Mario Badr wins 2015 TA Teaching Excellence Award
ECE PhD candidate Mario Badr was one of just four recipients from more than 6,000 teaching assistants across the University of Toronto.
Safer rail car wins Engineering student top prize at Minerva Safe Design Awards
Tragedies such as the train explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Que. will never happen again if Iman Chalabi (Year 3 ElecE) has his way. The third-year student in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering took first prize in the 2015 Minerva Canada James Ham Safe Design Awards competition today for designing a system that renders crude oil cargo […]
$20M opens high-performance computing consortium to new research areas
A $20 million investment from the federal government announced today will enable the Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP) consortium to add new areas of focus—such as advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity—to its research projects. U of T is a founding member of SOSCIP, created in 2012 to support collaboration between academic researchers and industries […]
Celebrating engineering excellence: U of T Engineering honours 11 faculty and staff
U of T Engineering has awarded 11 faculty and staff for their continued pursuit of excellence. Recipients were recognized for their leadership, citizenship and innovation at the “Celebrating Engineering Excellence” reception this week—an annual event to honour all those who’ve won awards in the Faculty over the past year. “It is my privilege to bring […]
Quantum cryptography at the speed of light: Researchers design first all-photonic repeaters
Imagine having your MRI results sent directly to your phone, with no concern over the security of your private health data. Or knowing your financial information was safe on a server halfway around the world. Or sending highly sensitive business correspondence, without worrying that it would fall into the wrong hands. Thanks to new research […]
U of T Engineering Supermileage Team wins Shell Eco-marathon in Detroit
Eighty-nine engines revved in Motor City this weekend, but they weren’t racing for gold—they were racing for green. The University of Toronto Supermileage team won this year’s Shell Eco-Marathon Americas in Detroit, Michigan, with an efficiency of 3,421 miles per gallon—the equivalent of 6.82 millilitres of gasoline per 10 kilometres. That’s less than five tablespoons […]
Exoskeletal leg, instant DIY games, micro-grids and more at ECE Design Fair
This month, over 260 of the brightest up-and-coming minds in electrical and computer engineering gathered for the annual ECE Design Fair. After eight months of intense team collaboration, 84 groups showcased their innovative solutions to real-world challenges—with the 18 strongest projects advancing to a finale Showcase. The students’ ideas and demonstrations attracted hundreds of faculty, students and media. Even […]
Three U of T Engineering professors honoured by the Engineering Institute of Canada
U of T Engineering professors Alberto Leon-Garcia (ECE), Baher Abdulhai (CivE) and David Sinton (MIE) have been recognized by the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for their outstanding engineering achievements in the areas of Internet architecture, traffic reduction and bioenergy technologies, respectively. Leon-Garcia received the Julian C. Smith Medal “for achievement in the development of […]
Smarter cities for India: U of T Engineering professors build new partnerships
Four Engineering professors travelled to India with U of T president Meric Gertler earlier this year to discuss Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to build 100 smart cities in his country. “I think Prime Minister Modi’s decision to spearhead the development through the idea of smart cities is breathtaking and it is inspiring,” U of […]
