Posts Tagged: alumni

Alumnus elevates UTIAS entrepreneurship with $1-million donation

Creating a multimillion-dollar company directly out of graduate school may not be rocket science, but for alumnus Francis Shen (UTIAS MASc 8T3), a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) certainly helped. This…

Fertility startup: a year in the life of the engineer entrepreneur

In vitro fertilization is a costly, invasive process—but what if there was a way to vastly improve a woman’s chances of getting pregnant in fewer in vitro sessions? Enter QSperm, a startup grounded in U of T Engineering-developed research from Professor David…

Bionym raises $14 million for wearable, password-replacing tech

The Engineering alumni behind a wearable device called the “Nymi” – a bracelet-style product that uses your unique heart rhythm as a password to unlock or active devices – secured $14 million in investment this week from key industry players…

U of T Engineering alumni celebrated at 25th annual Arbor Awards

For the better part of six decades, alumnus Donald Dowds (MechE 5T3) has been giving back to U of T Engineering. As a member of multiple awards committees, the host for many student recruitment events and an organizer of the…
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