U of T inventor wins $100K Manning Award for anti-clotting medical innovation
Often singled out for his academic leadership and research, U of T Professor Paul Santerre is being celebrated for a different reason this month. His leadership in moving his biomaterials discovery, Surface Modifying Macromolecules, to the marketplace has garnered him top prize from the 2014 Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards. The awards recognize Canadian innovators […]
Bionym raises $14 million for wearable, password-replacing tech
The Engineering alumni behind a wearable device called the “Nymi” – a bracelet-style product that uses your unique heart rhythm as a password to unlock or active devices – secured $14 million in investment this week from key industry players including Ignition Partners, Relay Ventures and MasterCard. Developers Foteini Agrafioti (ElecE MASc 0T9, PhD 1T1) […]
Engineers take aim at childhood hunger and unclean water with Grand Challenges Canada grants
In Canada, we often take safe drinking water and a stable food supply for granted. But in many parts of the world, people are much less fortunate. Two recently announced Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) grants will allow U of T Engineering researchers to bring their expertise to bear on some of the most urgent global […]
Ontario’s Campus-Linked Accelerator Program gives $3 million boost to U of T entrepreneurs
The time has never been better to be an entrepreneur at the University of Toronto. Yesterday, U of T announced that it will receive more than $3 million in funding from the Ontario government to increase training and support for student entrepreneurship. Offered through the Ontario’s new Campus-Linked Accelerator Program (CLA), the $3,056,000 of funding […]
Alumnus entrepreneur’s challenge to engineering undergraduates: do something game changing
Standing in front of 1,254 students on the first day of their engineering undergraduate careers, alumnus entrepreneur Mike Branch (ECE 0T3) declared, “You’re at the start of something incredible right now… you’re in the exact right place at the exact right time.” On September 4, the Faculty welcomed this year’s incoming class with a special […]
3D skin printer wins engineering students Canada Dyson Award
While some of us are using the new power of 3D printers to make smartphone cases and chocolate figurines, two engineering students from the University of Toronto are using them to print functional human skin. On September 18, Arianna McAllister (IBBME MASc 1T4) and Lian Leng (MIE MASc 1T0, PhD 1T5) were named the Canadian winners […]
Student startups compete for $42,000 in funding at Entrepreneurship Hatchery demo night
Aiming for more than $42,000 in prizes, young U of T entrepreneurs pitching to investors packed their presentations with 3D animations, live classical guitar serenades, product giveaways hidden under audience chairs – and one very efficient mop bucket. Welcome to demo night at the Entrepreneurship Hatchery, U of T Engineering’s startup incubator, where 13 companies […]
Fall fashion tips from U of T engineer’s personalized pocket stylist app, Blynk
According to Shums Kassam (EngSci 1T5), a U of T Engineering degree equips students with many valuable things, but a solid fashion sense isn’t necessarily one of them. Two things, among others, that Kassam claims he has gained from his engineering degree are both the competencies to build a digital personal stylist app called Blynk, as […]
3D-printed chocolate, DIY robots and more: Toronto Maker Faire
For anyone who makes anything – from R2D2 robots to DIY skateboards to 3D-printed chocolate sculptures and beyond – participating in the Maker Faire means entering into a worldwide family-friendly carnival of wondrous, inventive physical stuff. Launched as a showcase of cool inventions from California’s Bay area in 2006, satellite Maker Faires have since popped up around the […]
