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.

Nathalin Moy (pictured centre) accepts her U of T Engineering Varsity Blues Academic Excellence Award

Academic excellence and athletics: 25 U of T Engineering students recognized

November 25, 2016

Awards honoured student athletes who earned an 80 per cent or higher average during the 2015-2016 academic year and participated in a varsity sport

Alexander Ip and his U of T research team, led by Professor Ted Sargent, will receive nearly $1 million from the Ontario government for the semi-final round of the Carbon XPRIZE competition (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

U of T team advances to next round of Carbon XPRIZE competition

November 23, 2016

A team of U of T researchers led by Professor Ted Sargent had advanced to the second round of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE international competition.

Stephanie Gaglione (Year 4 ChemE) has been named a 2016 Rhodes Scholar. She plans to use the all-expenses scholarship to continue postgraduate study in engineering. She hopes one day to advance biomaterial platforms for vaccines and drug delivery as an academic. (Courtesy: Stephanie Gaglione)

U of T Engineering student earns Rhodes Scholarship

November 22, 2016

Chemical Engineering student Stephanie Gaglione, who loves to rock climb and canoe, wins scholarship to Oxford

Professor Jeffrey Packer, at right, is a world leader in tubular steel structures. (Credit: Neil Ta).

Four Engineering professors elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

November 21, 2016

AAAS is the largest international organization dedicated to advancing science or its applications on a global basis

Clockwise from top left: Valerie Davidson (ChemE PhD 8T3), Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE),John Yeow (ElecE 9T7, MASc MIE 0T0, PhD MIE 0T3), George Anders (ElecE PhD 8T0), Professor Vaughn Betz (ECE), Ted Maulucci (MechE 8T9), and Larry Seeley (ChemE 6T6, MASc 6T8, PhD 7T2), at centre, are being honoured with 2016 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards. (Courtesy: OPEA)

Ontario Professional Engineers Awards gala honours seven members of U of T Engineering community

November 19, 2016

The event honours and celebrates engineers who have made exceptional contributions to their profession

Professor Warren Chan (right) has been named a Distinguished Professor of Nanobioengineering. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Warren Chan named U of T Distinguished Professor

November 1, 2016

Award recognizes individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments and those who display exceptional promise

‘Slithering sperm’ research earns MIE alumnus Colton Medal

October 21, 2016

Reza Nosrati was recognized with the 2016 Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence for his pioneering work using nanotechnology and microfluidics to treat male infertility

Professor Naomi Matsuura (MSE, IBBME), an expert in the design of new materials that interact with medical imaging radiation, joined the Faculty in July 2016. (Credit: Kevin Soobrian)

Treating cancer from within: Q & A with Naomi Matsuura

October 17, 2016

Professor Naomi Matsuura (MSE, IBBME), an expert in the design of new materials that interact with medical imaging radiation, joined the Faculty in July 2016.

U of T Engineering doctoral students receive Vanier Scholarships worth $150,000

October 14, 2016

The three awardees are working to advance solar technology, design brain-machine interfaces and improve drinking water quality

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