Celebrating women of impact: a Q&A with Ursula Franklin
Ursula Franklin is one of several inspirational women in the Canadian materials, metallurgy and mining field being celebrated at a Women of Impact symposium on Wednesday, August 26. Hosted in Toronto by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, the event includes panels, presentations and working groups, and it is free for students. Register […]
Flight MH370: forensic engineering prof on the significance of debris
Plane debris found on the French island of Réunion in the western Indian Ocean has renewed hopes experts can determine the fate of flight MH370 which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 500 days ago. The recovered object, confirmed to be a moveable piece of a Boeing 777 wing (a flaperon), has arrived at […]
U of T engineers awarded $16.9 million for research excellence and infrastructure
This week, U of T Engineering received $16.9 million from the Government of Ontario to advance 13 innovative research projects. Awarded through the Ontario Research Fund (ORF), three of the most significant grants build on the Faculty’s established research excellence in sustainable combustion for aircraft, city building and solar energy. ORF – Research Excellence Through […]
Grads to Watch: 16 global engineering leaders
We’re delighted to celebrate 16 exceptional “Grads to Watch” — just a few of the talented and accomplished U of T engineers who will receive their degrees at Spring Convocation on June 15. Selected by their home departments, each of these remarkable future Skule alumni contributed to enhancing U of T Engineering’s vibrant community. Dalal & Shatha […]
The bionic man: coming soon?
Originally published in the Spring 2015 issue of Edge Magazine. In 1999, NASA issued a challenge to the scientific community: to develop a robotic arm with artificial muscles that could beat a human in an arm-wrestling match. At a conference six years later, a high school girl faced off against three such arms. She won against each of […]
‘Engineering Ambassador’ wins national scholarship for mentorship of young women
Materials engineering student Samantha Stuart (Year 2 MSE) has received an Engineering Ambassador Scholarship from the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF), one of only five women from across Canada to receive the award. The scholarship honours one student in each of Canada’s five regions — British Columbia, Prairies, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic — who have […]
A closer look at the Banting & Best Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
The Nobel Prize-winning discovery of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Best remains one of the most significant research achievements from the labs at U of T. But discovery alone is not enough; the drug is still saving the lives of diabetics around the world today because those researchers commercialized their discovery. “Banting wasn’t an entrepreneur. Best wasn’t […]
Safer rail car wins Engineering student top prize at Minerva Safe Design Awards
Tragedies such as the train explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Que. will never happen again if Iman Chalabi (Year 3 ElecE) has his way. The third-year student in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering took first prize in the 2015 Minerva Canada James Ham Safe Design Awards competition today for designing a system that renders crude oil cargo […]
Celebrating engineering excellence: U of T Engineering honours 11 faculty and staff
U of T Engineering has awarded 11 faculty and staff for their continued pursuit of excellence. Recipients were recognized for their leadership, citizenship and innovation at the “Celebrating Engineering Excellence” reception this week—an annual event to honour all those who’ve won awards in the Faculty over the past year. “It is my privilege to bring […]
