Engineering Science (EngSci)

Artemis, the aUToronto's autonomous vehicle approaches the final obstacle of the intersection challenge: a model of a deer.

U of T’s self-driving car team places first at 2024 AutoDrive Challenge™ II

July 25, 2024

This is aUToronto’s sixth first-place finish in seven years

From left to right: Kamron Zaidi (EngSci 2T3 + PEY) and Professor Michael Guerzhoy (MIE, EngSci) use game trees and deep neural networks to enable chess engines to recognize brilliant moves. (photo by Safa Jinje)

U of T Engineering researchers use chess AI to understand human creativity

July 22, 2024

Professor Michael Guerzhoy (MIE, EngSci) leads research introducing the first system that enables chess engines to identify moves as ‘brilliant’

Institute for Aerospace Studies celebrates 75 years of excellence

June 13, 2024

Faculty, staff, students and alumni gathered on May 10 to commemorate the milestone

Timothy Chan stands in front of a blurred indoor background.

Professor Timothy Chan receives 2024 U of T President’s Teaching Award

May 27, 2024

Honour recognizes faculty members who demonstrate a substantial commitment to teaching innovation and excellence

A visualization of a nuScenes dataset used by the researchers. The image is a mosaic of the six different camera views around the car with the object bounding boxes rendered overtop of the images.

U of T Engineering researchers are making self-driving cars safer by enhancing tracking abilities

May 22, 2024

The research, led by Professor Steven Waslander (UTIAS), will be presented at the 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Japan

A composite photo of headshots. Top row, left to right: Inga Hipsz, David Poirier and Michael Kropp; bottom row, left to right: Paul Acchione, Serena Mandla and Professor Giovanni Grasselli

U of T Engineering professor and alumni receive 2024 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

May 10, 2024

Awards recognize engineers in Ontario who have made exceptional contributions to the profession and to society

A man speaks at a podium in front of a reception crowd. Stop and repeat in background says "Engineering Career Centre."

U of T Engineering celebrates students, mentors and employers with PEY Co-op Awards

April 30, 2024

This year’s awards recognize recipients for 2022–2023

Five individuals stand in front of a red-roofed barn. There is snow on part of the roof and on the ground. A Canadian flag, attached to the barn, is flying.

Running a sweet family business: U of T Engineering alumni siblings tap a maple syrup venture

April 22, 2024

The Tomory family, with 11 U of T alumni among them, turned a hobby into the second-largest maple syrup producer in Ontario

U of T Engineering students are incorporating AI in treating certain mental health conditions

February 15, 2024

Professor Michael Guerzhoy (MIE, EngSci) and a team of undergraduate students are researching how artificial intelligence can complement traditional mental health treatment

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