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.

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

Professor Hani Naguib.

New aerogel material to prevent electronics from overheating is among eight projects supported by 2024 Connaught Innovation Awards

Professor Hani Naguib (MSE, MIE) and his team are designing aerogel film materials for thermal management systems

Professor Aereas Aung's lab is developing new tools to study and manipulate immune cells and their reaction to vaccines. (photo by Tim Fraser)

Connaught New Researcher award supports research to create next generation vaccines against sexually transmitted infections

Professor Aereas Aung (BME) is developing a novel strategy to target the mucosal immune system

Photos of nine ISTEP faculty members in circular frames on a blue gradient background

International Alfred N. Goldsmith Award recognizes 25 years of excellence from the Engineering Communication Program

The Engineering Communication Program has earned the award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Professional Communication Society

Professor Jonathan Rose

Professor Jonathan Rose appointed to the Order of Canada

ECE faculty member recognized for his innovative work in computer chip design

Professor Molly Shoichet.

University Professor Molly Shoichet named inaugural Pamela and Paul Austin Chair in Precision and Regenerative Medicine

New research chair will catalyze bespoke approaches to drug delivery, discovery, and tissue regeneration

Jeff Chen wears a dark blazer over a collared shirt and stands in front a beige walled background.

Top U of T undergraduate Jeff Chen fell in love with the process of learning

The civil engineering student is the 2024 recipient of the John Black Aird Scholarship, awarded annually to U of T’s top undergraduate student

A woman stands outdoors against a railing, smiling with her arms crossed. A pot with red flowers and palm fronds is on the left of the image.

Shaghayegh (Shay) Chavoshian receives 2024 TA Teaching Excellence Award

Award recognize the outstanding contributions of teaching assistants at the University of Toronto