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Canadian Supercomputers Assigned their Homework on Global Problems

By Engineering|March 3, 2011

Compute Canada, a national platform of advanced computing resources across the country, has announced the largest ever awards of supercomputing resources to researchers working in areas from biomedicine

Universities and the Energy Sector Advance New Ways of Innovating

By Engineering|February 18, 2011

Most people have never been up close to a natural gas processing plant, an oil sands operation or a large wind turbine. Yet the energy sector fuels not only Alberta’s prosperity, but also drives

ECE Student Takes NSERC André Hamer Postgraduate Prize

By Engineering|February 15, 2011

Audrey Kertesz, an ECE student in her first year of graduate studies and specializing in control theory, received the 2010 André Hamer Postgraduate Prize from the Natural Sciences and Engineering

Solar-Panel Firm Led by MSE Alumnus Returns to its Canadian Roots

By Engineering|December 17, 2010

Shawn Qu (MSE PhD 9T5) runs one of the ten largest solar panel makers in the world, Kitchener, Ont.-based Canadian Solar Inc., with annual revenue of about $1.2-billion (U.S.). Yet he is almost unknown

Researchers Discuss Extraordinary Achievements in their Fields for CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks

By Engineering|December 1, 2010

CBC Radio’s “Quirks & Quarks” program celebrated its 35th anniversary with a live panel discussion in November, asking engineers and scientists to discuss the greatest achievements

New Inexpensive Solar Cell Design is Pioneered

By Engineering|August 3, 2010

One of the most promising technologies for making inexpensive but reasonably efficient solar photovoltaic cells just got much cheaper. Scientists at the University of Toronto have shown that inexpensive

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