Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE)

Amol Rao (MIE MEng candidate) is the founder of Somnitude, a startup company that helps people get better sleep with its blue-wavelength-filtering glasses. Rao partnered with Freestyle Canada to ship 30 of his company's glasses to Olympic athletes ahead of the 2018 winter games. (Credit: Liz Do).

This engineering startup is giving Canada’s Olympic skiers a fresh edge

February 6, 2018

Somnitude’s high-tech glasses help elite athletes optimize their circadian rhythms to get essential sleep and beat jet lag ahead of Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea

Professors Rita Kandel and Robert Pilliar (IBBME), at right, are working on a promising new treatment that could see diseased joints replaced with new tissue-engineered joints developed at U of T Engineering. (Credit: Jennifer Robinson)

New joints for arthritis sufferers among U of T Engineering research projects receiving Connaught Innovation Award support

February 2, 2018

The five funded projects address pressing challenges in fields from machine learning to micro-surgery

EngSoc contest updates Godiva’s Hymn to reflect diversity in engineering

January 29, 2018

The Godiva’s Hymn contest, held by U of T’s Engineering Society, encourages students to contribute verses that echo the spirit of the 21st-century engineer. The 2018 winners were announced at Cannonball on Jan. 13, 2018.

U of T Engineering students Alice Wolfe, Jelica Bornath, Milan Yang, Ashley McIlvena (all MechE 1T7 + PEY) stand outside the Qing Dynasty Summer Palace in Beijing in October 2017. They were in China to collaborate with local students as part of the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering’s international capstone course. (Photo courtesy: Ashley McIlvena)

Engineering students experience cross-cultural design with international capstone course

January 29, 2018

Students from China and Canada work together on challenges brought forward by industry

From left: Daniela Galatro (MIE PhD candidate), Zhe Gong (ECE MASc candidate), Carlos Da Silva (MIE PhD 1T6), Kshitij Gupta (MIE MASc candidate) are members of a multidisciplinary team improving battery technology for electric vehicles. (Credit: Liz Do).

U of T Engineering researchers developing next generation of battery technology for electric vehicles

December 14, 2017

An MIE team led by Dean Cristina Amon, in collaboration with ECE researchers, aims to improve efficiency and reliability of lithium batteries

Professor Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) appears in the trailer for the film Downsizing.

U of T Engineering professors appear in Downsizing film

December 12, 2017

Professors Javad Mostaghimi and Mark Kortschot are both visible in the movie’s trailer

U of T Engineering Holiday Gift Guide 2017

November 28, 2017

Looking for holiday gift ideas? Here are 12 U of T Engineering-approved options for everyone on your list.

Professor David Sinton has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). (Photo: NSERC)

David Sinton elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

November 20, 2017

Award recognizes Sinton’s application of microfluidics to challenges in sustainable energy

Remarkable U of T Engineering alumni honoured

November 9, 2017

Ten exemplary members of U of T Engineering’s alumni community were recognized on Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Engineering Alumni Network (EAN) Awards.

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