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) has been elected into the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows, one of the profession’s highest distinctions. (Photo: Neil Ta).

Craig Simmons elected fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

April 9, 2018

U of T professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering receives one of the highest international distinctions in the profession

U of T Engineering’s CERT team, led by Alex Ip (ECE PhD 1T5, second from left) is one of just five teams from academia and industry to advance to the finals of the international NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition, where they hope to bring home the $7.5-million grand prize for their carbon-capture and conversion technology. (Credit: Laura Pedersen).

CERT team advances to finals of Carbon XPRIZE

April 9, 2018

Multidisciplinary group led by Professors Ted Sargent and David Sinton among five vying for $7.5-million grand prize for capturing and recycling carbon dioxide

Professor Nikolai DeMartini develops new strategies to help pulp and paper mills deal with contaminants such as salts and metals in their processes. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

U of T Engineering receives three new NSERC Industrial Research Chairs

April 6, 2018

Partnerships with leading companies will advance research into pulp and paper, automotive components and rock mechanics

Professor Jason Foster (EngSci), second from right, works with aspiring engineers at U of T Engineering’s Young Women in Engineering Symposium. Foster is receiving the 2018 Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award for outstanding contributions to improving the quality of academic or extracurricular student life. (Credit: Alan Wu).

Foster, Davenport Huyer win University of Toronto Awards of Excellence

March 13, 2018

U of T Engineering professor and student recognized for exceptional contributions to student experience and research

Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) who holds the Canada Research Chair in Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering, has been named a YWCA Woman of Distinction for 2018. (Photo: NSERC)

Professor Milica Radisic named a YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction

March 8, 2018

Award honours those who work to improve the lives of women and girls in their community

Professor Paul Santerre (Dentistry, IBBME), at left, has been named the Baxter Chair of Health Technology and Commercialization by the University Health Network. (Credit: Neil Ta).

Paul Santerre named Baxter Chair of Health Technology and Commercialization

February 22, 2018

Biomedical engineering professor receives UHN support to drive commercialization and entrepreneurship opportunities for students and hospital trainees

Professors Rita Kandel and Robert Pilliar (IBBME), at right, are working on a promising new treatment that could see diseased joints replaced with new tissue-engineered joints developed at U of T Engineering. (Credit: Jennifer Robinson)

New joints for arthritis sufferers among U of T Engineering research projects receiving Connaught Innovation Award support

February 2, 2018

The five funded projects address pressing challenges in fields from machine learning to micro-surgery

IBBME Professor Tom Chau has been awarded the Order of Ontario for his contributions to the province in the field of paediatric rehabilitation engineering. (Photo: Christina Gapic/Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital).

U of T Engineering professor Tom Chau awarded Order of Ontario

January 29, 2018

World leader in paediatric rehabilitation recognized for research and leadership contributions to the province

Professor Milos Popovic, at right, speaks with a U of T Engineering alumnus about his research. Popovic has been named research director of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. (Credit: Jonathan Sabeniano)

Milos Popovic appointed research director of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

January 11, 2018

IBBME professor is a world-renowned researcher in the field of rehabilitation engineering

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