“Asia’s richest philanthropist,” major Silicon Valley firm invest in engineering alumni’s Nanoleaf light bulb
Just a year after launching a Kickstarter campaign resulting in more than $200,000 in investments, alumni startup Nanoleaf has banked support from Hong Kong business mogul and philanthropist Li Ka Shing (dubbed “Asia’s richest man” by Bloomberg News) and Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. Nanoleaf was profiled by U of T News last […]
National Engineering Month 2014: Making a World of Difference
Slogging through the snow this winter has been tough. It’s blocked roads and highways, buried entire cities and left Canadians to dream of palm trees as they frantically scrape ice off their windshields. But in some regions, where the snow can strand people for weeks and months, the situation used to be a whole lot […]
Hybrid Chew Toy/Robot Wins Global Startup Battle for Engineering Students
They howl, they chew, and sometimes they leave you unpleasant surprises on the carpet. When dogs are left alone at home, it’s easy for them to get up to no good. But what if you could visit and play with them from a thousand miles away through your smartphone? Enter Pawly, a durable digital toy […]
Student Contributes Business Plan Prize Winnings to The Entrepreneurship Hatchery
Fourth-year pharmacy student Michael Zhang was so enriched by his experience in developing his start-up company CrowdQuarter at the U of T Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Hatchery that he contributed his $10,000 prize from the national Walmart Green Student Challenge right back to the Hatchery. Last summer, Zhang partnered with Satyam Merja (EngSci 1T5) at the Hatchery […]
Bitcoin Meets Bionym as U of T Alumni Use Your Heartbeat to Unlock Virtual Currency
U of T Engineering alumni behind a wearable device that eliminates the need for passwords, PIN codes and more, are making news around the world again as they prepare to launch a new Bitcoin wallet feature for their Nymi wristband. Bionym was recently featured in a video as part of U of T’s Spotlight on […]
U of T Alumnus Shares his Entrepreneurial Journey with Engineering Undergraduates
Through a global recession, the dot-com crash and a chaotic mail strike, entrepreneur and U of T alumnus Adam Froman (MIE 8T8) has seen adversity, and lots of it. His advice? Follow your passion and just keep going. Froman, CEO of digital strategy firm Delvinia, was on campus this week to encourage Engineering undergraduates to […]
Advancing Leadership in Engineering: U of T Students and Industry Leaders Spark New Cross-generational Dialogue
It was a unique collaboration between prominent business leaders and U of T Engineering students, who gathered to discuss a burning question: What do engineering students think about leadership in their field? This month, U of T’s Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) brought together 20 senior leaders from engineering-focused companies to engage for […]
Reddit Co-founder to Aspiring U of T Entrepreneurs: Failure is an Option
Before co-founding one of the Internet’s most popular websites, Alexis Ohanian suffered some pretty big failures. The biggest was My Mobile Menu, a mobile app that could allow users to order food before arriving at restaurants. It was an idea ahead of its time (smartphones were still rare) so when Ohanian and partner Steve Huffman […]
U of T Engineering Students Take Ten of The Next 36 Positions
U of T Engineering nurtures a culture of entrepreneurship in its students – a strategy that pays off over and over again. It’s no surprise then that 10 of 40 students from across North America selected for The Next 36 program are once again from U of T’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. This […]
