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 Craig Simmons (MIE, IBBME) is among the four U of T Engineering professors and one alumnus to be inducted into the Engineering Institute of Canada for 2019. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Professors and alumnus elected Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada

December 13, 2019

Five members of the U of T Engineering community were honoured for their contributions to Canada and to their chosen fields

Professor Angela Schoellig (left, UTIAS), an autonomous robotics expert, is among 34 newly appointed CIFAR AI chairs. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Autonomous robotics expert among CIFAR’s newest research chairs in Artificial Intelligence

December 9, 2019

Appointment to boost Professor Angela Schoellig’s research in enhancing the capabilities of robots within human-centric environments

Dean Emerita Cristina Amon is one of 12 selected in the category CIBC Trailblazers and Trendsetters. (Photo: Daniel Ehrenworth)

Dean Emerita Cristina Amon named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada

November 20, 2019

Amon recognized as one of the country’s highest achieving female leaders

Keynote speaker Gillian Hadfield, director of the new Shwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society at U of T, speaks to over 150 industry partners at the 2019 Partners’ Reception. (Photo: Paul Terefenko)

U of T Engineering recognizes four longstanding industry partners at fourth annual Partners’ Reception

November 15, 2019

LG, Hitachi High-Technologies Canada, City of Barrie and Drone Delivery Canada receive awards

13 U of T Engineering alumni and students honoured at 2019 EAN Awards

November 8, 2019

Thirteen accomplished members of U of T Engineering’s alumni community were recognized on Nov. 7 at the annual Engineering Alumni Network (EAN) Awards

CivE PhD Candidate Pedram Mortazavi, MASc, P.Eng, poses with a cast steel link in the Structures Lab at the University of Toronto’s Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering. Photo: Phill Snel, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering/ U of T

PhD candidate honoured by Canadian Institute of Steel Construction

October 2, 2019

Pedram Mortazavi (CivE PhD Candidate) has received the G.J. Jackson Fellowship Award at the Canadian Steel Conference, held this week in Montreal

U of T Engineering's newest building, the Myhal Centre is located at the heart of the University of Toronto's downtown campus.

Myhal Centre wins Toronto Urban Design Award

September 11, 2019

City of Toronto program recognizes exceptional buildings, spaces that ‘improve communities by shaping the physical environment’

Zheng-Hong Lu, seen here with former graduate students Michael Helander (left) and Zhibin Wang (right) is one of two U of T Engineering professors to be inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada this year. (Photo: Mark Balson)

Zheng-Hong Lu and Yu Sun named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

September 10, 2019

Professors honoured for their exceptional contributions to scholarship in their fields

Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE) is considered a worldwide expert in “on-chip” networks (Photo: Roberta Baker)

U of T Engineering researcher and McLean Award-winner is building the future of computer architecture

September 4, 2019

Honour recognizes Professor Natalie Enright Jerger’s early-career accomplishments and will help build her team of graduate students

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