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.

This prototype UV lamp, designed by a team including undergraduate student Bipasha Goyal (Year 3 EngSci), is part of a smart robotic assembly that is designed to sterilize surfaces in hospitals, schools and even residential buildings. (Image: Junho (Dave) Jeong)

Smart UV lamp to fight COVID-19: One of 87 student-led projects to receive funding from Mitacs Research Training Awards

October 6, 2020

Funding boosts undergraduate and graduate student projects in a wide range of sectors, from data analytics to robotics

Data analytics expert and tennis fan Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) is building a multidisciplinary hub of sports analytics research at U of T. (Photo courtesy Timothy Chan)

Connaught Global Challenge: How big data can help athletes and sports teams play smarter

October 5, 2020

Through multidisciplinary collaboration, Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) aims to turn U of T into a global leader in sports analytics

Left to right: Professors Merve Bodur (MIE) and Nicolas Papernot (ECE) are among the recipients of this year’s Connaught New Researcher Awards. (Photos: Pam Walls, Nicolas Papernot)

Connaught New Researcher awards boost data-driven decision making and machine learning research

September 17, 2020

Professors Merve Bodur (MIE) and Nicolas Papernot (ECE) have received funding from U of T’s Connaught Fund

Professor Aimy Bazylak (MIE) is working to advance fuel cells, electrolyzers and batteries for the production of clean power and energy storage without greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Professor Aimy Bazylak elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

September 8, 2020

Expert in next-generation fuel cells and electrolyzers recognized as one of the country’s emerging intellectual leaders

Professor Aimy Bazylak is this year’s winner of the McLean Award from the Connaught Fund and the McLean endowment. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

McLean Award recipient Aimy Bazylak is creating new technologies for sustainable energy

August 21, 2020

Funding will enhance a research program in fuel cells and electrolyzers, which can provide low-emission electricity infrastructure

Left to right: Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) and Arthur Chan (ChemE) have both been awarded new Canada Research Chairs. (Photo credits, from left: Roberta Baker; courtesy of Arthur Chan)

New Canada Research Chairs boost research into clean air and sustainable resource extraction

July 27, 2020

Professors Gisele Azimi and Arthur Chan are among the U of T researchers awarded chairs in the latest round

From left: Lilian Kabelle (CivE MEng candidate), Marie Merci Ishimwe (ECE MEng candidate) and Ngone Lo (Faculty of Information). The team is building an “engineering think tank” to counteract the impact of COVID-19 in East Africa. (Photos courtesy of Lilian Kabelle)

Students spark new solutions for COVID-19 challenges

July 3, 2020

Forty seven undergraduate and graduate students from U of T Engineering have received U of T COVID-19 Student Engagement Awards

U of T Engineering alumna Deborah Raji (EngSci 1T9) has been named among MIT Technology Review’s Top Innovators Under 35 in the Visionaries category. (Photo courtesy of Deborah Raji)

U of T Engineering alumna Inioluwa Deborah Raji named to MIT Technology Review’s Top Innovators Under 35

June 23, 2020

Raji’s research on racial bias in AI facial recognition technology is holding big companies like IBM, Amazon and Microsoft to account

Dr. Emily Moore, centre, speaks with students at Troost ILead’s ‘The Power of Story’ event on March 5, 2020. (Credit: Daria Perevezentsev)

Five U of T engineers elected into the Canadian Academy of Engineering

June 15, 2020

Body unites Canada’s most distinguished and experienced engineers to provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to the country

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