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On Saturday, April 1, more than 1,300 members of the U of T Engineering community gathered at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in downtown Toronto to celebrate the Faculty’s 150th anniversary — and officially kick off its new Defy Gravity fundraising…

  Last month, a delegation of U of T Engineering graduate students travelled to Detroit, Mich. for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) WE Local conference. From the moment they walked into the room, they could feel that something had changed.…

Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) has received the University of Toronto Global Educator Award for 2023.  Bilton is an associate professor with the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, and also serves as director of the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN).   The Global Educator Award…

Another cohort of outstanding students from across the Faculty has been presented with the U of T Student Leadership Awards. In 2023, 18 U of T Engineering students earned the honour, which recognizes leadership, service and commitment to the university.…

Going into his Professional Experience Year Co-op (PEY Co-op) work term, Noah Guerin (Year 4 ElecE) wanted a taste of the engineering career he could have after graduation — one that would allow him to delve deeper into power and control…

  Professor Yu Sun (MIE) is among the 2023 recipients of the University of Toronto President’s Impact Award, which celebrates faculty members whose research has made a significant impact outside of academia. As a recipient of the award, Sun becomes…

(Photo courtesy of Xanadu Quantum Technologies) With quantum technologies rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing advanced sectors globally, experts and policymakers recently gathered at the University of Toronto to discuss Canada’s new National Quantum Strategy and the university’s role in supporting…

Janet Lam joins U of T Engineering as an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream within the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. She brings with her more than 10 years of teaching undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. She was a Teaching…

As a high school student in Brampton, Ont., Bettina Oghinan (Year 3 MechE) was drawn to mathematics and physics. She wanted to go deeper to learn exactly how things are made, so she could one day create her own original designs.  “I’ve…

Professor Kamran Behdinan (MIE) and his research team are collaborating with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) to optimize the design and layout of a new plant for processing used nuclear fuel packages.  By leveraging a technique known as multidisciplinary design optimization…