150th Anniversary Open House
In celebration of this milestone anniversary, we are excited to invite our entire community to explore U of T Engineering! Feed your curiosity by immersing yourself in our campus where you can tour our labs, lecture halls and buildings, participate in hands-on activities, and learn about ground-breaking research.
Saturday, October 14, 2023 | 10 AM – 2 PM
Discover 150 Years of U of T Engineering
From radios and robots to bridges and biofuels, U of T Engineering has been leading change and driving innovation for more than 150 years. We don’t just accept the world as it is: we ask bold questions, take things apart and find inventive ways to disrupt the status quo.
Our Faculty is the home of the first woman aircraft designer, the creator of the first electric wheelchair and the inventor of the revolutionary technology behind touchscreens. Today, we are pushing the limits of AI and data analytics, developing targeted treatments for cancer and creating more sustainable ways to meet our growing energy needs.
We are a faculty unified by examination, imagination, and diversity of ideas. Each of our community members has made a lasting contribution on this school, their colleagues, and the world. We hope you will join us to celebrate everything that has been accomplished and new ideas that will propel another 150 years of innovation.
Saturday, October 14, 2023
10AM – 2PM
This is a FREE, family-friendly event!
Program of events
9:00 AM - Registration opens at Myhal Centre
10:00 AM – Welcome and remarks from Dean Christopher Yip in Myhal Centre auditorium
10:30 AM – Enjoy and explore activities and tours. Full event listing can be found here.
Bold Ideas
Prepare to be captivated by our lecture series on the most pressing issues of our time, delivered by the world's leading experts in their respective fields. This is an opportunity you won't want to miss!
11:00 AM
Myhal, MY150
The 21st century engineer requires a wide range of skills that will equip them to address the complex issues of a rapidly changing world. Professor Moore will explore how engineering practice is changing, and how engineering education is transforming to develop engineers with both technical depth and leadership breadth.
Location: Myhal Centre, MY150
Time: 11:00 AM
12:00 PM
Myhal, MY150
The talk will present exciting advances and challenges in research developing the next generation of point-of-care technologies for diagnosing diseases and monitoring outbreaks of drug-resistant infections. Examples will include new diagnostics for monitoring antimicrobial resistance and low cost and sustainable diagnostics that can help to improve health equity.
Location: Myhal Centre, MY150
Time: 12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Myhal, MY150
Canada's critical infrastructure is becoming more and more intelligent due to the integration of information and communication technologies for improved efficiency and consumer centricity — but at what price? In this talk, ECE Chair Professor Deepa Kundur discusses the cybersecurity challenges as our infrastructure becomes smarter and more autonomous. After highlighting the current threat landscape, she will discuss the latest approaches to mitigate attacks through the use of artificial intelligence.
Location: Myhal Centre, MY150
Time: 1:00 PM
Events Listing
Tours
Satisfy your curiosity by touring spaces in our engineering facilities that are not normally accessible. You can tour places like:
- Campus buildings
- Structural Testing Facility
- Unit Operations Lab
- 3D printing lab
- Cutting edge R&D centre
Lectures
Learn about our history and new innovations from our faculty and students at the forefront of engineering. You can sit in on topics like:
- Lecture with Nicole Weckman: Re-Engineering Biology for Tackling Global Healthcare Challenges
- Lecture with Professor Emily Moore: Transforming Engineering Education at U of T
- A history of recruitment in the Faculty of Engineering
Displays and Activities
Engineers build and create items that tackle worldwide challenges and innovate for the future. Come and see examples of design projects, new spaces, and hands-on activities with our students, staff, and faculty. You can engage with:
- The UrbanScanner, a mobile lab that captures real-time air quality data
- Blue Sky Solar Racing vehicles
- Build an instrument with Skule of Music
- See functioning space rovers, robots, and much more!
- All
- Demos
- Displays
- Interactive
- Lectures
- Lounge
- Tours
- Workshops
Decades of Discovery: Women’s Impact in STEM
Do you like trivia? Want to test your knowledge about the role of women in STEM throughout the last decade? Drop by to learn about some incredible women who have made significant contributions in science and engineering both at U of T and worldwide!
Location: Myhal, MY315
Hosted by: Women in Science and Engineering
wiseuoft.org
Seismic Resilient Towers!
UofT Seismic Design Team will have sample balsa wood towers that have survived actual earthquakes. These towers are designed to be structural frames but they might also be consider works of art.
Location: Bahen, Lobby
Hosted by: University of Toronto Seismic Design Team
seismic.skule.ca
Engineering Science @ U of T: Courage to Explore
Come see what this one-of-a-kind program is all about, and how it has evolved over its remarkable 90-year history. Join us in our newly renovated student spaces as students show off exciting design projects, history displays, and activities suitable for the whole family.
Location: Bahen, 2124
Hosted by: Division of Engineering Science
Design an instrument!
Learn how to build an easy cardboard and string based instrument with us!
Location: Galbraith, GB202
Hosted by: UofT Musical Design
Latin Lingo Trivia
Learn about Latin American slang words and try to guess their meanings with our interactive exhibit.
Location: Bahen, Lobby
Hosted by: Latin Engineering Students' Association
Instagram: @uoft_lesa
Tour of TBEP
Showcasing lab spaces that specialize in cardiovascular research at the Translational Biology and Engineering Program (TBEP). TBEP is a world-class centre for discovery and innovation that blends engineering and medicine, at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research and University of Toronto.
Tours are 30 minutes, Limited Capacity. TBEP staff will meet guests in the lobby at 11am and 11:30am.
Time: 11 AM to 12 PM
Location: MaRS West Tower (661 University Avenue – meet by security desk near Starbucks)
Hosted by: Institute of Biomedical Engineering / TBEP
tedrogersresearch.ca/translational-biology-engineering-program/
Prototyping at MYFab
MYFab supports all undergraduate hands-on activities allowing students to build, test and debug their prototypes. Come and see former students’ projects and what they can use. The space focuses on low-fidelity, proof-of-concept prototyping with non-hazardous materials for the first two years of the student’s engineering degree.
Location: Myhal, 435
Hosted by: MYFab
uoft.me/MYFab
Structural Testing Facility Tours
Tour the Structural Testing Facilities, a functional lab in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering at U of T that tests individual structural elements and large scale structural specimens. You will also tour the Rock Fractures Lab. This space once tested concrete for the CN Tower!
Location: Galbraith, 1st Floor
Hosted by: Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering
civmin.utoronto.ca
Tour at KITE
Explore a cutting-edge rehabilitation R&D center, pioneering treatments and tech for those recovering from disabling injuries or illnesses. Visit our groundbreaking underground lab with the world's first hydraulic motion simulator, recreating weather and terrain conditions. Tour healthcare and home environment labs for precise real-world challenge measurement. These labs assess the impact of innovations developed at KITE.
Tours are 30 minutes. Limited Capacity. NDA required.
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: UHN Hosted by: Institute of Biomedical Engineering / KITE
kite-uhn.com
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