Three U of T engineers honoured by Engineers Canada
When Michael Branch (CompE 0T3) founded Inovex over ten years ago, the fledgling software company only had one staff member: him. Now, under Branch’s skilled leadership, Inovex has grown to become a successful company that offers tangible solutions to clients in the environmental and healthcare fields.Branch was one of three members of the U of T Engineering […]
Creating a clean water supply, using light to save lives
An estimated 768 million people in the world – about one tenth of the world’s population – do not have access to safe water. In Canada alone, five million people lack access to a reliable source of safe drinking water, especially in rural areas or on reserves. Now, the Indian Government’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) […]
The engineer as maker: A look at this year’s team-based student projects
Whether it’s the latest smartphone, the flashiest vehicle or the next gravity-defying structure, behind every piece of new technology, there are makers. These makers – often engineers – form new ideas that they build, test and perfect long before we see them in the marketplace. At U of T, we rigorously encourage the maker within […]
Three new innovative educational projects from U of T Engineering
Today’s assignment: design an outdoor, heated smoking area for a local women’s shelter. Do you take on the project, knowing it propagates a harmful, deadly habit? It’s dilemmas like this that engineers face in the real world, but not necessarily in a post-secondary curriculum. That’s why Professor Doug Reeve (ILead) and his team are assembling […]
Ten innovative apps compete for Top App title and $1,000 grand prize
Today it’s mostly our smartphones and tablets that are touch sensitive, but soon it could be our desks, car dashes or even our kitchen counters. That’s the technology behind XTouch, a new app from U of T Engineering students. “XTouch extends the tactile environment beyond the surface of that mobile device,” said app developer Amin […]
Mapping robots, surgery aids, pollution apps and more at Engineering Design Fair
If you stood among the crowd at this year’s ECE Design Fair, you’d spot a drone helicopter that can find any charging station, a power grid that can sense its own flaws, a surgeon’s scope that detects internal abnormalities and even an app that helps a child deal with cancer. This month, U of T […]
Jedi Wars: High-flying stunts wow at robotics competition
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away—well, actually, last week on the University of Toronto’s St. George campus – speed and stunts worthy of the Millenium Falcon wowed the crowd at the first Jedi Wars flying robotics competition. Fourth-year undergraduate students in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer […]
Jonathan Rose receives University of Toronto faculty award
Jonathan Rose, a professor in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been named the 2014 recipient of the University of Toronto Faculty Award. Part of the University’s Awards of Excellence program, the Faculty Award recognizes a member of the teaching staff who consistently demonstrates excellence in both teaching and […]
Stewart Aitchison elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE) has been elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). Originally established in 1783, the RSE is Scotland’s national academy of science and letters. Benjamin Franklin and economist Adam Smith were among its Founding Fellows. Of the more than 1500 RSE Fellows, there are only 62 Corresponding Fellows […]
