Posts Tagged: mechanical engineering
U of T Engineering’s Mark Fox (MIE) believes smart cities need smart citizens. On Feb. 10, 2015, the industrial engineering professor spoke to a capacity crowd at the Twenty Toronto Street Conference Centre about what it means for a city…
Professors Deepa Kundur, Baochun Li (both ECE) and Yu Sun (MIE) joined an impressive roster of internationally renowned scientists this month when they were officially named Fellows of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The three professors join…
University of Toronto Professor Alex Mihailidis from the Institute for Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) has been appointed joint scientific director for Canada’s first national research network in technology and aging. Launched in December, AGE-WELL (Aging Gracefully across Environments using…
Somewhere across a massive water system, a toxic bloom of algae is polluting drinking water. But what’s the fastest way to find it? To U of T Engineering professor Angela Schoellig (UTIAS), the answer is flying drones—an entire swarm designed…
The holidays are upon us, and as savvy shoppers search for gift ideas with a personal touch, wearable gadgets from U of T Engineering-developed companies are pret-a-porter for the fashionable tech lover on your list. A motion-sensing glove for gamers? Check.…
Although mending broken bones or prescribing medication may seem like simple tasks at a hospital, providing health care to millions of people is anything but. It requires a hugely complex system of hospitals, clinics, ambulances, research centres, suppliers and governments—and…
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