Posts Tagged: mechanical engineering

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 Professor Part of Team Awarded Research Grant

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…

Engineering Safer Drivers

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…

Four Professors Elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

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…
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