Building blocks: Lassonde grad student works to make concrete block walls safer

Adrien Sparling, a PhD candidate at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University, is working to make concrete block masonry walls stiffer, taller and safer by conducting full-scale testing and research in the High Bay Lab at the Bergeron Centre. Sparling’s research is being conducted under the supervision of Professor Dan Palermo in the Department of […]

Lassonde professor earns early career prize for computer science research

Zhen Ming (Jack) Jiang, associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded the CS-Can|Info-Can Outstanding Early Career Computer Science Researcher Prize. Jiang’s prolific research in software engineering encompasses work done at York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering as well as accomplishments while at BlackBerry (RIM). Jiang is focused on […]

Planetary scientist/space engineer leads paper that may guide future NASA endeavors

Planetary scientist/space engineer leads paper that may guide future NASA endeavors

PhD student develops tool for improved symptom management in oncology patients

PhD student develops tool for improved symptom management in oncology patients

Two York University professors receive large NSERC grants for research and development

Two York University professors have received Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants. The grants were awarded to Professors Gunho Sohn of the Lassonde School of Engineering and Faculty of Science Professor Derek Wilson, York Research Chair in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease and director of the Centre […]

Scuba enthusiasts: Your future dive buddy might not be human

Artificial Intelligence meets recreational sport: Pioneering Lassonde researchers are building robots that function underwater and can recognize the same hand gestures that conventional divers use to communicate with each other, while using the dive buddy system for safety. Research on responsive robots, programmed to help humans in some way and facilitate fast and effective human-robot […]

York U researchers play major role in advancing autonomous rail travel

It is no secret that technology is disrupting many industries – from healthcare to customer service and everything in between. Rail transport is no stranger to these innovations and is currently undergoing a rapid digital and autonomy revolution. In tandem with the development and evolution of the autonomous economy and smart, sustainable, interconnected cities, passengers […]

York U engineering research uses AI to predict flood risk in real-time

Using complex models based on artificial intelligence (AI) and data from the Don River in Toronto and Bow River in Calgary, researchers at the Lassonde School of Engineering can now predict the water levels in rivers days in advance of floods. Usman Khan “We’ve created methods to predict real-time flood risk,” said Usman T. Khan, […]

Unleashing speed: Researchers find way to transfer data 1,000 times faster

A global research team, led by the Lassonde School of Engineering, undertook some vital research on how to better support IoT devices and services in cellular networks by transferring data more swiftly. This will greatly enhance our connected world; improve the user experience; and impact industry, healthcare, business, transportation and everyday life. The “Internet of […]

Lassonde researchers perfect hybrid reconfigurable robotic harvester

Two mechanical engineers have fine-tuned robotic harvesting so that the machine gathers energy from the sun and wind, and adapts to windy weather. This could be a game changer for green farming, labour and food production in Canada and around the world. Automated crop harvesting has rightfully captured many imaginations due to its tremendous potential […]