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Blue Sky Solar Racing's aerodynamic lead, Khanin Thongmongkol (Year 4 EngSci) with a 3D model of Polaris. The team conducted wind-tunnel tests of 3D-printed models of two retired vehicle designs, Horizon and Polaris, to help inform the design of their 10th generation vehicle.

Next-generation Blue Sky Solar car is put to the (wind) test

July 30, 2018

Blue Sky Solar Racing recently tested out 3D models of its cars Horizon and Polaris to inform design of their 10th generation solar vehicle

Dr. Tarek Awad, a researcher in U of T’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering, shows two samples: at left, a stainless steel surface treated to trap simple cooking oil, and at right, an uncoated surface. The uncoated surface can accumulate food residue and encourage the growth of food-borne pathogens. (Credit: Liz Do)

Cooking oil coating prevents bacteria from growing on food processing equipment

July 27, 2018

U of T Engineering researchers examine a simple and effective way to minimize food contamination at industrial production plants

Mona Gridseth (left, UTIAS PhD candidate) and Keenan Burnett (EngSci 1T6+PEY, UTIAS MASc candidate) work on Zeus, a self-driving vehicle that recently took the top prize at the first competition of the three-year AutoDrive Challenge™. U of T Engineering’s new Engineering Science major in Machine Intelligence launches this September. It joins an MEng emphasis in Analytics that began January 2018. (Credit: Laura Pedersen)

U of T Engineering launches Canada’s first engineering undergraduate program in Machine Intelligence

July 24, 2018

Students will begin courses in the new major in September 2018

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U of T Engineering blockchain project receives funding injection from Connaught Fund

July 20, 2018

Multidisciplinary team unites researchers to apply blockchain technology in fields from law to finance

Professor Moshovos and his team. Front row, left to right: Zissis Poulos, Dylan Malone Stuart, Professor Andreas Moshovos; back row, left to right: Sayeh Sharifymoghaddam, Kevin Siu, Mostafa Mahmoud, Patrick Judd, Alberto Delmas Lascorz, Milos Nikolic. (Credit: Tyler Irving)

Building the computing engines that will power the machine learning revolution

July 19, 2018

New NSERC Strategic Partnership Network focuses on techniques to optimize hardware for artificial intelligence

It takes a village to build a smart city: Mark Fox on culture of collaboration at School of Cities

July 9, 2018

Professor Mark Fox says School of Cities will play a pivotal role in catalyzing collaboration across U of T Engineering and University

On the left of each quadrant is a real X-ray image of a patient’s chest and beside it, the syntheisized X-ray formulated by the DCGAN. Under the X-ray images are corresponding heatmaps, which is how the machine learning system sees the images (Image courtesy of: Hojjat Salehinejad/MIMLab).

Training artificial intelligence with artificial X-rays

July 6, 2018

New U of T Engineering research could help AI identify rare conditions in medical images by augmenting existing datasets

Left to right: Professor Steven Thorpe (MSE), Bryan James (MSE 1T6 + PEY), Jessica MacInnis (MSE MEng candidate), Matthew Chen (MSE MASc candidate) and Yuri Savguira (MSE PhD candidate). This team took first place at the international 2017–2018 Hydrogen Student Design Contest for Motion+, their plan for a hydrogen-powered luxury boat.

U of T Engineering students win international competition with sustainable yacht design

June 25, 2018

A team from U of T Engineering’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) has designed a sustainable, noise-free and emission-free alternative for the boating industry

Bombardier invests in Toronto aerospace hub, creates U of T research centre on aircraft noise

June 21, 2018

Canadian aerospace giant will invest $1.5 million over five years to fund core research at a new aeromaterials research centre involving two U of T Engineering researchers

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