Posts Categorized: News

April 3, 2018 – Two new facilities situated atop U of T Engineering’s Sandford Fleming Building will advance multidisciplinary building science research into how buildings consume and distribute energy and control indoor environments. The state-of-the-art Twin Suites Rooftop Lab will…

March 29. 2018 – Carbon dioxide, or CO2, is a common gas. It’s what we breathe out on every exhale.  It’s what makes our favourite soft drinks fizzy. But it’s also one of the main by-products of burning fossil fuels.…

March 9, 2018 – Ahmed Mahmoud (MIE MASc 1T6) hopes that his new invention — an unassuming grey box about the size of a coffee mug, attached to a metal probe — will be the key to significant improvements in crop yields…

March 7, 2018 – When The Shape of Water won the Academy Award for Best Picture, U of T Engineering student Charlie Katrycz had a personal reason to celebrate. The MEng candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering was part of the…

February 28, 2018 – Huda Idrees (IndE 1T2+PEY) thought she entered the male-dominated tech industry with her eyes wide open. But the University of Toronto engineering alumna says she was totally unprepared for what she found. “I’ve actually been in situations where…

February 27, 2018 – When Lian Leng (MIE MASc 1T0, PhD 1T4) was a graduate student at MIE, her research garnered headlines and awards.  Under the supervision of Professor Axel Guenther (MIE), she developed a 3D skin-tissue printer, a technology…

February 6, 2018 – Engineering student, musician, entrepreneur and philanthropist Andrew Forde (MSE 1T1, IndE PhD candidate) strives to challenge the status quo with his projects. Now, the multi-talented artist is debuting a new musical composition he designed to reflect modern Canada.…

February 6, 2018 – At the Olympics, being a tenth of a fraction slower to react can be the difference between winning a medal and missing the podium. Grad student Amol Rao (MIE MEng candidate) is making sure Team Canada has an…

February 6, 2018 – MIE Professors Andreas Mandelis, David Steinman and Yu Sun are among nine U of T researchers sharing almost $820,000 in funding this year from the Connaught Innovation Award, aimed at accelerating the development of promising technologies and promoting knowledge…

February 2, 2018 – For the last three years, Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) has brought teams of engineering students to Nicaragua to work with local communities on projects aimed at improving crop irrigation. Now, with the help of external partners, she aims to…