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Professor Jonathan Rose and students. (Credit: Engineering Strategic Communications)

Jonathan Rose receives OCUFA Teaching Award

Rose is particularly known for his emphasis on the teaching of engineering design and his long record of innovation in laboratory and design courses

SensOR is a company that makes it easier for surgeons to operate at a distance by providing a way to sense the amount of force being applied to their instruments. The team includes (from left to right): Justin Wee (ECE 1T3, IBBME PhD candidate), co-founder and chief technical officer; Leigh Masotti, head of business development; and Robert Brooks (MIE PhD 1T5), co-founder and chief executive officer.  (Photo: Neil Ta)

Three startups to watch from Demo Day at U of T Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Hatchery

Companies include a robotic exoskeleton for children with physical disabilities, an electronic “smart skin” that helps surgeons avoid errors and a meal replacement that promotes cognitive health

A landmark bequest from Erwin Edward Hart (CivE 4T0, centre) created the Percy Edward Hart and Erwin Edward Hart Professorships, awarded to seven U of T Engineering researchers.

Hart Professorships awarded to seven early-career faculty members

Professorships created by a landmark bequest from the estate of alumnus Erwin Edward Hart (CivE 4T0)

Converting greenhouse gas emissions into energy-rich fuel using nano silicon (Si) in a carbon-neutral carbon-cycle. (Credit: Chenxi Qian).

Multidisciplinary research cluster closer to converting CO₂ emissions to fuel

Team has found a way to convert climate-warming emissions into energy-rich fuel in a carbon-neutral cycle that uses inexpensive and abundant silicon

U of T doctoral researchers Iliya Sigal (right) and Dene Ringuette are part of a team that designed a miniature microscope that could open new doors for epilepsy and seizure monitoring and treatment. (Credit: Luke Ng).

Battery-sized microscope gives new insights into brain activity during seizures

Technique could offer insights into what causes epilepsy, and lead to more effective treatments for more than 15,000 Canadians diagnosed each year

Six U of T Engineering professors have received Early Researcher Awards from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science.

Early Researcher Awards support U of T Engineering research on smart materials, cancer technology and more

Awards provide critical support that helps promising scientists and engineers in the first five years of their academic careers build their research teams

Horizon, the solar car designed, built and raced by the University of Toronto’s Blue Sky Solar Racing team races across Missouri on August 3 during Day 4 of the American Solar Challenge 2016. (Photo courtesy Blue Sky Solar Racing)

Bronze medal finish for U of T Engineering’s Blue Sky Solar Racing team

The solar-powered vehicle Horizon placed third at the American Solar Challenge, a challenging eight-day race across seven U.S. states

U of T Engineering researchers Min Liu (left), Yuanjie Pang and their team designed a way to efficiently reduce climate-warming carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a useful chemical building block for fuels such as methanol, ethanol and diesel. (photo: Marit Mitchell).

Recycling carbon dioxide: U of T researchers efficiently reduce climate-warming CO2 into building blocks for fuels

Group led by Professor Ted Sargent in U of T Engineering develops materials that produce fuels by consuming the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE) is just one of seven U of T Engineering professors and alumni honoured with Ontario Professional Engineers Awards this year. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Engineering professors and alumni receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

Seven U of T engineers recognized for their achievements and service