate-warming CO2 for good

March 29, 2018

Multidisciplinary team led by Professor Ted Sargent proposes vision for future of carbon capture and recycling

From left: Mark Drucker, President of Silanna Semiconductor, with Professor Aleksandar Prodić (ECE), Ahsan Zaman (ElecE 0T9, ECE MASc 1T2, PhD 1T5), Mete Erturk, CEO of Appulse Power, Aleksandar Radić (ECE PhD 1T4) and Behzad Mahdavikhah (ECE PhD 1T4). Silanna Semiconductor announced Wednesday that they have acquired U of T Engineering spin-off Appulse Power Inc. (Photo: Marit Mitchell).

U of T Engineering spin-off Appulse Power acquired by Silanna Semiconductor

March 21, 2018

Company founded by three alumni and Professor Aleksandar Prodić (ECE) snapped up by multinational, becomes its first Canadian location

Professor Parham Aarabi (ECE) is the CEO and founder of ModiFace, a spin-off company that uses augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) to build advanced facial visualization software for the beauty and medical industries. ModiFace has been acquired by L'Oreal. (Credit: Johnny Guatto)

U of T Engineering spin-off ModiFace acquired by French cosmetics giant L’Oreal

March 16, 2018

ModiFace uses augmented reality and artificial intelligence to build advanced facial visualization software

A global delegation from Fujitsu Inc., including Fujitsu President Tatsuya Tanaka, met with University of Toronto leadership on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 to discuss the thriving research collaboration. (Credit: Phil Babcock).

Fujitsu visits U of T Engineering to launch collaborative research lab

March 15, 2018

Global delegation meets with University leaders to discuss future of multidisciplinary partnership with researchers across U of T Engineering and beyond

How U of T Engineering startup Nymi found an unexpected business niche

February 27, 2018

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.

Clockwise from left: Mubtaseem Zaman, Tanvir Shahriar, Sadman Hasan and Farhad Siddique are the members of point 37, one of more than 100 teams to apply to The Entrepreneurship Hatchery this year. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Entrepreneurship Week: The Hatchery launches its 2018 cohort

February 26, 2018

More than 100 teams applied to participate in U of T Engineering startup incubator’s Nest program

Professor Piero Triverio (ECE) at centre, and collaborators Drs. Stephen Fremes (right), Laura Jiménez-Juan (left) of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Professor Gianluigi Rozza of SISSA are developing a study that could provide surgeons with better information about coronary artery disease (Credit: Jessica MacInnis).

Mysteries of the heart: U of T Engineering professor developing solutions for coronary artery disease with mathematical models

February 8, 2018

Research team led by Piero Triverio (ECE) is looking at ways to solve some of medicine’s most challenging heart problems through computational mathematics

Professors Rita Kandel and Robert Pilliar (IBBME), at right, are working on a promising new treatment that could see diseased joints replaced with new tissue-engineered joints developed at U of T Engineering. (Credit: Jennifer Robinson)

New joints for arthritis sufferers among U of T Engineering research projects receiving Connaught Innovation Award support

February 2, 2018

The five funded projects address pressing challenges in fields from machine learning to micro-surgery

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