Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE)

From advice to students, to tips on practicing wellness at home, nearly 50 U of T Engineering faculty, staff, students and alumni, have so far shared their messages of support.

U of T Engineering community rallies together to record messages of support for Back to Skule™

September 10, 2020

“Stay calm and be you” — professors, alumni, students and staff share advice and encouragement

Professor Aimy Bazylak (MIE) is working to advance fuel cells, electrolyzers and batteries for the production of clean power and energy storage without greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Professor Aimy Bazylak elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

September 8, 2020

Expert in next-generation fuel cells and electrolyzers recognized as one of the country’s emerging intellectual leaders

Dr. Larry Pershin, Manager and Research Associate at the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, spray-coats a thin layer of anti-viral copper onto a fabric surface. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

Anti-viral copper coatings could help slow transmission of COVID-19

September 1, 2020

Professor Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) and his team are using their coating expertise to enhance the functionality of face masks

Professor Michael Guerzhoy (EngSci, MIE)

New faculty member Michael Guerzhoy joins EngSci, MIE

August 28, 2020

Machine learning and statistics expert encourages incoming students to ‘think big and stay curious’

From top left, clockwise: Professors Chirag Variawa (ISTEP), Marianne Touchie (CivMin), Aimy Bazylak (MIE), Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE) and Elham Marzi (ISTEP). (Photos: Laura Pederson, Kevin Soobrian, Neda Demiri and Roberta Baker)

Five U of T Engineering professors on how they’re preparing for an unprecedented Back to Skule™

August 27, 2020

Instructors reimagine approaches to teaching as the Faculty gears up for a remote start to fall term

Professor Aimy Bazylak is this year’s winner of the McLean Award from the Connaught Fund and the McLean endowment. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

McLean Award recipient Aimy Bazylak is creating new technologies for sustainable energy

August 21, 2020

Funding will enhance a research program in fuel cells and electrolyzers, which can provide low-emission electricity infrastructure

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

August 19, 2020

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

August 11, 2020

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

August 4, 2020

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

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