Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)

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

August 4, 2017

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

July 21, 2017

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

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

July 13, 2017

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

June 27, 2017

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

May 30, 2017

Awards support active teaching technologies, Indigenous outreach and more

Pirithayini Srikantha and her supervisor, Professor Deepa Kundur, study how the smart grid can incorporate power from renewable sources such as wind and solar. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Grads to Watch: Meet 14 global engineering leaders

May 24, 2017

Having enriched the U of T Engineering community as undergraduate and graduate students, these aspiring engineers will transition into our vibrant, global network of Skule™ Alumni

Emile Maamary and Mark Elias (CivE 1T4) show off Steadiwear's tremor-dampening glove and the startup's latest award. (Photo: Chris Sorensen)

U of T Engineering startups earn awards from Ontario Centres of Excellence

May 18, 2017

Steadiwear produces a tremor reducing glove, while MyndTec has an electrical stimulation device to help patients with strokes or spinal cord injuries

Team MoveQ are Simon Spichak, Sharif Nami, Jae Lee and Kathryn McIntosh. (Photo: Simon Spichak)

MusiKinesia device could ease therapy for patients with Parkinson’s

May 2, 2017

U of T invention offers auditory cues to assist with practicing upper body movements

Cressy Award winners from U of T Engineering met with departmental chairs, Gordon Cressy and Dean Cristina Amon for a pre-ceremony reception. (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

U of T Engineering students receive record number of 2017 Cressy Awards

April 26, 2017

Twenty-eight 2017 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards have been awarded to U of T Engineering students

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