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The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) consistently ranks among the top in North America. It attracts outstanding students, has excellent research and teaching facilities, and is ideally located in the middle of Toronto, a vibrant cosmopolitan city. We have an outstanding faculty of more than 75 professors in biomedical, computer, communications, electromagnetics, electronics, energy systems, photonics and systems control; many of our members are international leaders in their field. We have a new flexible undergraduate degree curriculum and an outstanding funding program for graduate students and research. We invite you to explore ECE online and in person.

ECE News

PhD candidate Alex Wong and Professor George Eleftheriades demonstrate sub-diffraction imaging. Details

Two ECE professors, two students among 10 recipients of University’s top honour for inventors. Details

Mobile app helps parents with sick children navigate often-confusing prescription dosages. Details

Graduate students, industry join to discuss innovation, entrepreneurship at one-day symposium. Details

Entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation central themes at undergraduate conference hosted by ECE. Details

ECE professor one of several beneficiaries of federal ecoENERGY funding grants announced May 3. Details

Conference announces most significant publications of past 20 years on its anniversary. Details

Students demonstrate new medical, robotic, teaching and theatre applications at showcase. Details

Five department members recognized for outstanding research, teaching and citizenship. Details

Delegates were treated to science with a splash of fun in presentation at Hydraulikos lab.  Details

Mind-controlled computing, robotic arms, English-to-Braille translator and much more at ECE showcase.  Details

Five of the 23 new and renewed chairs announced Friday by the Canadian government are ECE professors.  Details

Minister of Research and Innovation announces $35 million in support for U of T researchers.  Details

ECE professor and father of ‘wearable computing’ takes us behind the camera in his feature article.  Details

ECE Professor Ted Sargent’s research group describes technique in new paper.  Details

ECE professor one of five University of Toronto engineers to be honoured by group.  Details

Award recognizes Dr. Sarris for outstanding early career contributions to microwave engineering.  Details

ECE student repeats win at Photonics West conference

Moez Haque wins student competition for work in ultrafast optics for second consecutive year.  Details

Nanolight, World’s Most Energy Efficient LED Bulb

ECE alumni create new LED light.  Details

ECE Professor wins Steacie Prize

Professor Ted Sargent wins this year’s Steacie Prize.  Details

ECE Professor Honoured by AAAS

Prof. Alberto Leon-Garcia made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Details

ECE Graduate Somen Mondal Receives Early Career Award

Somen Mondal 0T2 was awarded the 2012 Engineering Alumni Early Career Award.  Details

ECE Staff Members Recognized

Nine Staff Receive U of T Excellence Through Innovation Award. Details

U of T Engineering Launches $200-million Campaign

Goal is to nurture innovation and the next generation of engineers. Details

ECE Professor Al Leon-Garcia appointed U of T Distinguished Professor

The Distinguished Professor Award is designed to advance and recognize individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments. Details

Two ECE Professors Named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

ECE Professors Frank Kschischang and Jonathan Rose have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada —  one of Canada’s most prestigious academic honours.   Details

Joyce Poon Named one of Technology Review’s ‘Top 35 Under 35’

ECE professor selected as one of the world’s top 35 innovators under the age of 35 for 2012. Details

The New York Times interviews ECE Professor Steve Mann, considered by many to be world’s first cyborg

Professor Mann has been using wearable computers that assist his vision since the 1970s.  Now he wears a display screen over his right eye and is connected to a computer and the Internet. Details

ECE students win third place in Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) fifth annual Analog Design Contest

Matthew Martino and Jordan Varley, students from the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto were awarded third place in the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) fifth annual Analog Design Contest Engibous Prize. Details

Breakthrough by U of T-led Research Team Leads to Record Efficiency for Next-Generation Solar Cells

Team directed by Professor Ted Sargent creates colloidal quantum dot film with world-record 7.0% efficiency. Details

ECE Professor Amr Helmy named Director of the Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control

Effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015. Details

David Johns elected to Canadian Academy of Engineering

ECE Professor David Johns elected to Canadian Academy of Engineering. Details

Frank Kschischang wins Canadian Award in Telecommunications Research

ECE Professor Frank Kschischang is the recipient of the 2012 Canadian Award in Telecommunications Research. Details

ECE Graduate Student wins 2013 IEEE Award

Former ECE student, Dr. Haiping Lu’s, Ph.D. dissertation titled “Multilinear subspace learning for face and gait recognition” has been chosen to receive the 2013 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award. Details

     

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Year In Review 2012
We hope you will enjoy reading the latest version of Annum.
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ECE alumna Sara Majeed speaks with students at the Fourth-Year Reception April 5, 2013.

ECE alumni welcomed this year’s graduating class to the club at a reception on April 5, 2013. The class of 1T3 is joining a network of more than 10,000 ECE graduates around the world.