Awards & honours news

From the U of T President's Teaching Award to the Order of Canada, our students, faculty, staff and alumni consistently earn some of the most prestigious honours in their fields. We are proud to celebrate their success.

Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) and her lab group have received a 2022 Connaught Innovation Award for their work on high-performance and cost-effective aluminum batteries for electric transportation and renewable energy storage. (Photo: Roberta Baker).

Beyond lithium-ion: New battery technologies among nine projects supported by 2022 Connaught Innovation Awards

March 31, 2022

Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) is exploring aluminum as an alternative to lithium and cobalt to develop more cost-effective and reliable components for next-generation batteries

Seven U of T Engineering researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs

January 12, 2022

Funding will advance innovations in sustainable materials, more efficient transportation and new disease therapeutics

ECE Professors Tony Chan Carusone (left) and Joyce Poon (right) have been named Fellows of the IEEE. (Photos: Chan Carusone; Poon by Katja Woldt)

ECE Professors Tony Chan Carusone and Joyce Poon named IEEE Fellows

January 6, 2022

Accomplishments in digital communications and integrated photonics earn U of T Engineering professors elevation to IEEE’s highest grade of membership

Left to right: Professors Aimy Bazylak (MIE), Vaughn Betz (ECE) and Frank Vecchio (CivMin) have been elected 2022 Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada.

Three professors elected Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada

December 16, 2021

U of T Engineering faculty recognized for their contributions to advancing clean energy, computing hardware and safer infrastructure

Left to right: Professors Miriam Diamond (Earth Sciences, ChemE), Greg Evans (ChemE, ISTEP), Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin) and Senior Research Associate Dr. Cheol-Heon Jeong (ChemE) are some of the members of the multidisciplinary team that has earned NSERC’s 2021 Brockhouse Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

U of T Engineering team earns Brockhouse Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

November 17, 2021

NSERC award recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines

U of T Engineering and Hitachi High-Tech Canada partnership has led to scientific discoveries and commercialized products

NSERC Synergy Award celebrates decades of collaboration on nanoscale electron microscopy and robotics

November 17, 2021

U of T Engineering and Hitachi High-Tech Canada partnership has led to scientific discoveries and commercialized products

The 2021 Engineering Alumni Network Awards winners were honoured for their contributions in a range of fields, from aerospace to sports medicine.

Alumni and students honoured with 2021 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

November 5, 2021

Awardees were celebrated for career accomplishments and community contributions

Stephanie Obeta (Year 4 ChemE) is one of two inaugural recipients of the CGI Scholarship for the Advancement of Black Women in Engineering. (Photo courtesy: Stephanie Obeta)

New scholarships support underrepresented groups in Engineering

October 27, 2021

The CGI Scholarship for the Advancement of Black Women in Engineering is one of more than 50 new awards created in the 2020–2021 academic year

Professor Micah Stickel (ECE) has served as Vice-Dean, First Year for U of T Engineering and Acting Vice-Provost, Students and Vice-Provostial Advisor on Students. (Photo: Laura Pedersen)

Professor Micah Stickel receives an OCUFA Teaching Award

October 21, 2021

U of T Engineering professor recognized for his integration of novel teaching methods and technologies in the classroom

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