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

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

Professor Amr Helmy directing students in a laboratory environment.

U of T Engineering-led research group secures funding to develop quantum sensors as an alternative to GPS

ECE professors Amr Helmy and Ravi Adve are part of a research collaboration funded by the Department of National Defence that will use quantum properties to develop more precise inertial navigation systems

Professor Xilin Liu (standing, centre) guides students Mona Murphy (left; Year 4 ElecE) and Nishant Kumar (Year 4 EngSci) as they analyze Nishant’s EEG.

New ECE course on brain-machine interfaces introduces undergraduates to next-gen health care

Professors Xilin Liu and Ervin Sejdić have launched a fourth-year undergraduate course on the neural interfacing technology used in treatment of Parkinson’s, epilepsy and other diseases