Posts Tagged: CivE

Saint John Commission Defends Parking Garage Decision

Earlier this week, Saint John, N.B., city council was told the parking commission dropped plans to put an epoxy coating on the floors of the new Peel Plaza Parking garage, shaving $350,000 off the structure’s $16.5-million price tag. The chair…

Recent Civil Grad Converts PhD Research Into Company

It was an earth-moving idea that won recent Civil Engineering graduate Michael Montgomery (CivE, PhD 1T1) the NSERC Innovation Challenge Award. Or rather, it was the novel approach to keeping buildings structurally sound after the earth moves that was key. Montgomery, who…

CivE Professor Brings Earthquake Expertise to Haiti

University of Toronto Engineering Professor Constantin Christopoulos (CivE) traveled to Haiti to join international instructors in delivering a two-day short course as part of a three-week earthquake engineering seminar in August. There is perhaps no place where the lessons were more needed…

U of T Engineer Named Chair of SERA Technical Advisory Group

Not-for-profit organization, Socially and Environmentally Responsible Aggregates (SERA), has named Professor Brenda McCabe, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, as its Chair of its newly formed expert technical panel. Professor McCabe leads a group of experts – representing municipal, industry,…

New CFI Grants Benefit Three Engineers

Three assistant professors from U of T Engineering are among 17 researchers at the University of Toronto who are benefiting from new funding announced today by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The grants will provide support to: Professor Cathy…

CivE Professor to Advise Governments on Proposed New Mine

Civil Engineering Professor Philip Byer has been named to a joint federal-provincial review panel for the environmental assessment of a proposed new mine in Northern Ontario. The appointment was made by Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent and Ontario’s Minister of…
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