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Thanks to a dedicated group of student leaders, Black-identifying members of U of T Engineering’s graduate student community now have more avenues for support and mentorship than ever before. Though it officially formed in 2024, the genesis of U of T’s…
Michelle Lai (Year 4 IndE) is the recipient of the 2025 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award, a $50,000 award recognizing outstanding impact, contributions to community and a strong vision for the future. From a young age, Lai understood the important role educators…
U of T Engineering alumnus Nick Di Donato (MIE 8T1) has been awarded the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour given to individuals for excellence in all fields of endeavours and backgrounds, and whose contributions have left a lasting legacy in…
Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials that have the strength of carbon steel but the lightness of Styrofoam. In a new paper published in Advanced Materials, a team…
Three U of T Engineering professors and two alumni have been recognized by the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for their distinguished contributions to engineering. Professors Ali Dolatabadi (MIE), Deepa Kundur (ECE) and Milos Popovic (BME), along with alumnus George Anders (ElecE PhD 8T0) have been elected EIC…
Professor Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) has been elected fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors. The Academy honours inventors worldwide who have demonstrated “innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development,…
Tazwar Bin Hasan (MechE 2T2+PEY) and his team have earned national runner-up status in the 2024 James Dyson Award competition. Their invention, CPR Lifeline, is an automated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device designed to be safer and more versatile than current models. Hasan’s team…
A career in engineering wasn’t always an ambition for Professor Justin Beland (MIE). “For a good part of high school, I planned to become a firefighter, move to Thunder Bay to train, and return to Toronto, but I didn’t explore…
New funding from the Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence (ORF-RE) will advance five projects from across U of T Engineering, with applications ranging from sustainable aviation to next-generation electric vehicle battery systems. Two of the five projects are based…
University of Toronto researchers have developed a new computational method to study how chromosomes within human cells are organized. The method could help advance precision medicine by shedding light on how chromosomal re-organization leads to disease development. Professor Samin Aref (MIE) worked…
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