Better mop design wins safety award for U of T Engineering students
Minerva Canada James Ham Safe Design competition challenges engineering undergraduate students from across Canada to integrate safety into engineering design
U of T Engineering students bring design solutions to challenges in Toronto communities
Running with the dinosaurs, picking up litter and bottling honey: Praxis II Showcase event unveils innovative answers to nine problems plaguing local community leaders, businesses and agencies
Yvonne Ying: Surgical outreach for those in need
Yvonne Ying volunteers her time as a pediatric surgeon with Operation Smile, which provides free life-changing surgeries for children with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities
Jim Courtney: Stepping up at the Pan Am Games
Among other things, Jim Courtney (EngSci 6T6) served as a driver for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s chief security officer at the 2015 Toronto Pan Am & Parapan Am Games.
Three health-focused student startups
Three U of T Engineering startups — MedTek Devices, Pillsy and MedChart — are addressing important challenges, from managing medical information to detecting falls among the elderly.
Jonathan Sun: Engineer, architect, social media sensation
Jonathan Sun (EngSci 1T1 + PEY) is an engineer, architect, visual artist and world-famous Twitter personality.
Meet seven student interns from U of T Engineering
Adam De Biasi (Year 3 MechE) was less than a week into his job at Tesla Motors when he was asked to design a completely new mechanical component using a software program he had never used before. “It was like trial by fire,” says De Biasi. “One of my teammates leaned over and said ‘Welcome […]
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 […]
