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Part of the new DC microgrid, these commercial-scale solar arrays on the roof of the Galbraith Building deliver electric power to ECE’s Energy Systems Lab. (Photo: Afshin Poraria)

Fully operational DC microgrid boosts sustainability research in ECE

December 17, 2020

Professor Shoshanna Saxe (CivMin, left) and Ali Hooshyar (ECE, right) are among this year’s Canada Research Chairs.

Five U of T Engineering researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs

December 17, 2020

Amelie Wang (Year 2 ECE) is learning remotely from Shantou, China, in a time zone 12 hours ahead of Toronto's. (Photo: Amelie Wang)

Making the most of an unusual semester: How U of T Engineering students are adapting to remote learning

December 9, 2020

Professor Vaughn Betz (ECE). (Photo: Jess MacInnis)

Professor Vaughn Betz elected to the National Academy of Inventors

December 8, 2020

PhD candidate Geonhui Lee works on an electrolyzer in the lab of Professor Ted Sargent (ECE). She is the lead author on a new paper in Nature Energy that outlines an electrochemical method for converting captured carbon into useful products, from fuels to plastics. (Photo: Marit Mitchell)

How clean electricity can upgrade the value of captured carbon

December 7, 2020

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The Engineering Holiday Gift Guide: ECE Spotlight

December 1, 2020

LegUp Computing was recently acquired by Microchip Technology. Pictured are LegUp Computing’s founders (from l to r): Dr. Andrew Canis (CompE PhD 1T5), Dr. Jongsok Choi (CompE MASc 1T2, PhD 1T6), Ruolong Lian (ElecE BASc 1T3, CompE MASc 1T6) and Professor Jason Anderson (ECE).

ECE spinoff LegUp Computing acquired by Microchip

November 13, 2020

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U of T and Fujitsu extend agreement to collaborate on cutting-edge computing research

November 6, 2020

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ECE alumnus and professor honoured with 2020 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

November 6, 2020

A team of researchers from U of T is creating a rapid COVID-19 test that could produce results in just five minutes. From left: Surath Gomis (ECE), Dingran Chang (Pharmacy), Jagotamoy Das (Pharmacy), Hanie Yousefi (Pharmacy), Professor Shana Kelley (Pharmacy), Jenise Chen (Chemistry) and Alam Mahmud (ECE). (Photo: Daria Pervezentsev)

Rapid COVID-19 testing: U of T team ditches cotton swabs for sensing probes

October 20, 2020

Ofer Levi (ECE) has been named a Fellow of The Optical Society for 2021. (Photo: Ofer Lev)

Ofer Levi named OSA Fellow

October 8, 2020

A study from Professor Jonathan Rose (ECE) and Daniel Di Matteo (ECE PhD candidate) shows that recordings of ambient noise from a smartphone could be used to shed light on a subject’s mental health. (Photo by CoWomen from Pexels)

Smartphones could automate mental health monitoring by recording ambient noise

October 6, 2020