Dean Amon Inducted into HENAAC Hall of Fame
Professor Cristina Amon (MIE), Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, has been inducted into the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC) Hall of Fame. The annual honour recognizes a member who has achieved a level of excellence that opens doors to advances in science, technology, engineering and math, and opens minds about the contributions […]
U of T Engineering Professor Elected INFORMS Fellow
Professor Michael W. Carter (MIE) has been elected Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Fellows have exemplified outstanding lifetime achievement in operations research/management sciences, have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments and made significant contributions to the advancement of the field. Using scientific methods like mathematical modelling, statistics and algorithms, operations research (OR) aims […]
MIE Human Factors Interest Group (HFIG) Receives Gold Award
HFIG shares this honour with 13 student chapters recognized at the gold level including, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Virginia Tech. HFIG is the only Canadian chapter to be recognized by the Society this year. In 2012, HFIG received a bronze level award. Human factors – or ergonomics – is the scientific […]
11 Engineering Staff Members Receive U of T Excellence Through Innovation Awards
Eleven Engineering staff members received one individual and four team Excellence Through Innovation Awards from U of T for their “above and beyond” contributions to the University and its mandate. These awards recognize the contributions of administrative staff in advancing the University’s strategic objectives; encouraging administrative innovation and providing a platform for sharing best practices. […]
MIE Professor Elected ASME Fellow
Professor David Sinton (MIE) has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Fellowship is the highest elected grade of membership within ASME, the attainment of which recognizes outstanding engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. Professor Sinton’s research involves the study and application of small-scale fluid mechanics for use in energy systems […]
Meet the 2013 McLean Award Winner and his Photosynthetic Friends
Professor David Sinton is a mechanical engineer. So at first glance it seems odd his lab is full of algae. Sinton’s research has always focused on small-scale plumbing, or fluidics — the movement of fluid at the micro- and nano-scale. Traditional applications have been exclusively biomedical, and Sinton’s work before 2004 was too. His early work in energy […]
Two U of T Engineers Honoured by Engineers Canada
Two members of the U of T Engineering community were recently recognized with Engineers Canada awards for their contributions and achievements in engineering. Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE) received the Young Engineer Achievement Award and alumnus Tyler Irving (ChemE MASc 1T0) garnered the inaugural Award of Journalism Excellence in Engineering. Established in 1972, the Engineers Canada Awards are national awards […]
New Insights into How Materials Transfer Heat Could Lead to Improved Electronics
U of T Engineering researchers, working with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University, have published new insights into how materials transfer heat, which could eventually lead to smaller, more powerful electronic devices. Integrated circuits and other electronic parts have been shrinking in size and growing in complexity and power for decades. But as circuits get smaller, […]
Researchers Determine Where Best to Place Defibrillators
Prompt use of an automated external defibrillator, or AED, can greatly increase the survival rates of people who suffer a cardiac arrest. And MIE Professor Tim Chan, working with Dr. Laurie Morrison at St. Michael’s Hospital, has developed a formula to determine where best to place these costly but life-saving devices. In a paper published in Circulation, […]
