This piece was written by Edmund Konroyd-Bolden, PhD Student, University of Toronto, Civil Engineering Dept., and Lee Weissling, PhD., OSPE, Senior Research Officer. Engineers are at the forefront of the…
Hey, my name is Connor Dear and I am an engineering student. I recently completed my third year of Software Engineering at Lassonde, and have started research in computer vision.…
Shifting the Paradigm for 60 Million: One engineering graduate student is turning convention on its head to deliver a vital human resource: clean drinking water Dylan Verberg is a civil…
Leyla Soleymani is an Associate Professor of Engineering Physics and Canada Research Chair at McMaster University. Soleymani's research involves developing low-cost, miniaturized devices that can be used at point-of-care and in…
OSPE releases new report identifying how STEM employers can change the gender landscape in Ontario In 2017, thanks to funding from Status of Women Canada and the engagement of OACETT…
OSPE member David Philpott is using his creativity and lifelong sense of curiosity to discover new antibodies that can be used to treat rare forms of breast cancer. OSPE member David…
This week, the Government of Ontario announced its plan to establish a Chief Science Officer position to provide input to government on high-level policy direction–the first office of its kind…
As the famous Athenian philosopher Plato once said, “necessity is the mother of invention.” It was also necessity that sparked Foteini Agrafioti’s decision to pursue doctoral research in Electrical and…
On the surface, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (TRI) might look like any other hospital in the heart of Toronto’s Discovery District. But, within the doors of Canada’s largest academic hospital…
The following guest post was written by Krista Haldenby and contributed by U of T Engineering News. When the Sunrise Propane plant exploded in August 2008, killing plant worker Parminder…
