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AÌýpaper by electrical and computer engineering graduate students Frank Imeson and Ariq Emtenan, and professorsÌýSiddharth Garg and Mahesh Tripunitara won the Best Student Paper award at the 2013 Usenix Security Symposium held August 14-16 in Washington, D.C. Their winning paper is entitledÌý"Securing Computer Hardware Using 3D Integrated Circuit (IC) Technology and Split Manufacturing for Obfuscation." [symposium website]

The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ is the only Canadian university to make the top 25 schools that are "churning out successful entrepreneurs", according to CrunchBase, a free onlineÌýdatabase of technology companies, people and investors.ÌýCrunchBase's dataÌýshows Stanford as the top institution for producing entrepreneurs. À¶Ý®ÊÓƵÌýranks in 20th place, followed by Princeton University.Ìý

A À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering startup was featured at DreamIt NYC Demo Day heldÌýin New York City on August 6ÌýforÌýthe media, venture capital firms, law firms, advisors, and other investors. As reported by Mashable.com.,Ìý GamePress was one of 15Ìýcompanies launched byÌýDreamIt Ventures' accelerator program. TheÌýstartups represented a wide range of topics, fromÌývideo games toÌýdata aggregation platforms.

, an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, is the recipient of funding from the Google Research Awards program for his proposal entitled From Functional Regressions to Security Testing.

The Google "unrestricted gift" awardsÌýsupport the work of faculty members at top universities around the world. Ganesh is planning to use the funds that come with theÌýaward to hire master's and doctoral candidates to assistÌýhim with his research into computer security testing. Ìý

Collaboration between anÌýarchitecture professorÌýand an avant-garde fashion designerÌýcould influence how cities of the future might look. PhillipÌýBeesley of the School of ArchitectureÌýis working with Iris van Herpen, a fashion designer based in Amsterdam who has created work worn by Lady Gaga. Two exhibits are on display in France through the summer. The unconventional collaboration sees the introduction of architectural elements to Van Herpen's clothes. [home page story]

Raising the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ brand in Asia

A third-year À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ electrical engineering student is developing a smartphone app to connect New Delhi women to women-driven taxis.

Carl Haas, aÌýcivil and environmental engineering professor, has been elected to the National Academy of Construction.ÌýHaas was one of 25 out of 250 qualified individuals elected this year and the only Canadian to receive the honour.ÌýHe was recognized for his "outstanding long-term contributions in the practice and science of construction technology, productivity and workforce improvement through research and professional leadership." The new academy members' induction will take place this October in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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The Conrad Centre is running an eight-weekÌýchallenge forÌýincoming Master of Business Entrepreneurship and Technology students to winÌý scholarship money for their upcoming year and to also encourage community participation. The Innovator ChallengeÌýconsists of three questions that will be asked every two weeks until the end of August.

When Armen Bakirtzian was a fourth-year mechatronics engineering student at the University À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, he began work on a tool that would help orthopedic surgeons like his own father align joints more accurately.Ìý