Entrepreneurship news

Over the past two decades, U of T Engineering has spun out more than 100 new companies. Programs such as our Entrepreneurship Hatchery, our Engineering Business minor and our Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILEAD) provide rich opportunities to commercialize research and grow startups into thriving businesses.

Combining motion tracking and machine-learning technology, the device then calculates the speed and type of punch thrown. (Courtesy: Hykso).

#Rio2016: Olympic boxers strike hard with the help of U of T Engineering alumnus

Both teams have been training using a wrist-mounted sensor created by mechanical engineering alum Khalil Zahar, founder of startup company Hykso

Professor Brendan Frey (ECE), U of T Engineering alumnus and CEO of Jupiter Networks Rami Rahim, Dean Cristina Amon and ECE Chair Professor Farid Najm. (Credit: Carlos Fogel).

Global leader in machine learning presents at BizSkule

“In the next 20 years, everything is going to change,” predicts Professor Brendan Frey

U of T Engineering alumnus Jason Yakimovich (CompE 1T3+PEY) is the inventor of Sola, a personal and controllable heating device worn on the upper arm. (Courtesy: Jason Yakimovich, Sola)

U of T Engineering alumnus wants to keep you warm through Canadian winters

Jason Yakimovich is the inventor of Sola, a personal and controllable heating device worn on the upper arm

Photo: Tyler Irving

The Entrepreneurship Hatchery: Three student startups to watch

A tool that provides instant audience feedback and other solutions for conferences, a smartphone app to improve physiotherapy and a meal replacement drink are three new companies being supported by U of T Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Hatchery

Ashis Ghosh (MechE 1T5 + PEY) and Karim Koreitem (ECE 1T5 + PEY) are two of the four U of T Engineering students striving to bring their business ideas to fruition in this year’s cohort of The Next 36. (Photo: Stephanie Lake/The Next 36)

Four recent U of T Engineering graduates go through business bootcamp at The Next 36

Through mentorship from some of Canada’s top business leaders, these students are turning bright ideas into successful startups

teaBOT creates customized, robot-blended cups of loose-leaf tea, brewed in under 30 seconds. Its machines are deployed in Toronto and various cities in California. (Photo courtesy of teaBOT)

U of T Engineering startup teaBOT expands across North America

A U of T Engineering startup which sells robot-blended, customized cups of loose-leaf tea just opened its sixth North American location in Los Angeles

U of T Engineering alumnus Professor Raffaello D'Andrea delivered the 2016 I.I. Glass Lecture and discussed his work with flying machines at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Alumnus Raffaello D’Andrea reveals the magic in his machinery at the 2016 I.I. Glass Lecture

On April 25, 2016, a near capacity crowd gathered at UTIAS as Prof. Raffaello D’Andrea delivered the I.I. Glass Lecture and discucussed flying machines

The PowerWring, invented by Shuyi Wu, Noah Yang, Ryan Williams and Jeremy Wang (all EngSci 1T7 + PEY), won second place in the 2016 Minerva Canada James Ham Safe Design Awards. The team also won the Orozco prize at Hatchery Demo Day 2014 (pictured).

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

Yonatan Lipsitz (BioMedE PhD candidate) is the lead author of a new paper that outlines a framework for manufacturing stem cell therapeutics, which he hopes will serve as a road map for the emerging industry. (Photo: Neil Ta)

An engineering road map for scaling up production of stem cell-derived treatments

Yonatan Lipsitz and his co-authors have created a road map for the emerging industry of manufacturing stem cell therapeutics