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A sign indicating the location of an automated external defibrillator (AED) is pictured. Research led by U of T Engineering Professor Tim Chan showed that up to 30 per cent of the time, AEDs are locked inside closed buildings when someone suffers cardiac arrest in a public place. (Credit: U of T Engineering)

Many life-saving defibrillators behind locked doors during off-hours, study finds

August 15, 2016

A study led by U of T Engineering researchers shows that automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are inacessible up to 30 per cent of the time.

Tennis fan Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) is applying his expertise in mathematical optimization, originally developed to improve the delivery of health care, to help amateur sports federations across the country make the most of their limited resources. (Photo courtesy Timothy Chan)

#Rio2016: How ‘moneyball’ research can help amateur athletes reach for Olympic gold

August 11, 2016

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) is applying his expertise in optimization to help amateur sports federations make the most of their limited resources

Combining motion tracking and machine-learning technology, the device then calculates the speed and type of punch thrown. (Courtesy: Hykso).

#Rio2016: Olympic boxers strike hard with the help of U of T Engineering alumnus

August 5, 2016

Both teams have been training using a wrist-mounted sensor created by mechanical engineering alum Khalil Zahar, founder of startup company Hykso

U of T Engineering researchers Min Liu (left), Yuanjie Pang and their team designed a way to efficiently reduce climate-warming carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a useful chemical building block for fuels such as methanol, ethanol and diesel. (photo: Marit Mitchell).

Recycling carbon dioxide: U of T researchers efficiently reduce climate-warming CO2 into building blocks for fuels

August 3, 2016

Group led by Professor Ted Sargent in U of T Engineering develops materials that produce fuels by consuming the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

The Sandford Fleming Building is just one of the U of T Engineering facilities that received funding through a major investment from the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund. (Image: Neil Ta)

$31.6M investment will support lab infrastructure at U of T Engineering

July 28, 2016

Funding will accelerate infrastructure improvements across U of T Engineering, catalyzing world-class research and enhancing the student experience

Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE) is just one of seven U of T Engineering professors and alumni honoured with Ontario Professional Engineers Awards this year. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Engineering professors and alumni receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

July 20, 2016

Seven U of T engineers recognized for their achievements and service

Post-doctoral fellow Aaron Persad (MIE) shows his experiment that aims to solve the longstanding mystery of how water behaves in space. (credit: Aaron Persaud).

How does water behave in space? U of T Engineering researchers aim to solve longstanding mystery

July 18, 2016

Experiment launched aboard SpaceX CRS-9 mission to International Space Station should deliver answers

Dr. Cheol-Heon Jeong (left) and Professor Greg Evans (ChemE) measured emissions from gasoline direct-injection engines and evaluated climate trade-offs of the more efficient engine type. It turns out greater efficiency doesn’t always mean greener for the planet. (Credit: Tyler Irving).

Think a more fuel-efficient engine is the green choice? Maybe not

July 13, 2016

U of T Engineering researchers show that new breed of fuel-efficient engines may emit lower levels of C02, but more climate-warming black carbon

Nazir Kherani (at right) is just one of the six U of T Engineering professors and five alumni inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering today. (Photo: Jacklyn Atlas)

11 U of T Engineering professors and alumni inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering

June 27, 2016

Six professors and five alumni named fellows in the CAE’s Class of 2016

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