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Meet five students going global with international exchanges

Engineering students working and studying at partner institutions in Israel, Singapore, Switzerland and Germany

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

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

Left to right: U of T Engineering students Oliver Wu, Andrew Ilersich, Erik Chau, Winston Liu, Kevin Dong, Kevin Xu, Rikky Duivenvoorden and Spencer Zhao. This team took first place at the Unmanned Systems Canada UAS Student Competition. (Courtesy: UTAT)

U of T Engineering student team takes first place at national drone competition

Students built and programmed drones to survey goose populations and retrieve eggs for research

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

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

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

Alumnus Rick Baltman in front of arcade games

Taking flight: Rick Baltman’s journey from NASA to Hollywood and beyond

Alumnus Rick Baltman’s lifelong passion for aerospace engineering has propelled his career from the red carpets of Hollywood to the launch of Apple’s iPad

From left: Xiaoxiao (Maddy) Zhang, Lorna Lan and Brytni Richards (all Year 1 EngSci) work with a robotic arm. I’m so happy to have found the place I belong,” says Zhang. (Credit: Roberta Baker).

U of T’s youngest student sets her sights on the stars

When she started her first year of the rigorous Engineering Science program at the age of 14, Xiaoxiao (Maddy) Zhang wanted one thing: to be seen as more than just a kid

A section of the Trans Alaska Pipeline near Fairbanks, AK. The policy implications of pipelines are one of the many topics being addressed in a new collaboration between undergraduate students at U of T Engineering and at the School of Public Policy &amp; Governance in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science. (Photo: Brian Cantoni, via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cantoni/4426017757/">Flickr</a>)

New cross-Faculty collaboration engages engineering students in energy policy

Pilot project between the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and School of Public Policy enables students to develop policy briefings on issues from phasing out coal power to mitigating climate change

Aaron Persad shows off a small sample of water he took on a microgravity simulation test flight in November 2016. Persad is one of 70 candidates the Canadian Space Agency is considering to become Canada’s next astronaut. (Photo courtesy Aaron Persad).

Five U of T Engineering alumni make the shortlist to become Canada’s next astronaut

Aaron Persad (EngSci 0T6, MIE PhD 1T4) is one of 72 aspiring astronaut candidates under consideration by the Canadian Space Agency