Posts Tagged: student life

Back to Skule™: A Message from Dean Cristina Amon

On behalf of U of T Engineering, I am delighted to welcome you to Skule™. Whether you are beginning or continuing your academic journey at Canada’s #1 engineering school, I encourage you to welcome new challenges, seek new perspectives and…

Next-generation Blue Sky Solar car is put to the (wind) test

The Blue Sky Solar Racing team is a year away from unveiling their newest vehicle — and they’re not leaving any aspect of its design to chance. In July 2018 the team conducted wind-tunnel tests of 3D-printed models of two retired vehicle designs,…

Student entrepreneur Peter Wen: CEIE will be a ‘game-changer’

U of T Engineering student Peter Wen (Year 4 MechE) does his best problem solving when he gets in a room with other entrepreneurs. Wen launched his company, TeleHex, out of The Entrepreneurship Hatchery in 2015. After running a successful Kickstarter campaign that almost doubled…

U of T Engineering students win global speedbike competition

U of T Engineering’s Human-Powered Vehicle Design Team (HPVDT) has won the 2017 World Human Powered Speed Challenge. Their recumbent bicycle, named Eta Prime, was clocked at an impressive 127.6 kilometres per hour, the fastest in this year’s competition. “It…
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