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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

Catalyst

Low-cost catalyst from U of T Engineering boosts hydrogen production from water

Made of copper, nickel and chromium, the device performs well at neutral pH, a key step in several potential green energy strategies