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September 2019
Emerging Leaders Program
Designed as a unique experience to encourage critical thinking and important skills development for emerging young leaders, Emerging Leaders Program will comprise of distinct modules and interactive sessions featuring exceptional achievers, connectors and established entrepreneurs. Developed in collaboration with Troost ILead, this new mentorship and coaching program will provide opportunities to network and learn from peers, alumni and industry leaders in a forum that utilizes different pedagogical methodology and in an interactive setting. Program Structure: Targeted toward emerging leaders and…
Find out more »Development of Next-Generation Protection Materials with James Hogan
This event is open to the public and registration is not required. Special MIE seminar with Assistant Professor James Hogan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta hosted by Markus Bussmann Abstract Impacts and blasts represent transient dynamic events that are common in defense and aerospace applications, and these are characterized by the deposition of large amounts of energy in very short times. Upon loading, the material seeks internal pathways to dissipate the loading energy, and these are often referred to as “failure mechanisms”. The…
Find out more »Leadership Lab – Strategies for Time and Stress Management
Feeling the intense pressure of everything you have to do? Harness your inner self-manager to explore ways to improve your academic and personal survival skills in this interactive workshop on time and stress management. Decide which tools are most effective for you, and get set up to think about what really matters to you in this workshop. Program Details: Date: Thursday September 26, 2019 Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm Location: SF3202 (10 King’s College Road, Toronto ON )
Find out more »Career Fair hosted by ECC & You’re Next Career Network
Host(s): Engineering Career Centre (ECC) & You’re Next Career Network (YNCN) Target Audience: Students interested in exploring diverse industries and employment opportunities catered toward the STEM field. Students who are interested in the PEY Co-op Program. Students who are registered for the PEY Co-op Program. Helpful Notes: Dress business casual. Bring an updated resume for employers who may be accepting them at the event. Prepare your “pitch”. Nervous? We will have on-site support to help you make a good first impression.
Find out more »October 2019
LLE/ISTEP Education in Engineering Lecture – Do Active Classrooms Matter? (Susan McCahan, University of Toronto)
Co-hosted with the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP) There has been a race to build active learning spaces, and particularly spaces that are heavily technology enabled. At the University of Toronto there are several major projects of this nature underway or recently completed, including the new Myhal building and the Transforming the Instructional Landscape (TIL) project. There is a general sense that classroom environments of this nature support active learning pedagogies, but to…
Find out more »Engineering Graduate Studies Fair
Thinking about graduate school? U of T Engineering is proud to host a graduate studies fair and networking event. This engineering graduate studies fair brings together Canada’s top engineering schools to address the country’s urgent need for qualified engineers who can solve today’s most complex technical, social and environmental challenges. Representatives will be available to answer any questions you have regarding graduate studies including: Funding/tuition Finding a supervisor Graduate student life Program fit & and more Meet with representatives from:…
Find out more »Engineering Graduate Studies Fair: Canadian Graduate Engineering Consortium
Details Considering adding new skills or a different career path in engineering? Join the Canadian Graduate Engineering Consortium on their national tour this fall at University of Toronto! This engineering graduate studies fair brings together Canada’s top engineering schools to address the country’s urgent need for qualified engineers who can solve today’s most complex technical, social and environmental challenges. Representatives will be available to answer any questions you have regarding graduate studies including: • Funding/tuition • Finding a supervisor •…
Find out more »Distinguished Lecture Series – Prof. Matt Harrington: “Biological and Bio-inspired Materials Processing”
Speaker: Matt Harrington Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Date and time: Friday, October 4, 2019, 12 – 1 PM Location: Galbraith Building, 35 St George St, Room 221 Abstract: Living organisms produce remarkable polymeric fibers that self-assemble from biomolecular building blocks. Employing a cross-disciplinary approach, our group has harnessed advanced material characterization techniques, including confocal Raman spectroscopy, electron microscopy (FIB-SEM and TEM-EDX) and synchrotron X-ray diffraction, as well as traditional biochemical approaches to investigate the fabrication of…
Find out more »Engineering Day at Varsity Stadium
On October 5, join the U of T Engineering community for Varsity Football Engineering Day to cheer on University and Skule™ athletes! Event: University of Toronto Varsity Blues vs. McMaster University Marauders October 5, 1:00 p.m. kickoff (gates open at 11:30 a.m.) Varsity Stadium, 299 Bloor Street West Tickets: U of T Engineering students: U of T students get into games FREE with a valid TCard. Simply show your card on Game Day. U of T Engineering instructors and staff:…
