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UTIAS grads and UofT students working to build world’s fastest bike

July 9, 2014

The Canadian team that made an aviation breakthrough last year is trying for a new milestone — the land speed record for a human-powered vehicle.

A Space Legacy

July 4, 2014

How Canadian researchers are continuing the nation’s 60-year record of excellence in aerospace. In April 13, 1970, a secretary at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies took a call from Houston, Texas. It was Mission Control at NASA – their spaceship Apollo 13 was in trouble, and they […]

Two New BRITE satellites launched successfully

June 20, 2014

Two nanosatellites were launched from Russia by a Canadian research and technology team. Costing a fraction of conventional space telescopes and similar in size and weight to a car battery, the satellites are two of six that will work together to shed light on the structures and life stories of […]

Teaching Flying Robots to Learn

May 22, 2014

“What I really like about robotics is that you can make a machine that extends human capabilities and the possibilities that we have. ” – UTIAS researcher Prof. Angela Schoellig Full Article: Teaching Flying Robots to Learn

Next Generation Air Travel

May 7, 2014

Drone delivery service. Autonomous personal aircraft. Circumnavigating super-ships. These aren’t excerpts from a sci-fi movie script – they’re the future of aerospace. And they were just some of the industry projections that three aerospace leaders shared with U of T Engineering alumni and friends at BizSkule: Next Generation Air Travel.

New UTIAS research ends decade-long physics debate about turbulence

March 25, 2014

New research in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) has provided conclusive evidence that reinforces these basic principles and ends a decade-long debate in the field. Full article: New research ends decade-long physics debate about turbulence

UTIAS Research Featured On the Cover of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics

March 5, 2014

Turbulence is present in most flows of economic and social interest, yet it stands as the last unsolved problem in classical physics. Turbulent flows are characterized by swirling motions of different sizes, known as eddies, covering a wide range of scales. Some of the core principles of turbulence theory, relating […]

Professor Emeritus Bernard Etkin Recipient of the Prestigious AIAA Aerospace Guidance, Navigation, and Control Award

January 13, 2014

The Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control Award was established to recognize individuals that have made important and substantial contributions in the field of guidance, navigation and control.  This award is a lifetime achievement award which is presented biennially.  Professor Etkin received this prestigious award “for outstanding achievement in and dedication […]

The Economist: Speed is the new stealth

September 16, 2013

Hypersonic missiles: Building vehicles that fly at five times the speed of sound is amazingly hard, but researchers are trying.  Professor Clinton Groth was interviewed extensively for the story in The Economist. Full article: Speed is the new stealth

Mission Possible: What Natalie Panek’s space odyssey means for young women

September 16, 2013

Natalie Panek’s 2012 TEDxYouth@Toronto talk was quick to home in on women whose names we know – reality show stars and lingerie models. While the audience was familiar with Heidi Klum and Kim Kardashian, they were lost when she mentioned high-achievers like Melissa Pemberton and Marissa Mayer. For women in […]