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Recent grad Akram Khan (MechE 2T2 + PEY, MIE MEng student) is using the part-time MEng program to upgrade his skills while keeping his full-time job. (photo by Tyler Irving)

AI and squash lessons: How the part-time MEng helps this working professional upgrade his skills — and keep active on the side

Akram Khan is working full-time at CIBC while also pursuing the part-time MEng at U of T Engineering

Giulia Di Nardo (MIE MASc 2T6) has completed her master’s degree at U of T Engineering and is now a medical student at U of T’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine. (photo by Alessia Di Nardo)

How an engineering degree paved the way to medical school for this MIE graduate student

Giulia Di Nardo (MIE MASc 2T6) plans to leverage her background in biomedical and mechanical engineering to study at U of T’s Temerty School of Medicine

During one of their graduate courses, this team of MEng students designed a device that makes it easier to administer eye drops, dubbed EyeLigner. (photo submitted by Queenny Chiu)

EyeLigner: How these MEng graduates created a device to make eye drops less messy

Project was part of a course on applying human factors to the design of medical devices

Drawing on experience developing two widely-adopted Massive Open Online Courses in communication, Professor Agata Guskaroska (ISTEP) is bringing her expertise to U of T Engineering. (photo courtesy of Agata Guskaroska)

‘The best learning happens when you’re genuinely engaged, curious and having a little fun’: Meet Professor Agata Guskaroska

Guskaroska (ISTEP) brings expertise at the intersection of technology and communication grounded in a second language learning approach

MIE MEng student Majd Adi works full-time at FCC Canada while also studying at U of T Engineering (photo by Arthur Trotta)

How the MEng extended full-time option enables Majd Adi to level-up his skills while helping build the future of Toronto’s transit

Adi is studying for his MIE MEng while also working full-time at FCC Canada, using his experience in industrial engineering to optimize many aspects of the construction industry

Professor Tim Barfoot aims to boost the institute's role as a leader in aerospace innovation, talent development and industry collaboration. (photo by Neil Ta)

Meet Professor Tim Barfoot, the new director of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies

The globally recognized robotics researcher shares his vision for strengthening the institute’s leadership in aerospace, robotics and space systems engineering

Professor Ethan Ritz (CivMin) at the University of Toronto main gates. (photo by Phill Snel)

‘You’re going to learn your whole life’: Meet Ethan Ritz, CivMin’s newest faculty member

His research uses computational tools, such as density functional theory and molecular dynamics, to probe macroscale properties of materials

“Engineering offered the bridge between theoretical discovery and practical impact,” says Professor Oliver Boodram (UTIAS). “In graduate school, this helped me focus on aerospace engineering and the application of the theory of orbits to real-world spacecraft.”  (photo by Jennifer Li)

‘I hope students will come away with both curiosity and confidence’: Meet Professor Oliver Boodram

Boodram’s research outlines allowable trajectories and orbits for spacecraft, transport between the Earth and the Moon, and future strategies for spacecraft and debris disposal

Two people wearing sunglasses face the camera with a river, bridge and cityscape behind them.

‘It’s a life-changing experience’: U of T Engineering students conduct robotics research abroad with support from new award 

Each year, the Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program (ESROP) connects students with partner institutions around the world