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

Hai-Ling Cheng is wearing a lab coat and pipetting a solution into a dish. Cheng appears to be in a lab setting. Pipettes and boxes are visible.

‘Images every second’: U of T Engineering researchers develop rapid MRI technique for better cancer detection and therapy

New technique captures high spatial resolution concurrently with temporal resolution, something that has eluded the field for decades

Nelson Lee outside of the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Tackling challenges where they are: Meet 2024 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award winner, Nelson Lee

Lee is the creator of Haven, a campus safety app and he currently serves on the U of T Governing Council and Student Union

Four students hold up their first place certificates.

ISTEP hosts environmental design challenge motivating students to create impactful sustainable solutions

The 2024 Clarke Prize Environmental Design Challenge was two-day hackathon held at the end of January

Attendees at the 2023 Arbor Awards celebration event pose for a photograph. From left to right: Jeanette Southwood (ChemE 8T6, MASc 8T8), Gary Vivian (EngSci 5T9), Christine Tovee (EngSci 9T3), Ann Nguyen (IndE 8T6), Ron Sidon (IndE 6T6), U of T president Meric Gertler, Manu Sud (ElecE 0T8), Victor Xin (EngSci 0T9), Ross Gillett (ElecE 8T5, MEng 9T4). (Photo: Gustavo Toledo Photography)

U of T Engineering volunteers honoured at the 2023 Arbor Awards

Recipients from 2020 to 2023 were invited to celebrate in person for the first time since 2019, when COVID-19 restrictions were put in place

Dr. Zhe Gong walks walks past equipment that make up the electric vehicle lab station.

ECE electric vehicle systems course a first for the University of Toronto

Graduate-level course, developed by faculty, UTEV researchers and ECE undergrad lab managers, prepares students to meet anticipated industry demand

Headshots of ECE Professors Hoi-Kwong Lo and Steve Mann arranged side by side.

Two U of T Engineering professors named IEEE Fellows

The world’s largest technical professional organization, IEEE, names professors Hoi-Kwong Lo and Steve Mann (both ECE) to its highest grade of membership for contributions to their fields

Graeme Aylward (IndE, Year 4) participates in the 50-metre Freestyle at the 2023 USports Championships. (Photo: Seyran Mammadov)

Blues Engineering provides a community-building academic support system for student athletes

The student-run organization, which formed in 2013, offers peer tutoring as an extension of Varsity Blues’ Academic Support for Athletes Program

Members of the UTAT Space Systems division gather on the sixth-floor roof of the Bahen Centre with the fully assembled ground station.

UTAT division launches first satellite into space, initiating next phase of communication mission

The student design team launched HERON Mk. II into low-Earth orbit on November 11, 2023

Professor Baochun Li

Professor Baochun Li elected Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada

Fellows are recognized for excellence in engineering, services to the profession and to society