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, […]
Robots Help Celebrate the Institute for Robotics & Mechatronics
The appetizers may have been organic, but the server was mechanical at a reception held April 15 to celebrate the University of Toronto Engineering’s Institute for Robotics & Mechatronics. The reception was held to celebrate the Institute, which was established in 2010 to bring focus on research and education in the fields of robotics and […]
Igniting the Flame for Operations Research
How do you program a robot to navigate a zombie-infested campus? That was one of many problems that 80 high school students from grades 9 through 12, had to solve during the third-annual Operations Research Challenge (TORCH). TORCH is a one-day contest that introduces students to the field of operations research. “Operations research combines ideas from many […]
National Engineering Month 2013
National Engineering Month (NEM) is the biggest national celebration of engineering and technology. Across Canada, engineering schools and volunteers stage more than 500 events and activities to bring more awareness to the exciting and rewarding world of engineering. This year’s NEM theme is Design the Future – something U of T Engineering certainly knows a […]
Grad Invents Smart Keyboard for Smartphones
Although virtual keyboards are increasingly common, they can sometimes be frustrating to use. That frustration helps explain why the “Minuum”, a new keyboard developed by Will Walmsley (MASc IndE 1T2) and computer science assistant professor Khai Truong, is creating a lot of buzz lately. Described as the “the little keyboard for big fingers,” Minuum is squeezed on […]
From the Diamond to the Ice Rink
What can sports teams learn from the manufacturing industry? Plenty, according to Professor Timothy Chan(MIE) and Douglas Fearing, an Assistant Professor in Technology and Operations Management at the Harvard Business School. Professor Chan and Fearing took first place in the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference research paper competition for their paper, ‘The value of flexibility […]
