The innovation enabled by U of T Engineering was evident on March 1 in The Toronto Star. In a special supplement to celebrate the start of National Engineering Month that was entitled Engineering Innovation, the work of six U of T Engineering researchers were featured. They included:

• Professor Emeritus David Boocock (ChemE), whose process for developing biofuels launched Biox Corporation

• PhD Candidate James Dou (ECE) and his supervisor Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE), who have created an inexpensive mobile device for diagnosing HIV in remote communities

• Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE), who developed a microbial culture called KB-1 that decontaminates groundwater

• Recent PhD graduate Dr. Michael Montgomery (CivE) and his former supervisor Professor Constantin Christopoulos (CivE), who have together formed a company to market new compact building technology they developed to limit the swaying of buildings in the event of high winds or an earthquake

• Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE), who has developed a robot to assist the elderly with daily tasks

• Professor David Zingg (UTIAS), who is working to reduce the greenhouse emissions from aircraft by optimizing their design (the story is available only in the PDF version)