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Professor Wei Yu

Wei Yu elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Professor recognized for his contributions to the fields of information theory and communication engineering

NSERC announcement at U of T

U of T Engineering researchers receive $12.8 million in NSERC research funding

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland visited the University of Toronto yesterday to announce $52.6 million in support to U of T researchers from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The announcement included more than $12.8 million to support the work of 100 graduate students and faculty members at U of […]

Professors Reza Iravani and Milica Radisic

Reza Iravani and Milica Radisic named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

Professors recognized for contributions to power grid innovation and tissue engineering, respectively

Blue Sky Solar Racing Team - Polaris

Polaris: Blue Sky Solar Racing team unveils its newest vehicle

Ninth-generation solar vehicle to race 3,000 kilometres across Australia in the 2017 World Solar Challenge

This picture shows NORsat-2 in space deploying its antenna. (Credit: Space Norway AS).

U of T Engineering-designed microsatellite with novel deployable antenna launched into orbit

Expandable antenna connected to one of two microsatellite, a type of miniaturized satellite, launched by Norwegian Space Centre from Baikonur, Kazakhstan

U of T Engineering students Andy Liao (Year 2 CivE), Ernesto Diaz Lozano Patiño (CivE 1T5 + PEY, MASc candidate), Alejandro Sarellano Acevedo (ECE MEng candidate), and Mackenzie de Carle (Year 3 CivE) are members of the team that earned a $20,000 prize for their proposal to install solar-powered street lighting in Mexico City’s Toltenco community.

Engineering student team lights up low-income Mexico City community

Solar-powered street lighting can improve safety and promote community development

Julie Payette

Julie Payette, astronaut and U of T Engineering alumna, named next Governor General

Payette, who is also an accomplished athlete, pianist and singer, will succeed David Johnston as Queen’s representative

Professor Tom Chau (IBBME), at left, has been inducted as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. The international leader in rehabilitation research joins eight U of T Engineering professors and alumni in the CAE's Class of 2017. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Nine Engineering professors and alumni inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering

CAE is a national institution through which Canada’s most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada

Meet U of T Engineering’s six inaugural Hart Teaching Innovation Professors.

Hart Teaching Innovation Professorships: Six innovative ways U of T Engineering enriches the student experience

Awards support active teaching technologies, Indigenous outreach and more