Find out more »The OPTIONS Program: Designing the Professional – Life After Graduate School
The OPTIONS Program is an initiative to support all engineering graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in exploring diverse career options. Program Details: Date: Friday October 18, 2019 Time: 9:00 – 4:00 pm Location: GB202 What do I want to do with my life after grad school? How do I find a career that is meaningful and engaging? Designing the Professional is a self-discovery and career exploration experience to support you in cultivating a meaningful life and a career after U…
Find out more »Engineering Tissues for Medical Discovery and Therapy
Join us this month as Prof. Milica Radisic discusses tissue engineering, a branch of engineering science that focuses on developing living tissue matrices in the laboratory. With the ultimate goal of using these tissues for drug testing and to repair injured tissues and organs, Dr. Radisic will review recent progress in developing living tissue supplements and specifically highlight those that were already tested and used in humans. Her presentation will also emphasize the emerging area of organ-on-a-chip engineering. Dr. Milica…
Find out more »Lunch and Learn – Engineering Tissues for Medical Discovery and Therapy (Milica Radisic, ChemE)
Join us this month as Prof. Milica Radisic discusses tissue engineering, a branch of engineering science that focuses on developing living tissue matrices in the laboratory. With the ultimate goal of using these tissues for drug testing and to repair injured tissues and organs, Dr. Radisic will review recent progress in developing living tissue supplements and specifically highlight those that were already tested and used in humans. Her presentation will also emphasize the emerging area of organ-on-a-chip engineering. Dr. Milica…
Find out more »PsychEng Seminar: Cognitive Assessment of Executive Functions using Serious Games with Mark Chignell
Registration required. View all upcoming PsychEng seminars. Abstract In this presentation, Professor Mark Chignell will review several years of work on developing serious games for cognitive assessment with particular focus on executive functioning. Professor Chignell will start by reviewing a game that he has developed for delirium screening in emergency departments, with Dr. Jacques Lee of Sunnybrook and Mt. Sinai hospitals. He will then discuss a battery of serious games that he and his team are developing with Dr.…
Find out more »Thanksgiving
The university will be closed. Enjoy the holiday!
Find out more »LLE – Hairy Nanocellulose (Theo van de Ven, McGill University)
The building blocks of cellulose microfibrils, which make up the wall of wood fibers, are cellulose nanofibrils (CNF). These fibrils are several microns long and have a diameter of about 5 nm. They consist of alternating crystalline and amorphous regions, each about 100-200 nm in length. Two forms of nanocellulose can be obtained from CNF: 1) cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), which can be obtained by removing the amorphous regions by acid hydrolysis, resulting in needle-like particles, each about 100-200 nm…
Find out more »Distinguished Lecture Series – Prof. Gianluigi Botton: “Probing the structural and electronic properties of materials with electron microscopy”
Speaker: Prof. Gianluigi Botton Affiliation: Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, SK and Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton Date and time: Friday, October 18, 2019, 12 – 1 PM Location: Galbraith Building, 35 St George St, Room 221 Abstract: Electron microscopes have become very power tools to study the structure of materials at unprecedented resolution. From their invention, these tools have provided essential information on the structure and properties of the broadest range of materials used…
Find out more »LLE/IWI – Biodegradation of C-C Backbone Plastics and Microplastics in the Marine Environment (Nicolas Kalogerakis, Technical University of Crete)
Co-hosted with the Institute for Water Innovation (IWI) Plastic debris and in particular secondary microplastics represent a significant problem among the various pollution problems facing the marine environment. Several studies have been conducted on the fate and weathering of plastics in the marine environment including the generation and fate of microplastics. Laboratory results on the biodegradation of plastics show great variability. An important question, which remains unanswered, is what is the level of weathering that makes the common…
Find out more »November 2019
Distinguished Lecture Series – Prof. Hong Guo
Speaker: Hong Guo Affiliation: Professor, Department of Physics, McGill University Date and time: Friday, Novermber 1, 2019, 12 – 1 PM Location: Galbraith Building, 35 St George St, Room 221
Find out more »LLE Irving O. Shoichet Distinguished Lecture – Tiny Technologies and Medicine: From Hepatic Tissue Engineering to Cancer Nanotechnology (Sangeeta Bhatia, MIT)
Check back soon for more information about this lecture. __________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Bhatia is a biomedical researcher, MIT professor, and biotech entrepreneur who works to adapt technologies developed in the computer industry for medical innovation. Trained as both a physician and engineer at Harvard, MIT, and Brown University, Bhatia leverages ‘tiny technologies’ of miniaturization to yield inventions such as human microlivers that model human drug metabolism and liver disease, as well as responsive nanoparticles and nanoporous…
Find out more »Fall Convocation ceremony
Fall Convocation ceremony.
