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.

Moghaddam stands with his arms crossed, smiling at the camera, with lab equipment behind him

BME student receives Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award

Mohammadamir Moghaddam is recognized for strong academic performance and leadership in university and community activities

Michelle Lai

Bridging engineering and education with empathy: Meet 2025 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award winner Michelle Lai

Lai (Year 4 IndE) has impacted hundreds of young learners through extensive volunteer work in the non-profit space

Left to right: Professors Milos Popovic (BME), Deepa Kundur (ECE) and Ali Dolatabadi (MIE) are among five recipients from the U of T Engineering community to be recognized by the Engineering Institute of Canada. (photos courtesy of BME, ECE, MIE

U of T Engineering professors and alumni honoured by the Engineering Institute of Canada

Recipients recognized for their distinguished contributions to engineering

Professor Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) is director of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT). He has been elected fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors. (photo by Daria Perevezentsev)

Professor Javad Mostaghimi elected to the U.S. National Academy of Inventors

Mostaghimi recognized for innovation in creating inventions that have made an impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society

CPR Lifeline device

CPR Lifeline earns U of T Engineering alumnus national runner-up status in the James Dyson Award competition

Tazwar Bin Hasan (MechE 2T2+PEY) and his team invented an automated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device that offers improvements over current models

Professor Alison McGuigan stands outside, leaning on a railing, in front of a building on the university campus.

Tissue engineering research earns Professor Alison McGuigan an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship

Award from NSERC recognizes and supports early-stage academic researchers

Milica Radisic

Professor Milica Radisic earns NSERC’s John C. Polanyi Award

Honour recognizes research that has led to a recent outstanding advance in natural sciences or engineering

Lembit Maimets (CivE 5T6) displays his recent awards while posing for a photo at his home in Toronto. (photo by Phill Snel, CivMin/University of Toronto)

U of T Engineering alumnus wins innovation award for sci-fi design

Lembit Maimets (CivE 5T6) earned the International Special Award from the World Invention Intellectual Property Association

2024 EAN Award Winners

Alumni honoured with 2024 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

Four awardees recognized for technical innovation, leadership and community service