U of T Leads in National Science Awards
University of Toronto researchers won or shared honours in six of eight prize categories in this year’s awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), presented Feb. 27 in Ottawa. Among them are U of T Engineering professors Warren Chan (IBBME), Paul Santerre (IBBME, Director) and Yu Sun (MIE), as well […]
U of T Spinoff Company Gets $1-million Federal Backing
Xagenic Inc., a healthcare diagnostics company founded by U of T Engineering Professor Ted Sargent (ECE), Vice-Dean, Research, and Pharmacy Professor Shana Kelley, is receiving almost $1 million from the federal government’s Investing in Business Innovation initiative. “Infectious disease is an enormous burden on the health care system, and with increasing levels of virulent infections […]
The Potential and Perils of Wearable Technology
Internet-connected eyeglasses and similar technologies will soon be on the market, but their benefits and dangers are little understood. Professor Steve Mann (ECE) hopes to change that at a groundbreaking conference at U of T in June 2013. Professor Mann, a pioneering researcher in the fields of wearable computing and ‘augmediated reality’ (AR), is bringing […]
U of T Engineering Makes Toronto Hydro a Little Smarter
Toronto’s electrical system is a little smarter now, thanks in part to a U of T team led by Professor Reza Iravani (ECE). Toronto Hydro has installed a 250-kW, 48-module battery storage unit at the Roding Arena and Community Centre in North York. The battery system can power a small street for one hour. But what […]
Bionym: Software that Gets to the Heart of Computer Security
Passwords are the bane of 21st century life. But Bionym, a Toronto-based tech start-up founded by Foteini Agrafioti (ElecE MASc 0T9 PhD 1T1) and Karl Martin (ElecE BASc 0T1 MASc 0T3 PhD 1T0), promises to change that. The company develops biometric software. Its latest project may change the way we secure our digital information in […]
Ted Sargent Talks Steacie Prize Win with CBC
Professor Ted Sargent (ECE), Vice-Dean, Research, was recently awarded the 2012 Steacie Prize, an honour given each year to one person 40 years of age or less who has made notable contributions to research in Canada. And he’s not the first in his family to win the prestigious award – his wife Shana Kelley, a professor in U […]
Three U of T Engineers Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Professors Alberto Leon-Garcia (ECE), Andreas Mandelis (MIE) and Doug Perovic (MSE) have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest international organization dedicated to advancing science or its applications on a global basis. Professor Leon-Garcia is the U of T Distinguished Professor in Application Platforms and Smart Infrastructure and Scientific Director of the NSERC Strategic […]
Engineering Students Awarded National Scholarship
Engineering students Muhammad Kazim Ali (CompE 1T3) and Alison Ma (ElecE 1T5) are among 45 of this year’s Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) Scholarship recipients. The EFC Scholarship Program – which awards more than $100,000 in scholarships nationally each year – aims to encourage post-secondary students to pursue a career in electrical, electronics and telecommunications industries. Scholarships are awarded on the […]
U of T Engineering Celebrates New NSERC Chairs
A leading designer of next-generation computer chips and a respected developer of engineering design curriculum were celebrated on June 8 as U of T Engineering’s two newest recipients of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) chairs. Professor Kamran Behdinan (MIE) has been named the NSERC Chair in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design, while Professor Vaughn Betz (ECE) has […]
