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.

U of T Engineers Receive NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Congratulations to Professors Sanjeev Chandra (MIE), Tom Coyle (MSE), and Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) and Dr. Valerian (Larry) Pershin (MIE), of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, who have been awarded the 2010 NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering. This award, which includes a research grant of $250,000, recognizes a team […]

Dean Cristina Amon Re-appointed

The Academic Board has approved the re-appointment of Cristina Amon as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2011. The Search Committee advising the Vice-President and Provost received and reviewed much feedback from faculty, staff and students of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, as well […]

U of T Engineering team wins gold at RoboGames

Paul Giampuzzi (MIE), Rehman Merali (UTIAS), Brendan Wong (ECE), Merrick Zoubeiri (ECE), Arian Omidzohour (ECE) and Soren Massoumi (ECE) won gold at RoboGames in the 120-lb Combat Robot category. RoboGames brings bright minds from all over the world to compete in more than 50 different events. This year, RoboGames took place in San Mateo, California from April 23-25, 2010. Follow the link to read the full story, as reported […]

ChemE Professor Receives the Babcock-Hart Award

ChemE Professor Levente Diosady has received the Babcock-Hart Award from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). This honour is awarded annually to a member of the IFT whose contributions to food technology have resulted in improved public health through nutrition or more nutritious food. The award is named after agricultural chemists Stephen Babcock and Edwin Hart who […]

Professor Honoured by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Professor Yu Sun (MIE) has been awarded the 2010 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s (IEEE RAS) Early Career Award, for contributions in enabling microrobotic and MEMS technologies for automated cell manipulation and characterization in cell biology and clinical applications. This award is bestowed on individuals in the early stage of their career, who have made an identifiable […]

PhD candidates receive recognition for their contributions to engineering

PhD candidates Lana Olague of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) and Michelle Ye-Chen Xu (ECE) from The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering  received international recognition from two organizations for their contributions to the field of engineering. Zonta International awarded Lana Olague with the prestigious Amelia Earhart Fellowship. Lana conducts research in the […]

ECE Professor shares Green Innovation Award for proposed “Green Gym” at Hart House

Olivier Trescases from The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with Chris Lea, director of facilities at Hart House and David Berliner, Hart House’s sustainability coordinator, took home one of three Green Innovation Awards at the Green Toronto Awards ceremony on April 23. Their idea, Green Gym: Harvesting Energy from Exercise Equipment, looked at the energy people […]

U of T Engineering Students Place First in Google Case Challenge

A team comprised of four U of T Engineering students took first prize in the first-ever Google Case Challenge at the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference 2010 held in April. Huda Idrees (MIE, 1T2), Hubert Ka (ECE, 1T2), Kazem Kutob (TrackOne, 1T3) and Layan Kutob (MIE, 1T2), beat out 23 other Canadian engineering teams with their “Google Voice to Voice” proposal, a real-time […]

U of T engineers honoured for Apollo 13 aid

A team of engineers from the University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) will receive the Canadian Air and Space Museum’s Pioneer award  in recognition of the critical role they played in rescuing three Apollo 13 astronauts in April 1970. This story appeared in at least 50 online publications today. Follow the links below […]