Winds of change: U of T engineers design windmills for Nicaragua
U of T engineers have partnered with residents of Pedro Arauz, Nicaragua to design and construct a water-pumping windmill, providing critical irrigation during the area’s long dry season. The project was led by Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) and was part of MIE 491: Capstone Design, a fourth-year course in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial […]
Craig Simmons named U of T Distinguished Professor of Mechanobiology
Professor Craig Simmons (MIE, IBBME) has been named the University of Toronto Distinguished Professor of Mechanobiology, an honour that recognizes his exceptional career accomplishments and promise. Issued by the U of T Office of the Vice-President and Provost, Simmons will hold the title for a five-year period, beginning July 1, 2016. He is one of […]
Q & A with U of T Engineering’s newest professor: Lesley Warren
Professor Lesley Warren joined the Department of Civil Engineering and the Lassonde Institute of Mining on Jan. 1, 2016 as the Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Chair in Mineral Engineering. Warren is an aqueous and microbial geochemist, who has pioneered the development of integrated approaches to address key questions linked to the roles microorganisms play in geochemical cycling, […]
Prime Minister backs regenerative medicine research at U of T Engineering and partners
This story originally appeared on U of T News Regenerative medicine is the way of the future for Canadian health care, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, and two new initiatives are helping strengthen the commitment of U of T Engineering and its partners to stem cell research and manufacturing. Trudeau announced at the MaRS Discovery […]
Professor Michael Sefton awarded the Terumo Global Science Prize
University of Toronto engineering professor Michael Sefton (ChemE, IBBME) has been named the 2016 recipient of the Terumo Global Science Prize for his achievements in tissue engineering and novel biomaterials discovery. This is only the third time the Terumo Foundation for Life Sciences and Arts has awarded the prize. Sefton joins an elite list of […]
IBBME alumnus develops new anti-inflammatory biomaterial for medical implants
This story is adapted from an article that appeared on U of T News. From screws and plates for broken bones to metal hips and dental implants, every day thousands of people undergo surgeries to implant medical devices into the body. But these implanted foreign objects cause the immune system to attack, and while for some […]
Three ways U of T engineers are addressing food and nutrition issues around the world
This story is Part 8 of an eight-part series, Global Engineering Impact, running throughout fall 2015. A new multidisciplinary collaboration from the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN) is bringing together researchers from across the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering to address hunger and malnutrition, which affect billions of people around the world. The Food & […]
Presidential advisory committee recommends targeted fossil fuel divestment
This story originally appeared on U of T News The University of Toronto can help the world meet the climate change challenge by undertaking targeted and principled divestment from specific companies in the fossil fuels industry, according to a presidential advisory committee headed by environmental engineering professor Bryan Karney (CivE). The committee, after a year […]
U of T engineers aim to close emergency medical services gap in developing countries
This story is Part 3 of an eight-part series, Global Engineering Impact, running throughout fall 2015. For North Americans, it can be easy to take emergency medical services (EMS) for granted. But in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh there is no EMS system, no centralized ambulances, and no 911 service. Justin Boutilier, a PhD […]
