ECE Student Takes NSERC André Hamer Postgraduate Prize
Audrey Kertesz, an ECE student in her first year of graduate studies and specializing in control theory, received the 2010 André Hamer Postgraduate Prize from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in Ottawa on Monday, February 14th. Roberto Morandotti, an ECE post-doctoral fellow in 2002-2003 who is now a professor in […]
InVisage Secures Series C Venture Funding
InVisage Technologies Inc., a Silicon Valley-based start-up company founded by Professor Ted Sargent (ECE) that is revolutionizing the image sensor market, has announced that it has received its Series C round of venture funding, led by Intel Capital. The undisclosed amount will be used to bring the company’s breakthrough QuantumFilm technology and products into mass […]
New iPhone App Could Help NHL All-Star Game
As NHLers Eric Staal and Niklas Lidstrom prepare to pick their all-star teammates later this week, a new smart phone application designed for this very purpose is gaining traction around the world. The TeamChooser application – developed by Professor Jonathan Rose (ECE) of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Paul […]
Systems Whiz Helped Develop Virtual Brain Surgery
Sujoy Ghosh Hajra (ECE 0T8) never has to go far for inspiration. A systems analyst, he toils away at a lab for the National Research Council Canada’s Institute for Biodiagnostics (Atlantic). The lab is located at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, where there is no shortage of the patients and their families […]
Two Engineering Professors Inducted into the Royal Society of Canada
Professors J. Stewart Aitchison (ECE) and Harry Ruda (MSE) were inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada at a ceremony at the National Gallery of Canada on Saturday, November 27. The RSC is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists. It comprises nearly 2,000 Fellows, who are selected by their peers for outstanding […]
Engineering Student Named Global Graduate Student Entrepreneur of the Year
Vincent Cheung (ECE), a PhD candidate, continued his winning streak this month in adding a global title to his local, regional and national entrepreneurial awards. Cheung was named Global Graduate Student Entrepreneur of the Year, a specialized category within the 2010 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), a program of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. The competition is for […]
State-of-the-art Facial Recognition System Unveiled
Visiting a casino is a positive experience for most people — an outing in which the food and entertainment can be as much fun as the betting. But for some, gambling becomes an addiction that can ruin their lives. ECE Professor Kostas Plataniotis and team have come up with a solution that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming […]
Strides Made in Optical Invisibility
If young Harry and friends had not cruised around Hogwarts unseen, hidden by an “invisibility cloak,” much of the hype surrounding metamaterials might itself never have seen the light of day. But when, half a decade ago, researchers made tentative steps toward what had been considered a theoretical possibility — using an artificially structured “meta” […]
Professor Edward (Ted) Davison Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering
University Professor Emeritus Ted Davison, of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was inducted into the USA’s National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as a Foreign Associate in a ceremony in Washington, DC, on October 3rd. Founded in 1964, the NAE provides engineering leadership in service to the United States and globally. […]
