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 […]
Engineering startup Onyx Motion signs NBA’s Ben Gordon
U of T Engineering startup Onyx Motion is partnering with NBA shooting guard Ben Gordon in a bid to raise the calibre of digital basketball coaching offered by the company’s first-of-its-kind technology, a smartwatch app that offers on-court skills guidance. “We’re hoping to build a motion marketplace — a library of data, moves and audio tips […]
Meet honorary graduand Alfred Aho
On June 15, the University of Toronto awarded alumnus and computing pioneer Alfred Aho (EngPhys 6T3) a Doctor of Science, honoris causa. Aho’s incredible accomplishments were recognized in U of T Engineering’s morning convocation ceremony. Alfred Aho is a world-renowned computer scientist whose pattern-matching algorithms are run daily on computers around the world, and whose […]
Grads to Watch: 16 global engineering leaders
We’re delighted to celebrate 16 exceptional “Grads to Watch” — just a few of the talented and accomplished U of T engineers who will receive their degrees at Spring Convocation on June 15. Selected by their home departments, each of these remarkable future Skule alumni contributed to enhancing U of T Engineering’s vibrant community. Dalal & Shatha […]
Making the entrepreneurial leap: a Q&A with alumnus and robotics pioneer Raffaello D’Andrea
Although alumnus Raffaello D’Andrea (EngSci 9T1) has been an engineering professor, entrepreneur and artist, he’s better known as the inventor of several types of autonomous robots — machines that can juggle, play soccer and also accomplish more practical tasks. In the early 2000s, D’Andrea co-founded Kiva Systems, a company that designs and builds large robotic systems […]
Five U of T Engineering student startups to watch
Could engineering improve your basketball jump shot, optimize your sleep schedule or help you make smarter investment decisions? These are just a few of the challenges that are motivating the next generation of entrepreneurs in U of T Engineering. The Faculty is creating more student startups than ever — due in part to the growth […]
Three commercialization fellowships bring new U of T Engineering research to market
Three promising new technologies from U of T engineers are one step closer to market thanks to the latest round of Heffernan Commercialization Fellowships. Researchers are awarded $17,000 per year, with the possibility of a one-year renewal. This year’s recipients include an alumnus from IBBME and EngSci who is creating a smaller, less expensive machine […]
PEY: what students and employers are saying about Canada’s largest paid engineering internship program
This story is Part 1 of an eight-part series, Engineering Experiential Learning, running throughout spring and summer 2015. An invaluable new perspective came to engineering student Cassandra Rosen (Year 4 EngSci + PEY) when she was deep in the heart of a nuclear power plant: “There’s something about getting to walk through it, seeing each […]
