Lectures, seminars and workshops

An annual academic conference hosted by the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, Absolutely Interdisciplinary convenes leading thinkers from a rich variety of fields to engage in conversations that encourage innovation and inspire new insights. Often, AI researchers are approaching similar questions to those in other disciplines from different angles. Absolutely Interdisciplinary sets out […]

The Emerging Mobility Scholars Conference is open to all Canadian graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the fields of mobility, transportation, and climate change. The themes of the conference are: Co-benefits of decarbonization Land-use and transportation planning Technological response to climate change Equity and environmental justice Transportation and health Urban resilience planning Planning and politics […]

As part of the Faculty’s commitment to improving Indigenous inclusion, all U of T Engineering faculty, staff and students are called upon to start or continue their personal journeys towards understanding and acknowledging Indigenous peoples’ history, truths and culture. Launched in 2021, the Indigenous Cultural Competency Toolkit has been created by and with Indigenous leaders to help guide your journey. […]

Join MIE in celebrating our graduate students, as they share their innovative research through poster and oral presentations. After students present there will be a keynote presentation by Professor Yu Sun, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, MIE. The evening will conclude with awards given for the top presentations during an evening reception. Refreshments will be provided. Alumni, faculty, […]

The 2023 Microfluidics Professional Course is designed as a crash course for industrial researchers with little or no experience in the microfluidics field. It is open to international attendees and will include 3 days of morning lectures and afternoon labs. The 2023 course will be the first to fully utilize several new scale-up fabrication technologies in […]

The 2023 Microfluidics Professional Course is designed as a crash course for industrial researchers with little or no experience in the microfluidics field. It is open to international attendees and will include 3 days of morning lectures and afternoon labs. The 2023 course will be the first to fully utilize several new scale-up fabrication technologies in […]

Following the Rabbit into Chemical Space Dr. Brian K. Shoichet, PhD University of California, San Francisco Hosted by Dr. Molly Shoichet Snacks & Refreshments Available   Abstract: Structure-based docking can be used to screen compound libraries for novel ligands. Recently, docking libraries have expanded from three million “in-stock” to over four billion make-on-demand (“tangible”) molecules. Docking […]

Professor Larry Lessard Department of Mechanical Engineering McGill University, Montréal Hosted by Professor Elizabeth Edwards Join Via Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81463721950 Meeting ID: 814 6372 1950 Passcode: 384453 Abstract: Professor Larry Lessard, from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, works in the research area of recycling of composite materials. He will present work on recent projects on the topic […]

When: September 20, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Where: Sandford Fleming Building, Room 1105 10 King's College Rd Toronto ON M5S 3G4 Cost: Free Benoit Lessard, University of Ottawa Host: Prof. Tim Bender Our society is faced with an increasing challenge of E-waste, and with the proliferation of the internet of things and smart […]

Interested members of the U of T community who would like to attend the seminars can email Kendra Hunter at hunter@mie.utoronto.ca Professor Mark Van Oyen University of Michigan (Industrial and Operations Engineering) A hospital bed placement decision support system implementation and new methods for patient decisions via capacitated multi-armed bandits with delayed rewards and reusable resources […]