UF research team develops system that could provide energy resilience to hurricanes, natural disasters
A team of researchers at the University of Florida has developed a system powered by solar energy that uses artificial intelligence to ultimately decrease the cost of keeping essential home appliances or devices running through a power outage.
That kind of system would come in handy or even save lives during hurricanes and natural disasters when people can spend days sometimes weeks without power, in sweltering homes while food spoils in the fridge.
Ultimately, the system would provide, at a lower cost, energy resilience to hurricanes and natural disasters, which have become a more common issue in the face of climate change, said Prabir Barooah, Ph.D., a professor at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and one of the researchers on the team.
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FICS Researchers Patent “Universal Testing Technique” to Detect Counterfeit Chips
Domenic Forte, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
An article recently published in the Academic Times profiled exciting new technology patented by researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research which promises a new way to detect recycled (previously used) and counterfeit electronic parts, especially chips. The technology created by ECE Associate Professor Domenic Forte and ECE Associate Professor Nima Maghari makes supply chains more secure, protects consumer safety and runs at almost zero cost. Compared to current methods of detecting counterfeit hardware (chips, power supplies, electronics components, etc.), the proposed “universal testing technique” can be used on virtually all chips produced by all vendors and can be further improved by applying artificial intelligence algorithms in order to automate detection.
U of T Entrepreneurship Week: Four engineering startups to watch
By From left: HOPE Pet Foods; Xesto; Themis; and, Reeddi.
With nearly a dozen startup incubators and accelerators spread across its three campuses, the University of Toronto is a thriving hotbed of entrepreneurial activity even amid the pandemic.
U of T Engineering entrepreneurs and their startups are finding innovative solutions to pressing problems all while creating jobs and strengthening Canada’s innovation ecosystem.
As U of T’s virtual Entrepreneurship Week kicks off, here are four exciting U of T Engineering startups to keep an eye on in 2021:
HOPE Pet Foods
After a thorough investigation by ACM, it is now an officially confirmed fact that a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Florida committed suicide accusing his advisor coerce him into academic misconduct. However, the university still avoids addressing this catastrophe scandal.