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U of T Engineering Innovations Featured in Toronto Star

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…

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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)

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Tags: Constantin Christopoulos, David Boocock, David Zingg, Elizabeth Edwards, Goldie Nejat, health, James Dou, Michael Montgomery, research, robotics, Stewart Aitchison

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