Engineering Science (EngSci)

A recent study by Deb Raji (Year 4 EngSci + PEY) and researchers at the MIT Media Lab shows a need for stronger evaluation practices of AI products to mitigate gender and racial biases. (Credit: Liz Do)

This U of T Engineering student is holding companies accountable for biased AI facial technology

February 11, 2019

Engineering Science undergraduate Deb Raji is advocating for improved performance reviews of commercial AI products to eliminate racial and gender biases

Professor Levente Diosady (ChemE, at left) has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada. U of T Engineering alumnus Dr. Arthur Slutsky (EngSci 7T0, MASc MIE 7T2) was also named a Member of the Order of Canada. (Photo: Roberta Baker).

U of T Engineering professor and alumnus named to the Order of Canada

December 27, 2018

Recipients recognized for contributions to food engineering and pioneering new methods of mechanical ventilation in hospitals

Students test-drive Zeus, the aUToronto team’s self-driving car. Alice Gong (EngSci 1T7 + PEY), one of many U of T Engineering alumni attending a networking event on AI, helped the team develop the vehicle’s perception and calibration algorithm. (Credit: Laura Pedersen)

From blockchain to autonomous driving, alumni share insights on exploding field of AI and data analytics

November 16, 2018

Nine experts come back to Skule™ to meet current U of T Engineering graduate students at inaugural Graduate Engineering Networking Series event

Kristen Facciol (EngSci0T9) in the Mission Control Centre of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Facciol has become the 14th Canadian to earn a CSA/NASA Robotics Flight Controller Certficiation. (Courtesy: Kristen Facciol/NASA)

‘Completely surreal’: Kristen Facciol earns CSA/NASA Robotics Flight Controller Certification

October 25, 2018

Alumna becomes 14th Canadian — and fifth U of T Engineering graduate — to earn elite designation to control space robotics missions

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Meet U of T Engineering Schulich Leaders who want to make a difference on campus and in the world

September 18, 2018

Two U of T Engineering students are among just 25 high school graduates across Canada to receive Schulich Leader Scholarships in engineering

From left: Pearson Scholars Alana Bailey (Year 1 CivMin), Adriana Diaz Lozano Patiño (Year 1 EngSci) and Devansh Khare (Year 1 MechE) in the new Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship. (Credit: Liz Do)

Meet the international Pearson Scholars starting in U of T Engineering this fall

September 5, 2018

Arriving in Toronto from countries all around the world, U of T Engineering’s seven Pearson Scholars are recognized for exceptional academic achievement, creativity and community involvement

Pepper the robot, built by SoftBank Robotics, is the newest addition to U of T Engineering’s Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab led by Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE). Pepper is the first humanoid robot capable of recognizing and adapting to human emotions, one of the many new applications for machine intelligence. (Credit: Liz Do)

U of T Engineering to host inaugural alumni bootcamp on machine intelligence

August 29, 2018

Engineering Science offers one-day crash course led by experts in the field

U of T Engineering students Paul Seufert (second from left) and Carol Yeung (third from left) are among four U of T students participating in a fellowship program organized by Sidewalk Toronto. (Credit: Romi Levine)

Two U of T Engineering students travel the world as Sidewalk Fellows to help shape the city’s waterfront vision

August 27, 2018

Twelve post-secondary students from across the GTA, including four from the University of Toronto, have been participating in a fellowship program organized by Sidewalk Toronto

Mona Gridseth (left, UTIAS PhD candidate) and Keenan Burnett (EngSci 1T6+PEY, UTIAS MASc candidate) work on Zeus, a self-driving vehicle that recently took the top prize at the first competition of the three-year AutoDrive Challenge™. U of T Engineering’s new Engineering Science major in Machine Intelligence launches this September. It joins an MEng emphasis in Analytics that began January 2018. (Credit: Laura Pedersen)

U of T Engineering launches Canada’s first engineering undergraduate program in Machine Intelligence

July 24, 2018

Students will begin courses in the new major in September 2018

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