Posts Tagged: UTIAS
When UTIAS Professor Reza Emami began teaching a new AER525 Robotics course recently, he had a problem: No robots. At first, Emami and his students had to make do with rudimentary simulations. Eventually he managed to procure a few tabletop robots. However,…
A pair of space telescope satellites, designed by U of T Engineering’s Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), are now circling the Earth, prepared to find and study the brightest stars in the sky. Measuring only 20 centimetres a side, and weighing…
Women need to embrace curiosity and risk taking if they want to excel in science and engineering, says U of T Engineering alumna Natalie Panek (AeroE MASc 0T9). Panek, a systems engineer at MDA Space Missions, emphasized her desire to…
Professor David Zingg (UTIAS) has been named the 2012 recipient of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) McCurdy Award. One of CASI’s most prestigious awards, the McCurdy Award is presented for outstanding achievement in the science and creative aspects of engineering…
An historic human-powered ornithopter flight by the Toronto-based Snowbird in 2010 has been certified as a world record first by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI). The Snowbird is a human-powered flapping wing aircraft that was designed and built by and Todd Reichert and Cameron Robertson of…
For generations now, people from around the world have accepted the invitation to fly the friendly skies. This has increased global travel and advanced cultural and commercial exchanges. However, it has also left an increasingly large carbon footprint, one that…
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