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.

Left to right: Professor Alison McGuigan (ChemE, IBBME), Jody Mou and chemical engineering PhD candidate Darren Rodenhizer. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Alison McGuigan elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

September 11, 2018

U of T Engineering researcher is a leading expert in tissue engineering and disease modelling

Six U of T Engineering graduate students awarded $150K Vanier Scholarships

September 6, 2018

Funding supports research in fields including human-robot interaction, therapeutic applications of reversing blindness, investigating chronic pain

From left: Pearson Scholars Alana Bailey (Year 1 CivMin), Adriana Diaz Lozano Patiño (Year 1 EngSci) and Devansh Khare (Year 1 MechE) in the new Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship. (Credit: Liz Do)

Meet the international Pearson Scholars starting in U of T Engineering this fall

September 5, 2018

Arriving in Toronto from countries all around the world, U of T Engineering’s seven Pearson Scholars are recognized for exceptional academic achievement, creativity and community involvement

National robotics consortium receives $5.5M NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant

August 22, 2018

U of T Engineering researchers at the forefront of NSERC Canadian Robotics Network that aims to advance Canada’s role as a global leader in the field

Professor Deepa Kundur (ECE, at centre) is one of 11 U of T Engineering researchers receiving investment from NSERC's Strategic Partnership Grants program. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Engineering research from smart grids to green energy receive $11 million in NSERC funding

August 13, 2018

Strategic Project Grants support researchers working alongside policy makers and Canadian companies to generate new technology

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U of T Engineering blockchain project receives funding injection from Connaught Fund

July 20, 2018

Multidisciplinary team unites researchers to apply blockchain technology in fields from law to finance

Left to right: Professor Steven Thorpe (MSE), Bryan James (MSE 1T6 + PEY), Jessica MacInnis (MSE MEng candidate), Matthew Chen (MSE MASc candidate) and Yuri Savguira (MSE PhD candidate). This team took first place at the international 2017–2018 Hydrogen Student Design Contest for Motion+, their plan for a hydrogen-powered luxury boat.

U of T Engineering students win international competition with sustainable yacht design

June 25, 2018

A team from U of T Engineering’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) has designed a sustainable, noise-free and emission-free alternative for the boating industry

Cutline: Janis Chodas, the director for engineering and science at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratories, stands beside a one-third scale model of the Juno spacecraft (photo courtesy of JPL).

From U of T to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab: Engineering alumna Janis Chodas receives an honorary degree

June 19, 2018

Chodas is the director for engineering and science at NASA JPL, where she leads around 4,000 engineers, scientists and technologists who carry out planetary exploration missions

U of T Engineering professors, alumni and students recognized by the Canadian Academy of Engineering

June 18, 2018

The CAE is a national institution through which Canada’s most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada

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