Posts Tagged: mechanical engineering
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) announced today that Professor Cristina Amon, Dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, has received the 2011 SWE Achievement Award, the highest award given by the Society, for her outstanding contributions…
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…
Researchers at the University of Victoria and U of T Engineering Professor David Sinton (MIE) will design a new fibre-optic system to monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) at underground storage sites. Carbon Management Canada will provide the team with a $983,578 grant to…
Professor Birsen Donmez of the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering wants you to be a better driver. She’s thinking about sending you a report card. Not really — but she is brainstorming ways to provide feedback to drivers on how they’re…
Dean Cristina Amon (MIE) and Professors Michael Collins (CivE), Chul Park (MIE) and Peter Stangeby (UTIAS) have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), one of Canada’s most prestigious academic honours. The RSC is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and…
The University of Toronto Formula SAE Racing Team placed 15th overall at the Formula Student Germany competition in Hockenheim, Germany. The competition occurred August 2 to 7 and included 78 teams from 25 nations. “The German competition is one of…
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