Posts Tagged: leadership
How does an engineer write a novel? He builds a blueprint first, of course. That’s exactly what trained engineer and award-winning writer Terry Fallis does, designing complex characters caught in layered plotlines and meticulously mapping out chapter after chapter. Even…
Whether we move from scrolls to eBooks, or from telegrams to text messages, we are always evolving how we share information. Technology is integral to engineering education, yet limited research focuses on this specific field of study. “Every time a…
He pioneered U of T Engineering’s “inverted classroom”, was one of the first in the Faculty to teach entirely using a tablet PC, and he calls himself “a facilitator of experiences, not a deliverer of content.” Dr. Micah Stickel (ECE),…
First-year engineering student Quinton Lowe (EngSci 1T8) holds a black belt in karate, is a political advocate and is passionate about engineering. Now, he’s also one of two U of T students to receive the Schulich Leaders Scholarship, a prestigious…
If you’re like many others using Twitter and LinkedIn, you’ve probably overdosed on articles headlined, “How to be more like Steve Jobs”, “Gandhi’s five tricks to success”, or “What Sir John A. Macdonald ate for breakfast.” But to those at…
Today’s assignment: design an outdoor, heated smoking area for a local women’s shelter. Do you take on the project, knowing it propagates a harmful, deadly habit? It’s dilemmas like this that engineers face in the real world, but not necessarily…
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