Posts Tagged: women in engineering

U of T engineer takes L’Oréal-UNESCO honour for ‘stem cell space suits’

University of Toronto biomedical engineering professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) has been named the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science North American laureate for 2015. Already the only person ever elected to all three of Canada’s science academies, Shoichet is the innovative mind…

Women in engineering at U of T: A timeline

Note: The Ontario School of Practical Science, established in 1873 by order of Provincial Parliament, became the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1906. 1912: First female graduate from U of T Engineering Hildegarde E.…

Three new Canada Research Chairs for U of T Engineering

Next time you see a robot helping the elderly, a fuel cell powering a remote town or microbes cleaning contaminated water, you may be witnessing the innovative research of U of T Engineering’s newest Canada Research Chairs in action. Last…

Female students explore U of T Engineering with GLEE

When Angela Hu (TrackOne 1T8) was a little girl, she would often wonder what was happening on the inside of machines. Fueled by this curiosity, she went on to pursue math and science courses, achieving high grades that led her…
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