Posts Tagged: commercialization

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…

Engineering Alumnus Fellowship Helps Grads Found Companies

A fellowship program at the University of Toronto founded by graduate Gerald Heffernan (MMS 4T3) is helping graduate students transfer their research into businesses. The Heffernan/Co-Steel Innovation Commercialization Fellowship provides $20,000 annually for up to three years to postgraduate fellows…

Professor’s App Provides Makeovers on the Run

Do you need to test a new shade of lipstick while on the run? Look no further. A new smart phone application developed by Professor Parham Aarabi (ECE) can provide users with a virtual makeover. Using facial recognition technology, the…

IBBME Professor’s Start-Up Earns $2-Million Licence Fee

Another technology commercialization success story emerges from U of T. Interface Biologics Inc (IBI), a company founded by Professor Paul Santerre, Director of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME),  announced the successful conclusion of a licensing evaluation period…
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