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 […]
In focus: Female professors advancing four key areas of engineering research
Leading up to International Women’s Day on March 8, U of T Engineering is celebrating some of our remarkable female alumni, students and faculty. These women are inspirational role models who are “making it happen” in engineering and beyond. U of T Engineering’s award-winning faculty are passionate about making an impact through innovations in enabling technologies, bioengineering, sustainability and information and communications technology. […]
ECE Professor Natalie Enright Jerger wins Sloan Research Fellowship
Two things we know: computers keep getting faster and smaller. Why? In large part because we continue to cram more processor cores on a single chip—but making all those processors talk to each other has become a key impediment to future progress. Professor Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE) is discovering more efficient ways for on-chip networks to […]
Escape the cold with alumni startup FuelWear
It began with the polar vortex of 2014. That’s when University of Toronto engineering alumni Jason Yakimovich (CompE 1T3+PEY) and Alex Huang (ElecE 1T3+PEY), fed up with low temperatures, developed the first intelligent heated base layer. The “smart” shirt monitors body temperature to provide just the right amount of warmth for its wearer to enjoy outdoor sports—or simply walk […]
Investing in next-generation wireless: Wei Yu wins E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship
Your smartphone may keep getting smarter, but its network is struggling to keep up. Demand for fast, cheap and plentiful data continues to surge, but wireless communications infrastructure is reaching the limits of what it can provide to users—unless we can find more efficient ways to engineer our networks. Professor Wei Yu (ECE) is doing […]
Connaught awards over $600K to U of T Engineering researchers
Researchers from University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have been awarded a total of $636,300 from the University’s own research funding source, the Connaught Fund. The new awards are part of over $900,000 that was distributed across U of T through Connaught’s Innovation Award, Summer Institute and Cross Divisional/ Cross Cultural programs. […]
