Posts Categorized: News

September 13, 2016 — Professor Hani Naguib (MIE, MSE) has been named to the 2016 cohort of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Established in 2014, the College is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition…

September 7, 2016 — U of T Engineering Professor Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, one of the highest honours a Canadian researcher can achieve. The Society’s mission is to recognize scholarly,…

 September 1, 2016 — Seven U of T Engineering faculty members have received the inaugural Percy Edward Hart and Erwin Edward Hart Professorships, enhancing emerging research and education across the Faculty. The professorships were created by a landmark bequest from the…

August 31, 2016 — Bloomberg TV made a visit to Professor Goldie Nejat’s Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab to learn more about building socially-assistive robots to help the elderly as they age. Watch here.

August 22, 2016 – Six U of T Engineering professors have received Early Researcher Awards (ERA) from the Government of Ontario. The ERAs provide critical support that helps promising scientists and engineers in the first five years of their academic careers build their…

August 11, 2016 – When Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) sits down to watch a game of hockey, baseball or tennis, he isn’t taking a break from his research — he may be hard at work on a new paper. His…

August 5, 2016 — When the Canadian and American Olympic boxing teams compete in Rio de Janeiro in August, they may have the upper hand thanks to a wearable technology innovation from a U of T Engineering alumnus. Both teams…

July 27, 2016 — Collaboration is the key to success of two new professors that are cross-appointed with the Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Civil Engineering. Professors Marianne Touchie (CivE, MIE) and Fae Azhari (MIE, CivE) joined the Faculty at…

July 21, 2016 — Seven U of T engineers have been honoured by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) with Ontario Professional Engineers Awards. Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE) received the Research and Development Medal,…

July 27, 2016 — Professor Scott P. Sanner, an international expert in information engineering, joined the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering on April 1, 2016. Sanner’s research harnesses the power of computers and big data to make decisions faster, and…