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A precision flight-control test in wind with a hexacopter drone from Professor Steven Waslander‘s (UTIAS)  lab. Waslander will use the funding to acquire the latest in motion-capture technology in order to develop next-generation drones. (Photo courtesy of Steven Waslander)

Five U of T Engineering projects receive funding boost for state-of-the-art research tools

Motion-capture equipment to explore and develop robust autonomous drones is among five infrastructure projects receiving funding support

Elias Khalil joins MIE as an assistant professor. His research interests are in artificial intelligence, with a focus on machine learning and discrete optimization.

MIE welcomes new faculty member Elias Khalil

Khalil says he chose to join U of T Engineering because of its graduate students and the Faculty’s growing expertise in artificial intelligence

Sinisa Colic joined MIE as an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, in July 2020. (Photo courtesy of Sinisa Colic)

MIE welcomes new faculty member Sinisa Colic

Colic is working on applying Machine Learning techniques to characterize the electrical activities in the brain for the diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders

Juliana Gomez is among this year’s recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships. Gomez is researching the maturation of engrafted pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac muscle cells (Photo courtesy of Juliana Gomez)

Five U of T Engineering grad students awarded Vanier Scholarships in recognition of research impact and leadership

Students will each receive $150,000 in support of their doctoral research in areas such as carbon capture and tissue engineering

“The talent gap isn’t closing,” says U of T Engineering alumna Kimberly Ren (EngSci 2T0), who led the first study to quantitatively establish predictors for women pursuing ML/AI careers. (Photo courtesy of Kimberly Ren)

What’s contributing to the striking gender gap in the AI field? U of T Engineering study takes a closer look

Gender discrimination from teaching staff found to have significant impact on female students’ decisions to pursue ML/AI careers, with discrimination from peers more prevalent for women than men

Dean Emerita Cristina Amon has been recognized with Engineers Canada's most prestigious honour, recognizing outstanding engineering achievements and leadership in the Canadian engineering community.  (Photo: Daniel Ehrenworth)

Professor Cristina Amon receives Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award

Dean Emerita recognized by Engineers Canada for her leadership in the profession

Severo is among 11 U of T Engineering recipients of the Vector Institute Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Severo)

Eleven U of T Engineering grad students receive Vector Institute Scholarships in AI

Students pursuing research in artificial intelligence will get access to networking opportunities and professional development workshops at the institute

Professor Kamran Behdinan is leading a team to design and manufacture assisted-bag ventilators. (Photo: Pam Walls)

COVID-19: A ‘last resort’ breathing machine prototype heads to clinical trials

Low-cost device automates the squeezing motion of a hand-operated ventilator bag

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) is collaborating with the University Health Network to launch Redeploy, an optimization tool to improve hospital staffing during the pandemic. (Photo: Pam Walls)

U of T Engineering team develops redeployment tool to optimize hospital staffing amid COVID-19

Team hopes pilot test leads to integration in hospital pandemic planning, future use in care homes