Research Team Develops Morphed Wing for UAVs
Flight-testing is scheduled to begin in 2011 on a morphed wing prototype for unmanned air vehicles using in-built shape memory alloy actuators that deform the shape of the wing when heated. The prototype is being developed by MIE on behalf of Singaporean defence research and development institution DSO National Laboratories. “The major difference to the […]
Artery-on-a-Chip Studies Heart Disease
Professor Axel Guenther (MIE, IBBME) and colleagues have developed a microfluidic platform on which fragile blood vessels can be fixed, allowing the factors that promote and sustain cardiovascular diseases to be studied. Microvascular structure and function are currently studied using either an isometric approach, where small arteries are mounted on two wires, or an isobaric method, where […]
MIE Research Group Performed Largest Supercomputer Simulations
Announced on June 7 at the High Performance Computing Symposium, a team of researchers from the University of Toronto’s Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE) performed the largest simulation of bio-jet fuel combustion to date. These supercomputer simulations will make it possible to identify the optimal mixtures of fuel to reduce soot formation and greenhouse […]
U of T Engineers Receive NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize
Congratulations to Professors Sanjeev Chandra (MIE), Tom Coyle (MSE), and Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) and Dr. Valerian (Larry) Pershin (MIE), of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, who have been awarded the 2010 NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering. This award, which includes a research grant of $250,000, recognizes a team […]
Three MIE professors honoured by CSME
By Carolyn Farrell Professors Axel Guenther, Ridha Ben Mrad and Jan Spelt, of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, have been honoured by the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) for their achievements in the field. Professor Guenther is the 2010 recipient of the I. W. Smith Award, for outstanding achievement in creative mechanical engineering within 10 years […]
Two Engineering professors awarded Killam Research Fellowships
By Carolyn Farrell Professors Frank Kschischang (ECE) and Andreas Mandelis (MIE) are among only eight recipients nationwide of Killam Research Fellowships, one of Canada’s most prestigious research awards. Administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Fellowships provide support to scholars of exceptional ability who are engaged in research projects of broad significance and widespread interest. They honour […]
MIE Professor receives grant to develop plastics
Chul Park, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and leader of NSERC’s Network for Innovative Plastic Materials and Manufacturing Processes (NIPMMP), has recently received a $5 million grant from NSERC. This grant will help NIPMMP to make Canada an innovator in novel plastics.
