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Professor Alison McGuigan (ChemE) is among seven U of T Engineering researchers receiving funding through the Connaught Innovation Award program. (Photo courtesy: Alison McGuigan)

Connaught Innovation Awards recognize promising technologies from seven U of T Engineering researchers

Professors from ChemE, ECE, IBBME and MIE received funding to pursue innovations with strong socio-economic or commercial potential

Alex Grbic (CompE 9T4, MASc 9T6, PhD 0T3) has returned to Toronto to solve big industry problems by developing AI software solutions. (Photo credit: Liz Do)

Meet the U of T Engineering alumnus using AI to solve industry problems

Alex Grbic is a leader at Deloitte Canada, developing artificial intelligence-enabled solutions for clients

The Systems Control Lab is equipped with six industrial-grade robots that enable students to apply theoretical concepts into practical experience, using cutting-edge equipment.

Take a tour of U of T Engineering’s Systems Control Lab

The Systems Control Lab is equipped with six industrial-grade robots that enable students to apply theoretical concepts into practical experience

First-year students Michela Trozzo, Christian Pavlidis and Elisha Lu work with a robotic arm in the Systems Control Laboratory. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

From manufacturing to medicine: How robotics research at U of T Engineering will shape the future

Innovations from U of T Engineering include self-driving cars, robotic cell surgery and smart sensing robots for factories

Sorin Voinigescu

Startup based on U of T Engineering research raises US$42 million to alleviate congested wireless networks

A Canadian semiconductor startup based on technology developed in the lab of Professor Sorin Voinigescu (ECE) has raised US$42 million to help alleviate increasingly congested wireless networks. The latest round of financing, which brings the total raised to over US$110 million, promises to help Toronto-based Peraso Technologies further develop its chips for the 60 gigahertz […]

As founder and CEO of Managing Life, Tahir Janmohamed (Skoll CompE 0T4 + MBA 0T6) helps chronic pain sufferers regain control over their lives. (Photos courtesy Managing Life)

U of T alumni startup uses digital technology to manage chronic pain

As founder and CEO of Managing Life, Tahir Janmohamed (Skoll CompE 0T4 + MBA 0T6) helps chronic pain sufferers regain control over their lives

Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo (ECE) and his collaborators have performed a proof-of-principle experiment on a key aspect of all-photonic quantum repeaters (Photo: Jessica MacInnis)

Toward a future quantum Internet

All-photonic quantum repeaters could lead to a faster, more secure global quantum Internet

Nazli Kaya (MIE MASc candidate) wears the eye-tracking device used to accurately assess where drivers were looking when turning at intersections. (Credit: Laura Pedersen)

Top U of T Engineering news stories of 2018

A look back at five engineering stories that captured readers’ attention in 2018

ECE graduate student Yan Fu is among nine U of T Engineering students awarded Vector Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence.

Nine U of T Engineering graduate students awarded Vector Institute Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence

The Vector Institute brings together leading researchers in deep learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) from across Ontario