Meet four international scholars from U of T Engineering
This story is Part 6 of an eight-part series, Global Engineering Impact, running throughout fall 2015 Two students from Jordan and Singapore are the first recipients of the International Scholar Award, a new scholarship that enhances U of T Engineering’s ability to attract top students from around the world. The award covers full tuition and is […]
Seeds for the Future: Three U of T engineers on exchange in China
This story is Part 4 of an eight-part series, Global Engineering Impact, running throughout fall 2015. Three U of T Engineering students enhanced their technical skills and immersed themselves in Chinese language and culture last May as part of an exchange program organized by Huawei, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies. The three were among […]
Undergraduate engineering student wins international aircraft design competition
Arthur Brown (Year 4 EngSci) has won the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation’s Undergraduate Individual Aircraft Design Competition. Brown is the first student from a Canadian university to win the international design challenge, which comes with a $500 prize. The prestigious competition is one of the key ways in which budding aircraft […]
Three Engineering alumni recognized by global Undergraduate Awards
Three U of T Engineering graduates have been named to the ‘Highly Commended’ list for the 2015 Undergraduate Awards — an international competition that invites high-achieving undergraduates to share innovative research projects. Winners take part in the UA’s Global Summit in Dublin starting November 10. This year’s Engineering winners include Raghav Singal (IndE 1T4 + PEY), Dominic […]
U of T engineers recognized by CNIB for wearable tech that assists the visually impaired
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) has honoured a team of U of T Engineering alumni for designing a wearable device that helps blind people read. On September 12, Ruben Larsson, Fraser Le Ber, Chang Liu and Rustom Shareef (all EngSci 1T4 + PEY) accepted the CNIB’s E. (Ben) & Mary Hochhausen Access […]
World’s fastest bike created by U of T Engineering alumni and students
A team of U of T Engineering alumni and students has created the fastest human-powered vehicle on earth — a bicycle that reached a top speed of 139.45 kilometres per hour (86.65 miles per hour) at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada, last week. The 25-kilogram speed-bike, named Eta after the Greek letter used […]
Four engineering student startups from this year’s Hatchery Demo Day
A more reliable way to remember birth control pills, a single tool that fixes most bike problems, and a satellite communications network that can help ensure tragedies like the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 never happen again. Students from across U of T Engineering pitched these and 10 other startup ideas at this year’s Hatchery Demo […]
Entrepreneurship advice from engineering alumna and Onyx Motion CEO, Marissa Wu
Marissa Wu (EngSci 1T3) continues to grow her smart-watch sports coaching startup, Onyx Motion, as she shuttles between New York basketball courts, Rocky Mountain startup retreats, and her office in the heart of Toronto’s thriving wearable tech scene. But the beginnings of her company? They sparked with an undergraduate friendship at U of T. Wu says […]
Five engineering students enriching their studies with summer research exchanges
This story is Part 8 of an eight-part series, Engineering Experiential Learning, running throughout spring and summer 2015. Earlier this summer, third-year engineering student Brittany Green (Year 3 ChemE) flew halfway around the world to join an engineering research collaboration in Southeast Asia. “I wanted to go to a continent I’d never visited and do work at another top university for chemical […]
