COVID-19 and the ‘what if machine’: How simulations and models help predict pandemic spread
Professor Dionne Aleman (MIE) explains pandemic models, ‘flattening the curve,’ and how they inform emergency preparedness
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New frontiers in health-care innovation
This article originally appeared in the 2016 issue of Skulematters magazine. Interdisciplinary research from U of T Engineering is helping us live longer, healthier lives. These projects from across
Three Engineering alumni recognized by global Undergraduate Awards
Three U of T Engineering graduates have been named to the ‘Highly Commended’ list for the 2015 Undergraduate Awards — an international competition that invites high-achieving undergraduates
Minds Meet at MIE Research Symposium
The Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE) hosted its fourth annual research symposium on June 10 at U of T’s Bahen Centre. Organized by a committee of the Association of
Igniting the Flame for Operations Research
How do you program a robot to navigate a zombie-infested campus? That was one of many problems that 80 high school students from grades 9 through 12, had to solve during the third-annual Operations
White Coat, Black Art
How are operating rooms assigned to surgeons? Why can’t operating rooms be open 24-7? To answer the question of operation room efficiency, The CBC’s White Coat, Black Art host Dr. Brian