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U of T Engineering remains Canada’s top-ranked engineering school and is now in the global top 20, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2021.  The rankings, released March 4, placed U of T Engineering 18th globally in the category of Engineering &…

During the pandemic, Marie Floryan (MechE 1T9 + PEY) has been analyzing and comparing COVID-19 mitigation strategies in different countries around the world. She worked on the side project while pursuing her master’s in mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Floryan…

The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business magazine published a list of entrepreneurs, academics and executives who are working towards finding solutions for the world’s problems. Kristina Menton(MechE 1T5) is featured on this impressive list of changemakers. Menton is currently…

Ali Dolatabadi is joining the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering.  Professor Dolatabadi received a BASc from University of Science and Technology, MASc from University of Tehran, and PhD from the University of Toronto…

Professor Goldie Nejat is featured in the March 2021 issue of Reader’s Digest Canada. The article titled Should R2-D2 Replace My Caregiver? explores Nejat’s work on socially assistive robots that help seniors with the activities of daily living. A subscription…

Professor Timothy Chan is the Canada Research Chair in Novel Optimization and Analytics in Health, a Professor in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, the Director of the Centre for Healthcare Engineering, and the Director of the Centre for…

Congratulations to Ata Artan (IndE 2T0+PEY), who is among the 18 Engineering recipients of the 2021 University of Toronto Student Leadership Award (UTSLA). Throughout his time at U of T Artan has been heavily involved in leadership roles in the…

Motorists preparing to turn at an intersection must quickly process several pieces of information before making their move: traffic signals, traffic signs, pedestrians, cyclists and, of course, other vehicles. But if drivers become overloaded with information, the results can be…

With COVID-19 making it vital for people to keep their distance from one another, the city of Toronto undertook the largest one-year expansion of its cycling network in 2020, adding about 25 kilometres of temporary bikeways. Yet, the benefits of…