Posts Tagged: women in engineering
On February 6, Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) will be awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, an award that marks the Queen’s 60th year of reign. “It’s a huge honour,” said Professor Shoichet. “You realize the importance of…
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…
Chemical Engineering Professor Yu-Ling Cheng, Director of U of T’s Centre for Global Engineering, has been named one of the Toronto Star’s 12 ‘People to Watch’ in 2013. Professor Cheng was singled out by The Star for her work leading…
Engineers design vehicles that are safe, reliable and fuel efficient. But engineers must also consider the human factor: the driver. Since driver errors contribute to more than 90 per cent of vehicle crashes, designing operator feedback systems may help drivers…
Professor Susan McCahan, Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Studies, and fourth-year MIE student Huda Idrees discussed how to encourage more women to enrol in engineering on CBC’s Metro Morning show on November 23. You can listen to their discussion with Metro Morning host Matt Galloway here:http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2012/11/23/women-in-engineering/.
U of T Engineering Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin, a world-renown materials scientist, peace advocate and humanitarian, has been inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame. John A.D. McCurdy (1886-1961), who graduated from U of T Engineering in 1906, was posthumously inducted.…
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