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Professor Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE), a leading researcher in computer optimization, has been named an ACM Distinguished Member. (Credit: Roberta Baker)

Natalie Enright Jerger named ACM Distinguished Member

November 9, 2018

Association for Computing Machinery recognizes professional excellence as well as significant achievements in the computing field

This prototype toilet can disinfect household waste at source using minimal water and energy, and is designed to address the lack of effective sanitation and safe waste management in many places around the world. (Courtesy: Yu-Ling Cheng)

Reinventing the toilet: U of T Engineering team presents sustainable prototype in Beijing

November 6, 2018

Professor Yu-Ling Cheng’s latest prototype offers a self-contained sanitation solution for the more than 4 billion people without access to effective waste treatment

Aaron Babier (MIE PhD candidate) is using AI technology to automate radiation therapy planning. (Credit: Brian Tran)

U of T Engineering launches artificial intelligence minor and certificate

October 31, 2018

Launching in January 2019, students completing the minor or certificate will be poised to apply AI in diverse fields

Swift Skin and Wound, a wound care management software created by Swift Medical, helps health care providers quickly and accurately track the progression of chronic wounds and the effectiveness of their treatment. (Courtesy: Swift Medical)

This alumni startup uses AI to visualize wound healing

October 31, 2018

U of T Engineering alumnus Carlo Perez is the founder and CEO of Swift Medical, a company that turns any smartphone into a medical tool for wound care management

Meet Pepper: An AI robot that will reduce wait times in hospitals

October 31, 2018

The newest robotic platform in Professor Goldie Nejat’s lab is designed to automate data intake and patient monitoring

“Human movement and behaviour are unpredictable, so we are seeing if robots can adapt and react to that,” says Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE).

Professor Goldie Nejat on AI’s impact on health care

October 25, 2018

“Human movement and behaviour are unpredictable, so we are seeing if robots can adapt and react to that,” says Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE)

Kristen Facciol (EngSci0T9) in the Mission Control Centre of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Facciol has become the 14th Canadian to earn a CSA/NASA Robotics Flight Controller Certficiation. (Courtesy: Kristen Facciol/NASA)

‘Completely surreal’: Kristen Facciol earns CSA/NASA Robotics Flight Controller Certification

October 25, 2018

Alumna becomes 14th Canadian — and fifth U of T Engineering graduate — to earn elite designation to control space robotics missions

UT-IMDI students and industry partners celebrate the completion of 38 projects motivated by industry challenges at a special dinner reception. (Credit: Liz Do)

U of T Engineering students share multidisciplinary solutions to big industry challenges

October 11, 2018

Students in the University of Toronto’s Institute for Multidisciplinary Design and Innovation (UT-IMDI) share the results of their industry-sponsored projects at evening celebration

Professor Craig Steeves (UTIAS), right, assembles a quadrotor drone with Grade 10 students at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, Ont. (Photo: Rikky Duivenvoorden)

UTIAS researchers launch drone outreach program in Thunder Bay

October 10, 2018

UTIAS researchers partner with Indigenous high school in Thunder Bay to teach students how to build a drone

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