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 […]
U of T Engineering’s New Space for Next Solutions a Step Closer to Reality
The design for U of T’s new Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CEIE) was unveiled on Oct. 29. The landmark CEIE is targeted for opening in late 2016 on the St. George Campus, adjacent to Convocation Hall. As the conceptual plan shows, the building will move beyond the traditional lecture hall and classroom with […]
Entrepreneurship Program Scores Hit with Interngration
The launching of new start-up company Interngration is the most recent success of U of T Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Hatchery. It went live officially on Tuesday, October 15, 2013. Started by recent Electrical and Computer Engineering grads Anirudh Ganti (ElecE 1T3), Hargun Suri (CompE 1T3) and Ian Xiao (ElecE 1T3), Interngration is a software service designed to help match students to employers for potential internships […]
U of T Engineering Hosts Inaugural Graduate Studies Fair
The University of Toronto hosted Canada’s top schools at the first-ever Engineering Graduate Studies Fair on October 2. Earlier this year, U of T Engineering partnered with engineering faculties at four other Canadian schools: University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, McGill University and the University of Waterloo, to form the Canadian Graduate Engineering Consortium. The […]
ECE Grad Wins City of Toronto Entrepreneurship Award
U of T Engineering alumnus Hargun Suri (CompE 1T3) won this year’s City of Toronto International Student Excellence Award in the entrepreneurship category. With ECE classmates Anirudh Ganti (CompE 1T3) and Ian Xiao (CompE 1T3), he co-founded Interngration.com, a web-based application to bring students seeking internships into contact with start-ups in need of talented people. The app is still in the beta […]
Spotlight on Startups: Forget Passwords, PIN Codes and Key Cards – In Style – With Bionym’s ‘Nymi’ Wristband
Imagine never having to remember another password or PIN number again. And now imagine that freedom coming in the form of a tiny watch-like gadget that listens to your heart. Using our unique heartbeats to eliminate the jumble of complicated word-and-number combinations in these tech-heavy times was the goal of Karl Martin (EngSci BASc 0T1 Masc 0T3 […]
Two Second-year Students’ Photography Lighting System Wins the $20,000 Lacavera Prize at The Entrepreneurship Hatchery’s Demo Day
Creating a light, affordable camera lighting system to replace the heavy bulk of typical photographic equipment earned Anastasiya Martyts (EngSci 1T6) and Tiange Li (Life Sciences 1T6) The Entrepreneurship Hatchery’s first $20,000 Lacavera Prize. Martyts and Li presented Modly – their modular, customizable lighting system – at the Hatchery’s Demo Day on September 12, competing […]
