Multidisciplinary capstone project: App helps firefighters track hazard exposure
Smartphones could soon join axes, ladders and helmets as indispensable tools of the firefighting trade, thanks to a group of recent graduates from U of T Engineering
Meet three robots engineered at U of T that could improve — or save — your life
Group of international journalists visits Mechanical & Industrial Engineering labs to learn about U of T Engineering research in robotics and automation
Six engineering innovations get a boost from NSERC Strategic Partnership Grants
New funding from NSERC will advance U of T Engineering research in sustainable energy, telecommunications and more
Catherine Lacavera: Google’s IP and litigation all-star
Catherine Lacavera (CompE 9T7) has been director of IP and litigation at Google for more than 10 years, where she and her team handle one per cent of all patent litigation in the United States.
Smarter scans could detect cancer earlier
Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng was working as an electrical engineer in the aerospace and defence industry when she had an epiphany: she realized the signal-processing techniques she was using to improve radar for remote sensing could also enhance magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.
Toronto teachers partner with U of T Engineering to bring coding into their classrooms
A week-long series of computer coding workshops helped TDSB teachers integrate digital literacy across their curriculum.
Desktop diagnosis: Professors Ted Sargent and Shana Kelley receive Brockhouse Canada Prize
Award recognizes interdisciplinary research partnership for development of a faster, more cost-effective way to diagnose infectious diseases
From stem-cell muscles to portable power: Eight women shaping the future of engineering
On the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science, meet these professors creating innovative solutions in bioengineering, sustainability, communications and enabling technologies
Thin, cheap antenna could help bring Internet to the unconnected 3 billion
More than three billion people in the world still don’t have Internet access. What if providing it were as simple as sticking a thin panel on the back of a tablet? Engineering professor George Eleftheriades (ECE) and his team are working on that panel—they’ve designed a new metamaterial surface that can focus electromagnetic waves into a […]
