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.

Five U of T Engineering researchers receive Connaught Innovation Awards

May 10, 2016

Five professors from the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering are among nine researchers across U of T who have won 2016 Connaught Innovation Awards

15 U of T Engineering students were honoured with Gordon Cressy Leadership Awards on April 20, 2016 in recognition of their leadership and commitment to improving the world around them. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

15 U of T Engineering students honoured with 2016 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards

April 21, 2016

15 U of T Engineering students received a Gordon Cressy Leadership Award at a ceremony on April 20, 2016, in recognition of their leadership at U of T

Elizabeth Edwards is one of the five recipients of this year’s Killam Prizes, presented by the Canada Council for the Arts. (Photo: Jen Hsu)

Professor Elizabeth Edwards wins Killam Prize

April 18, 2016

Killam Prizes presented by the Canada Council for the Arts to honour eminent Canadian scholars and scientists actively engaged in research

U of T Engineering honours 10 faculty and staff at the 9th annual Celebrating Engineering Excellence event

April 15, 2016

Event recognizes exceptional leadership, citizenship, innovation and commitment to the Faculty’s teaching and research mission

Professor Adam Steinberg (UTIAS) is the first person to receive the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award from the Combustion Institute. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Professor Adam Steinberg receives the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award

April 4, 2016

Professor Adam Steinberg (UTIAS) is the first recipient of the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award, presented by the Combustion Institute, which recognizes excellence in fundamental or applied combustion science research.

Professor Michael Sefton receives European Society for Biomaterials International Award

April 1, 2016

Award recognizes his scientific profile, major contributions to the field of biomaterials and longstanding active collaboration with the European scientific community

Alumna Marisa Sterling (far right) and members of the Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation for Education pose with undergraduate scholarship recipients in the Bahen Centre for Information Technology.

Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation for Education awards scholarships to 10 U of T Engineering students

March 18, 2016

Foundation presented two admission scholarships and eight in-course scholarships worth a total $15,000

Before drilling underneath a city of skyscrapers, engineers such as Professor Giovanni Grasselli need sophisticated models of how the rock underneath might react to physical forces. (Credit: Jonathan Moore via Flickr)

Advanced imaging techniques let U of T engineers see inside rock

March 10, 2016

Professor Giovanni Grasselli’s research improves predictions of how different rock types respond to engineering activities, from hydraulic fracturing to excavating a new subway tunnel to capturing carbon underground

Prof David Sinton (MIE) has been awarded a 2015 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). (Photo: NSERC)

10,000 greenhouses: Professor David Sinton awarded E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship

February 16, 2016

Award supports research into optimizing the growth of photosynthetic microorganisms that can use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into chemical products and ultimately fuels

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