Two Engineering professors awarded Killam Research Fellowships
By Carolyn Farrell Professors Frank Kschischang (ECE) and Andreas Mandelis (MIE) are among only eight recipients nationwide of Killam Research Fellowships, one of Canada’s most prestigious research awards. Administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Fellowships provide support to scholars of exceptional ability who are engaged in research projects of broad significance and widespread interest. They honour […]
ECE PhD student makes mark as entrepreneur
What started as a way to organize his own photos has turned into an entrepreneurial marvel. ECE PhD candidate, Vincent Cheung, created ShapeCollage, a free program that allows users to organize their photos into a collage. ShapeCollage recently won the regional entrepreneurial competition, and he will compete in the national competition later in the year. Cheung also […]
ECE Professor Collaborates on Photonics Research
Professor Peter Herman (ECE) will continue his research in the area of photonics with Friedrich Schiller University Jena through funding from the Thuringen government’s green technology program.
Engineering Professor’s online application may prove beneficial to FBI
Professor Parham Aarabi‘s (ECE) firm, Modiface, recently made Age Tell, a web-based face visualization tool, available to the public. Modiface hopes law enforcement will experiment with Age Tell for their investigations in light of FBI’s recent retraction of an age-enhanced image of Osama bin Laden. Click here for the full story as reported by Nextgov.com
Toronto tech firm illuminates CN Tower from Vancouver Olympics
Chris Aimone, former student of Professor Steve Mann (ECE), is part of a three-person firm in Toronto called InteraXon. Their technology will allow visitors to the Ontario Pavilion at the Vancouver Olympics to use mental activity to illuminate the CN Tower, Niagara Falls and Parliament Hill. Click here to read the full story, reported by the Globe […]
