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April 17, 2017 – Genecis, a student startup devoted to recycling food scraps into value-added products, has won the $5,000 second-place prize in the early-stage category of the inaugural RBC Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The business pitch competition, held…

April 17, 2017 – Two MIE students are among 10 of U of T Engineering’s top undergraduate students recognized by the Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation for Education (OPEFE) for high academic achievement and co-curricular contributions. Two entrance scholarships and eight…

April 7, 2017 – On April 6, more than 100 faculty, students, industry clients, alumni and proud parents celebrated the achievements of MIE’s capstone design students. Over 250 students worked in teams to complete 66 projects for top industry clients.…

April 3, 2017 – This year, 116 fourth-year undergraduate students from various engineering programs formed 24 multidisciplinary design teams to take on industry challenges, as part of  U of T Engineering’s Multidisciplinary Capstone Project (MCP) course. The unique MCP course…

April 3, 2017 – For nearly 40 years, U of T Engineering’s Professional Experience Year (PEY) internship program has connected talented students with innovative companies looking to benefit from an influx of energy and new ideas. The paid internships — with an…

March 31, 2017 – Professor Chi-Guhn Lee has been appointed Interim Chair, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering for a three-month term, effective April 1, 2017. Professor Lee joined the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in 2001. He was tenured and…

March 24, 2017 – Professor Jean Zu has been appointed Dean of the Charles V. Schaefer Jr. School of Engineering and Science at Stevens Institute of Technology (US), effective May 1, 2017. She will end her term as Chair, Department…

March 21, 2017 – Students at U of T Engineering can now choose to learn how to manipulate the materials and methods that will shape future generations of everyday products, from wearable electronics and communications devices to self-driving vehicles and…

March 20, 2017 – ATMs and coffee shops such as Tim Hortons, Starbucks and Second Cup make ideal locations for placing automated external defibrillators (AEDs), according to a new study led by U of T Engineering researchers Professor Timothy Chan…

March 17, 2017 – A drone network could be deployed to speed defibrillators to bystanders trying to help people in cardiac arrest, getting the devices to the patient faster than emergency services, a recent Canadian study suggests. Researchers examined historical…