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In early April, fourth year MIE students wrapped up their final capstone projects. Despite the added challenge of meeting with clients and collaborating with their team fully online, the resulting projects were a great success. “The caliber of work the…
Mihai “Mishu” Duduta is joining the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering. He completed his PhD at Harvard University, with a thesis focused on novel dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) materials for soft robotic…
U of T researchers are developing microrobots with unique dexterity capabilities. Controlled by magnetic fields, this technology is a departure from the rigid, wired designs of most micro-surgical tools, and could one day be used to perform minimally invasive brain…
Kristina Menton (MechE 1T4 + PEY) loves airports. “I love sitting in the midst of all the people and chaos, watching the airplanes take off,” she says. “I love everything about their aerodynamics, the beauty of the physics that make them fly.” Lately, Menton has been experiencing…
You may have encountered Sophia Kurtz’s (MechE 2T1) artwork on chalkboards in the Bahen Centre or maybe you’ve contributed to one of her sketchbooks filled with doodles from the Skule community. This week we chatted with Sophia to learn more about her…
The University of Toronto recognized 20 Varsity Blues student-athletes with Silver T awards on Monday, April 12. The prestigious Silver T is awarded to Bronze T holders in their graduating year for outstanding athletic performance. In years past, the awards were…
The Engineering Career Centre’s PEY Co-op Awards was created to celebrate the industry partners and students who continue to make PEY Co-op a success. The PEY Co-op Student of the Year Award recognizes a PEY Co-op student that demonstrated excellence…
Last month, an Ontario Health official warned that reaching 900 COVID-19 patients in its intensive care units (ICU) could trigger a triage protocol, in which some of the province’s oldest and sickest patients would not receive the highest level of…
Sixteen Engineering faculty and staff have been honoured for their outstanding contributions to U of T Engineering with teaching, research, and administrative staff awards. These awards recognize exceptional faculty and staff members for their leadership, citizenship, innovation and contributions to…
Two U of T Engineering professors and three alumni have been honoured by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) with Ontario Professional Engineers Awards. These awards recognize professional engineers in Ontario who have made outstanding contributions to the profession and to society. Professor Baher Abdulhai (CivMin) won the Engineering Excellence medal, recognizing…
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