A Message from Dean Cristina Amon
At U of T Engineering, we encourage and nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs. This issue of the Engineering Newsletter examines how we support these innovators through strategic initiatives that develop competencies and provide opportunities for entrepreneurial endeavours.
Within the last decade, the Faculty introduced the engineering Entrepreneurship Seminar Series as well as courses that lead to the undergraduate certificate in Entrepreneurship. We strengthened these initiatives by the creation of the graduate certificate in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovation and Technology in Engineering (ELITE), the undergraduate Engineering Business Minor, and the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead).
More recently, we launched the Entrepreneurship Hatchery, which provides students with experiential learning to transform ideas into prototypes and these prototypes, along with business plans, into start-up ventures. To further embed a culture of entrepreneurism, we established the Heffernan Commercialization Fellowships for graduate students to commercialize research outcomes and spark new technology companies.
Our Faculty’s next major initiative is the forthcoming Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CEIE), designed to stimulate collaborations amongst our student and research communities. The CEIE will become a vibrant hub for faculty, students, alumni and industry partners to come together, create the next engineering innovations, strengthen entrepreneurial activities and enhance collaborative learning.
Thank you for your inspiring commitment to fostering innovation and collaboration across U of T Engineering and beyond. Your contributions are enabling the transformative research and ideas that will impact our future.
May 29, 2014
Volume 7, Issue 9
In this issue:
Spotlight On: Entrepreneurship
What's New
Honours and Awards
Research
Governance
Engineering Events
In the Media
Archives
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Spotlight On: Entrepreneurship
Five Heffernan Commercialization Fellowships spark tomorrow's brightest technology companiesThis year's fellowships enable the development of a “glove” game controller, organic microchips, a headset for MRIs and more Entrepreneurs are no accident: Perspectives from two U of T Engineering professorsJonathan Rose (ECE) and Joseph Paradi (ChemE) discuss how U of T Engineering is shaping the next generation of entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Hatchery kicks off with record-breaking yearFrom bossy showerheads to a new type of insulated clothing, the Hatchery launches 37 new student teams for 2014 |
What's New
Registrar retires after 40 years of service to U of T Engineering
Faculty bids Barbara McCann farewell
Remembering Professor Robert Jervis (ChemE)
The Faculty remembers a Canadian pioneer
PURE green machine proves U of T engineers more than just design wizards
Sustainable harvester wins multidisciplinary design course competition
Is powdered alcohol really possible?
Professor Levente Diosady (ChemE) shares how alcohol and other beverages could be produced in the future
U of T Supermileage Team develops car that travels 1,152 kilometres on a single litre of fuel
Student-designed eco-car gets accolades at fuel efficiency competition in Houston, TX
Teaching flying robots to learn
Angela Schoellig (UTIAS) shares her research on autonomous flying robots at upcoming science writer’s conference
U of T engineers use "Sperm Olympics" to help couples get pregnant faster
A Q&A with QSperm researcher Lise Eamer (MechE 0T8, MASc 1T3)
Engineering a smarter STEM education
U of T Engineering hosts Ontario physics teachers
The future of flight: Leaders in aviation predict big things at BizSkule
Think checking your email on a plane is cool? Just wait until you hear what's coming next
Why isn't wired glass safe in schools?
Student enlists U of T professor's expertise on $5 million lawsuit
Creating a clean water supply, using light to save lives
Stewart Aitchison (ECE) on research that is helping people in Canada, India and around the world
Honours and Awards
Big dreams win major award for engineering leadership institute
ILead garners 2014 Alan Blizzard Award for Collaborative Teaching
Three U of T engineers honoured by Engineers Canada
Professor, student and alumnus receive prestigious national engineering awards
U of T Engineering student wins provincial essay competition
Connor Smith (ECE) wins OCEPP Essay Competition for paper on the collapse of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, ON
Award-winning chemical engineering student keeps it safe
Larissa Rodo (ChemE) wants lab accidents to be a thing of the past
Research
Grants and Opportunities
NSERC's 2015 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship
Applications will be accepted at any time
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) – TalentEdge program
Applications will be accepted at any time
Funding and mobility opportunities for all disciplines with Mitacs Globalink
Internship Deadline: June 18, 2014
Research Award Deadline: June 13, 2014
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - The Quest For Cures
Letter of Intent Deadline: June 3, 2014
Full Application Deadline: July 15, 2014
Mitacs Globalink opportunity with Sorbonne Universités
Application Deadline: June 9, 2014
"CQDM/CIHR Collaborative Funding Program in Personalized Medicine to Accelerate Drug Discovery" – Call for proposals
Internal Deadline: June 20, 2014
Sponsor Deadline: June 27, 2014
"Mitacs Accelerate" PhD Fellowship
Internal Deadline: June 11, 2014
Sponsor Deadline: June 18, 2014
Neuroscience funding: 2014 Targeted Disease – Frontotemporal dementia and progressive supranuclear palsy
Application Deadline: June 6, 2014
2014 SAMSUNG Global Research Outreach (GRO) Program
Internal Deadline: June 6, 2014
Sponsor Deadline: June 13, 2014
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program
Internal Deadline: June 2, 2014
External Deadline: June 9, 2014
Governance
Mark your calendar! Faculty Council meeting dates for the 2014–2015 academic year are as follows:
All Council meetings take place from 12:10 to 2 p.m. in the Michael E. Charles Council Chamber (GB202).
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To submit events, please contact: communications@ecf.utoronto.ca
In the Media
Glowing nanoparticles make mice light up (ABC News)
U of T researcher Warren Chan (IBBME) tracks nanoparticle buildup in mice, suggesting the ubiquitous material may be harmful in large quantites
Kill the password. And the PIN number. And the car key (CNN)
Turn off your lights, pay your bills and lock your front door with Bionym, a heartrate monitor developed by Karl Martin (MASc ECE 0T3, PhD ECE 1T0) and Foteini Agrafioti (MASc ECE 0T7, PhD ECE 1T1) that revolutionizes security technology
Now you see it: The reality of invisibility (Brisbane Times)
Harry Potter's invisibility cloak may become a reality thanks to new research from U of T's George Eleftheriades (ECE)
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