U of T Engineering records banner fundraising year as University’s Boundless campaign surpasses $1.5 billion
Alumni, students, faculty and friends from around the world continue to rally behind U of T Engineering’s ambitious $200-million Boundless campaign goal, pushing the Faculty past the halfway mark and helping to achieve its most successful fundraising year yet. U of T Engineering raised nearly $22 million dollars in 2013–14, with a record number of […]
Alumnus elevates UTIAS entrepreneurship with $1-million donation
Creating a multimillion-dollar company directly out of graduate school may not be rocket science, but for alumnus Francis Shen (UTIAS MASc 8T3), a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) certainly helped. This past summer, Shen donated $1 million to the Institute to develop an entrepreneurship incubator, enabling […]
Remembering University Professor Emeritus Bernard Etkin (UTIAS)
Former U of T Engineering dean, renowned expert in aerodynamics and beloved mentor, University Professor Emeritus Bernard Etkin (UTIAS) passed away on June 26, 2014. Etkin led an accomplished career that spanned 50+ years of aeronautical research, consulting, teaching, and academic leadership. A graduate of the Faculty’s engineering physics program, Etkin joined the University of […]
Teaching flying robots to learn
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 professor at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). Next month, Schoellig – […]
Turbulence: New research ends decade-long physics debate
Turbulence. The word often conjures feelings of bouncing back and forth in an airplane seat. You tighten your grip on the armrests, and the intercom crackles, “Ladies and gentleman, the captain has turned on the fasten seatbelt sign.” But here on the ground, turbulence is everywhere. It’s what causes smoke to curl as it rises […]
Bernard Etkin Honoured by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
University Professor Emeritus Bernard Etkin (UTIAS), an Engineering alumnus and former Dean of the Faculty, has been selected to receive the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace Guidance, Navigation, and Control Award for 2014. This award has been bestowed on Professor Etkin “for outstanding achievement in and dedication to research and education in […]
Canada Foundation for Innovation Awards 17 Grants to Engineering
A boost of over $1.7-million worth of grants from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has been directed toward Engineering and will be used for infrastructure that will advance research in everything from testing drinking water to cancer. The funding comes from the CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund, a program designed to help universities […]
Pilotless Planes May Hold Key to Spotting Forest Fires
Every year Ontario experiences more than 700 forest fires, affecting more than 120,000 hectares of woodland. Finding those fires and alerting fire rangers is a daunting task in a province as large as Ontario. But UTIAS Professor Hugh Liu thinks he may have a solution – UAVs – pilotless airplanes armed with thermal cameras. Professor Liu, who […]
UTIAS Student Caught Up in Boston Bombing Aftermath
When Lana Osusky (AeroE PhD candidate) went to Boston to present her research, she didn’t expect to end up presenting in her hotel room, while under lockdown. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT)Women in Aerospace Symposium, which took place on April 18 and 19 at the MIT campus, was an opportunity for female doctoral candidates from across […]
