Posts Tagged: women in engineering
Márta Ecsedi (CivE 7T6) knows a little something about being first. During her undergraduate degree at U of T Engineering, she was the first woman to lead the Engineering Society. Later, she served as the first woman president of the…
8:07 AM: the Gardiner Expressway rumbles with thousands of vehicles driving downtown to work, each with its own combustion engine releasing a barely-visible trail of exhaust into the atmosphere. Is there a better way to move people around our city?…
A helicopter drone zooms along the shores of Boston’s Charles River, carefully flying back and forth to photograph algae growth for nearby researchers. And who’s at the controls? Nobody – thanks to autonomous algorithms developed by Angela Schoellig, an assistant…
Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Susan McCahan and MIE Chair Jean Zu have been recognized by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) for their contributions to engineering education. Professor McCahan is the 2014 recipient of the ASEE Sharon Keillor Award for Women…
Whether we aspire to be a leading academic or a corporate tycoon, very few of us could travel our career path without a bit of navigational guidance from those who have gone before us – leaders who inspire or motivate…
A new study has linked the stiffness of breast tissue to the progression of a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. Published in Nature Medicine this month, the study may help clinicians differentiate between aggressive forms of the disease, which…
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