Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE)

Professor Craig Simmons (MIE, BME) currently serves as the Scientific Director of the Translational Biology and Engineering Program. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Professor Craig Simmons named 2021 Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow

September 24, 2021

Simmons is recognized internationally for his innovative and wide-ranging contributions in the field of mechanobiology

Pepper is a socially interactive robot used by a team in the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab at U of T Engineering to study persuasion and authority in robot-human interactions. (Photo: Liz Do)

Humanoid robots that behave with less authority are more persuasive

September 22, 2021

A new study offers insight that could help designers of social robots for health care or other applications

Professor Mohini Sain’s (MIE) research focuses on the sustainable manufacturing of low-carbon and carbon-neutral materials. (Photo: University of Toronto)

Professor Mohini Sain elected to the Royal Society of Canada

September 7, 2021

Founding director of the Centre for Biocomposites & Biomaterials Processing recognized for his leadership in low-carbon materials engineering

Professor Myrtede Alfred. (Photo: Joseph DeSio)

Meet Myrtede Alfred, MIE’s newest IndE professor

September 2, 2021

Professor Alfred uses her expertise in human factors engineering to improve the delivery of health care

Professor Vahid Sarhangian (MIE) is the Director of the Centre for Healthcare Engineering, and one of four U of T Engineering professors with projects funded by the Connaught New Researcher Awards. (Photo: Liz Do)

Optimizing patient prioritization for admission to rehab among four projects powered by Connaught New Researcher awards

August 27, 2021

Four U of T Engineering professors will lead funded projects in fields ranging from health care to building efficiency

In the Rock Fracture Dynamics Facility (CivMin), rock samples are subjected to the stress, fluid pressure and temperature conditions they would experience in nature. The research is one of nine projects boosted by new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. (Photo courtesy Sebastian Goodfellow)

Rock music: Listening for induced earthquakes among nine U of T Engineering projects funded through CFI

August 11, 2021

CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund will support research into seismicity, water treatment, bioengineering and more

Professor Sasha Gollish (EngSci, ISTEP). (Photo provided)

Applying lessons from the racetrack in engineering classrooms: Meet Professor Sasha Gollish

August 10, 2021

‘My teaching philosophy centres around empathy and using it in all contexts of engineering and life in general,’ says Gollish, who joins EngSci and ISTEP in the teaching stream

Binbin Ying (MIE) demonstrates the performance of iSkin by sticking it to the outside of his winter jacket, in this photo, taken Feb. 27, 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic. The cold-tolerant, stretchable, sticky sensor converts physical movement into electrical signals, and can be used in wearable electronics as well as many other applications. (Photo: Runze Zuo)

iSkin: The cold-tolerant, stretchable, sticky sensor that could power a new generation of wearable electronics and more

August 3, 2021

Professor Xinyu Liu (MIE) and his team have built a flexible, conductive hydrogel that works at temperatures down to -93 C

In this photomicrograph, points of patterned laser light (blue) are being projected on computationally selected positions to activate the muscles of a genetically modified, one-millimetre-long C. elegans worm. The technique could offer a new way of developing organism-based microrobots for a variety of different applications. (Image: Xianke Dong, Zhaoyi Xu)

RoboWorm: Light-controlled organism offers a new strategy for micro-scale robotics

July 28, 2021

Professor Xinyu Liu (MIE) and his team used computer-controlled light to direct the motion of a simple worm, a technique that could pave the way for entirely new kinds of robots

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