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The U of T Supermileage Team (UTSM) raced custom-designed vehicle at 2022 Shell Eco Marathon in Indianapolis In April, the University of Toronto Supermileage Team (UTSM), led by Tyler Barry (MechE 2T1+PEY), travelled to Indianapolis for the three-day Shell Eco-marathon…

Fourteen U of T Engineering faculty members and staff have been honoured for their outstanding contributions to the Faculty with teaching, research and administrative staff awards. These awards recognize exceptional faculty and staff members for their leadership, citizenship, innovation and…

A team from U of T Engineering has placed among the Top 60 in the Milestone Round of the global XPRIZE Carbon Removal. “It feels amazing,” says Celine Xiao (MIE PhD candidate), one of the members of Team E-quester. “We didn’t know what…

Every Friday, four students from the University of Toronto hop on a Zoom call with students in Nigeria to share updates on their joint mission: building a low-cost biogas generator for remote communities in Africa’s most populous country. The meetings…

Professor Kevin Golovin (MIE) analyzed 12 different face masks to investigate connections between discomfort and protection. Wearing a face mask, when combined with other protective measures, has been shown to help slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.…

With global demand for dynamic, reliable and renewable energy storage solutions on the rise, Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) and her Laboratory for Strategic Materials are investigating new battery chemistries that could offer superior performance and enhanced safety.  Renewable energy from intermittent sources —…

U of T Engineering’s Matthew Mackay (MIE) is this year’s recipient of the University of Toronto Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience award. This award recognizes a member of the U of T community who goes above and beyond the requirements…

On March 13, four students from U of T Engineering took the top spot in the category of Senior Design at the 2022 Canadian Engineering Competition. The championship team consisted of Kushagra Goel (Year 3 CompE), Bobby Graydon (Year 4 MechE), Karman Lochab (Year 3 ElecE)…

For PhD candidate Nitish Sarker (MIE), the drive to build a more sustainable world through the practice of global engineering comes from a very personal place. “Growing up in a lower middle-income country like Bangladesh, I have seen first-hand how critical certain…

On March 5, more than 200 participants from across Canada and the U.S. joined NSBEHacks, a 24-hour virtual hackathon. Now in its fourth year, the 2022 event aimed to redesign digital technologies that don’t serve marginalized communities.  Organized by the…