Posts Tagged: ECE

New Metamaterial Lens Allows for Lighter, Thinner Solar Panels

Researchers in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed a new way to focus light over extremely short distances, technology with big applications in photovoltaics and optical imaging. Picture a typical lens, shaped like half…

Connect6 Competition a Hit with U of T Engineering Students

When you win a competition by time measured in milliseconds, it’s like being in the Olympics. That’s what happened to Shang Wang (ECE 1T7) at the first Connect6 game competition, organized as part of Engineering’s APS105 computer programming course. Connect6 is a…

New Algorithm Finds You, Even in Untagged Photos

  A new algorithm designed at the University of Toronto has the power to profoundly change the way we find photos among the billions on social media sites such as Facebook and Flickr. This month, the United States Patent and…

‘Invisibility Cloak’ Demonstrated for First Time

Invisibility cloaking is no longer the stuff of science fiction: two researchers in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have demonstrated an effective invisibility cloak that is thin, scalable and adaptive to different types and…

A Tribute to Professor Emeritus E. Stewart Lee

It is with deep regret that we announce the death on October 15, 2013 of Professor Emeritus Ernest Stewart Lee. E. Stewart Lee, Stewart to his friends, was born in Montreal on June 7, 1934. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering…

Post-doctoral Fellow Wins 2013 Colton Award

Dr. Muhammad Zulfiker Alam, a post-doctoral fellow in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been announced as the 2013 recipient of the Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence. Alam received the award at…
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