Posts Tagged: international

Lab-on-a-Chip Revolutionizes HIV Monitoring in Developing Countries

The World Health Organization considers HIV a worldwide pandemic. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, more than 22 million people are living with it. ECE PhD candidate James Dou and his supervisor Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE), Vice-Dean, Research, have developed an affordable and efficient lab-on-a-chip…

U of T Engineering Alumnus is Engineering Social Change

U of T Engineering graduate Suneet Tuli (CivE 9T0) has a vision: to make computer technology available to people around the world, including some of the poorest. The CEO of DataWind, a company that develops wireless web access products and services, seeks to…

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…

Alumnus’ Invention Brings Clean Water to the Developing World

An invention by Mechanical Engineering graduate Bradley Pierik (MechE 0T9) that brings clean water to the developing world is profiled in today’s The Globe & Mail. Pierik invented a hand-held device that purifies unfiltered water by pressing it through a fibre membrane. The…

Engineering Student Organizes Elite Leadership Program

Ray Chen (CompE 1T3 +PEY) has a lofty goal: he wants engineering students to enter the workforce with more than just technical knowledge, but the communication and leadership skills necessary for them to succeed. In order to do that, he…
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