Pearl Sullivan, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's dean of engineering, announced March 31Ìýthat undergraduate students applying for À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering’s Accelerated Master’s program will be eligible for top up funding of $4,500 to supplement funding available through NSERC Student Research Awards.
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering women wereÌýhonoured during March's National Engineering Month withÌýaÌýfaculty member, two graduate students, and an alumna included as part of #30in30, an initiative that featured 30 outstandingÌýwomen in engineering over 30 days.
PiinPoint, a location analytics company, co-foundedÌýby Jim Robeson, a graduate of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering's Master in Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology program, and Adam Saunders, a current À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Environment student,ÌýisÌýthe latest company from University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ incubator VeloCity, to participate in the prestigiousÌýY Combinator accelerator program in Silicon Valley.
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Josh Bradshaw, a second-year systems design engineering student, has been chosenÌýby the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ as Engineering's 2013 co-op student of the year.
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's School of Architecture is profiled in the February issue of DOMUS, one of the leading design magazines in the world.ÌýPublished in Milan, the magazine has worldwide distribution.
Brigette Lau (BASc, CompE, 1999) and Chamath Palihapitiya (BASc, ElectE, 1999) partners of The Social + Capital Partnership in Palo Alto, CA, returned to campus on January 23 to announce two new prizes of $40,000 each for Capstone Design in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Engineering students hope to build a smart vehicle that understands and adapts to drivers’ habits
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From À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Stories,ÌýBy Jae Doncillo
The first class of an innovativeÌýbiomedical engineeringÌýprogram that connects students to the medical community will start at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ next fall.
The new program in Canada's largestÌýengineering schoolÌýwill give students the unique opportunity to blend hands-on design expertise with workplace experiences and academic studies.
Carl Haas, a civil and environmental engineering professorÌýand the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Construction and Management of Sustainable Infrastructure, was inducted last month into theÌýNational Academy of Construction.ÌýThe ceremony tookÌýin Scottsdale Arizona.
Amir Khajepour, a À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor and the Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems, received a prestigiousÌýEngineering MedalÌýÌý– Research and Development from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers at its awards’ gala. The event wasÌýheld in TorontoÌýon November 23.