Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE)

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

Professors Birsen Donmez (MIE), Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivE), Keryn Lian (MSE) and Prasanth Nair (UTIAS) are this year’s recipients of Discovery Accelerator Supplements from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). In total, 80 professors and graduate students from U of T Engineering received support today in the form of research funding or scholarships from NSERC, totalling $10.4 million.

U of T Engineering researchers receive $10.4 million in NSERC research funding

June 23, 2016

Of the 51 U of T Engineering professors included in the investment, four received prestigious Discovery Accelerator Supplements

Professor Kamran Behdinan (MIE) hopes to improve the design of aircraft landing gear. He was recently awarded a $900,000, three-year NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) grant to make it happen. (Credit: kov-A-c via Flickr).

Kamran Behdinan looks to design the next generation of aircraft landing gear

June 21, 2016

MIE professor awarded a $900,000, three-year NSERC Collaborative Research and Development for the multidisciplinary project

Grads to Watch: Meet 16 global engineering leaders

June 8, 2016

This year’s 16 “Grads to Watch” are just a few of the talented and accomplished Engineering graduates who will receive their degrees at Spring Convocation

Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng and her team have developed a more effective way to monitor cardiac stem cell therapy for treating heart disease. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Novel MRI approach gives heart failure patients new hope

June 1, 2016

A team of U of T biomedical engineering researchers has developed a novel method that will help shed new light on the effectiveness of stem cell therapy for heart failure patients

Professor Aimy Bazylak, director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE), and Oleg Popovsky, co-founder and strategy officer for Constant Power and a member of ISE’s advisory board, speak at the ISE’s third annual research symposium, held March 29, 2016 (Photo: Kristian Galberg)

Institute for Sustainable Energy symposium flips format to close academic-industry loop

March 31, 2016

Third annual event invited industry leaders to bring their most pressing challenges to U of T Engineering researchers

Peter Wen is the co-founder of TeleHex. His self-adjusting bike maintenance tool is smaller and lighter than other commercial hex keys. (Photo: Brian Tran)

One U of T Engineering student’s passion for cycling becomes startup dream

March 30, 2016

Peter Wen is the CEO of TeleHex, a company that produces a small yet powerful self-adjusting bike maintenance tool

U of T Engineering undergraduates unveil novel solutions to industry challenges at Multidisciplinary Capstone Showcase