Posts Tagged: research

Molly Shoichet Wins Society for Biomaterials Clemson Award

The Society for Biomaterials, a professional society that promotes advances in biomedical materials research and development, has named Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) the recipient of this year’s Clemson Award for Contributions to Literature. This award recognizes significant contributions to the literature…

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…

Engineering Researchers Create World’s Most Efficient Flexible OLED

Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering have developed the world’s most efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on plastic. This result enables a flexible form factor, not to mention a less costly, alternative to traditional OLED manufacturing,…

Dean Receives the Society of Women Engineers’ Highest Honour

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…

Engineering Professor Named Canada Research Chair

University of Toronto Engineering Professor Prasanth Nair (UTIAS) has been awarded the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Computational Modeling and Design Optimization Under Uncertainty . The prestigious honour recognizes Professor Nair’s research excellence, which involves developing the next generation of computational methods for…
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