Find out more »Urban Water Provision Amidst the Chaos of Emerging Markets
Join us this month as Prof. David Taylor discusses how engineering is solving the constant challenge of accessible, clean water to emerging markets. Servicing emerging markets requires products tailored to the challenges of their chaotic water systems, which are characterized by: frequently empty pipes, low pressure, high rates of contamination, high losses, and missing network information. Upgrading these intermittent water systems is a 70-billion-dollar market. Prof. Taylor’s talk introduces intermittent systems and their challenges, and describes the tools developed to…
Find out more »PsychEng Seminar: Grouping visual elements in a meaningful way for human and computer vision with Dirk Bernhardt-Walther
Registration required. View all upcoming PsychEng seminars. Abstract Coming soon... Bio Coming soon... RSVP Coming soon... The PsychEng seminar series (part of the Collaborative Specialization in Psychology and Engineering) aims to spark and/or showcase interdisciplinary research at the intersection of engineering and psychology. The seminars cover a wide range of topics between these two disciplines and provides a forum for discussion and critical analysis on corresponding research areas. The seminars are presented by…
Find out more »LLE – Empowering Women and Children to Achieve their Full Physical and Mental Potential through Micronutrient-Enriched Salt (Venkatesh Mannar, University of Toronto)
Co-hosted with the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN) We all need food – so that we don’t go hungry, stay fit, active and healthy through our lives. But if the food we consume doesn’t contain essential vitamins and minerals, that our bodies need on a daily and consistent basis – we will never reach our full potential. One in three of us do not get enough micronutrients to survive and thrive. In large parts of South Asia…
Find out more »Distinguished Lecture Series – Dr Nathan Stubina: “At the Intersection of Technology, Innovation and Diversity in Mining” Come prepared to argue both sides of the following: Is Mining Innovation an Oxymoron?
Speaker: Dr. Nathan Stubina (MMS PhD 8T8) Affiliation: Vice president, Sherritt International Date and time: Friday, Novermber 29, 2019, 12 – 1 PM Location: Galbraith Building, 35 St George St, Room 221 Abstract: It is well known that the mining sector is facing many difficult challenges: lower grade ores, smaller deposits, increasing costs, tighter margins, faltering capital markets, political risks, increased social/environmental demands, etc. If you ask senior mining executives, they generally agree that innovation is essential to the current…
Find out more »December 2019
PsychEng Seminar: Young drivers, distraction, and advanced vehicle technologies with Birsen Donmez
Registration required. View all upcoming PsychEng seminars. Abstract Distraction is a significant contributing factor to young driver crashes. Crash risk is known to decrease with driving experience, partly because of the improved skills to control the vehicle, but also because of the improved capability to distribute attention, even when distracted. A series of empirical studies will be presented evaluating young drivers’ attention allocation both for manual driving (i.e., no or low level of automation) and for high levels of…
Find out more »March 2020
20th Engineering Science Alumni Dinner
SAVE THE DATE! 20th Engineering Science Alumni Dinner Friday, March 27, 2020 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm Great Hall, Hart House Engineering Science and Engineering Physics graduates are invited to the 20th Annual Engineering Science Dinner. Join fellow alumni, faculty members and students for a lively cocktail reception where student clubs will show off some of their newest creations, followed by a festive dinner in the beautiful Great Hall at Hart House. See photos from last year's event. Ticket sales will open…
Find out more »April 2020
Engineering Science Praxis II Showcase
Come out and see what our first year students have been up to! Praxis II is a Year 1 course that allows Engineering Science students to refine and apply their engineering, design, and communication skills. The students are given a single challenge: Effect a verified and validated improvement in the lived experience of a community with directly accessible representation in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Focusing on the GTA allows students to gain first-hand experience with the issues confronting the City…
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