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Chamath Palihapitiya, the outspoken venture capitalist, former social media executive and ݮƵ Engineering alumnus, has made an annual list of the 50 most influential Canadians published by Maclean’s magazine.

Palihapitiya, who graduated from the electrical engineering program in 1999 before making his fortune at Facebook and as a founder of Social Capital, holds down the 33rd spot on the .

The University of ݮƵ has joined forces with five other Ontario universities to increase academic and industry diversity by creating new fellowships for Indigenous and Black students pursuing doctoral degrees in engineering.

An online education company co-founded by two ݮƵ Engineering alumni announced this week that it has secured $159 million in backing to fuel its expansion.

, one of the fastest-growing education technology companies in North America, was launched by Rohan Mahimker and Alex Peters, who both graduated in 2011 from the mechatronics engineering program at ݮƵ.

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Household appliances and other devices could be operated with simple voice commands using highly efficient new artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

Developed by researchers at the University of ݮƵ and explainable AI company , the technology enables the creation of low-cost, low-power, self-contained speech recognition software that is tailored to specific tasks.

I know this is difficult news to hear the first week back from our holiday break and days after hearing about the loss of one of our second-year chemical engineering students. It is with deep sadness that I share that Aidan Walker, a second-year mechatronics engineering student, passed away on Saturday, January 2nd due to a brain aneurysm.

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Long-time faculty member heads MME

A ݮƵ mechanical and mechatronics engineering (MME) professor started as chair of the department at the beginning of 2021.

Experts at ݮƵ Engineering are teaming up with counterparts at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to help Canadian companies capitalize on the enormous potential of metal 3D printing technologies.

ݮƵ Engineering faculty members will advance their work through inaugural Tier 1 Canada Research Chairs.  

Catherine Burns, a systems design engineering professor, is the new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Human Factors in Healthcare Systems. 

More than a year after publishing a paper that attracted worldwide attention, a ݮƵ Engineering researcher is working towards commercialization of technology to tackle climate change.

Yimin Wu, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, was inspired by nature to create an “artificial leaf” that converts harmful carbon dioxide into an alternative fuel.