Engineering Science (EngSci)

Khadija Rana is the 2022 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. (Photo: Negar Balaghi)

Compassion in action: Meet 2022 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award winner Khadija Rana

April 6, 2022

Fourth-year EngSci student recognized for her leadership through CUBE, UT BIOME, and Women in Science and Engineering.

Jiayue (Jenny) He, a U of T Engineering alumna, is the co-founder of a Silicon Valley startup that's rethinking how home construction and renovation services are delivered (Photo: Jenny He)

From driveways to mRNA, startup founders bolster U of T’s rapid rise in entrepreneurship space

March 1, 2022

Jiayue (Jenny) He (EngSci 0T3 + PEY), the CEO and co-founder of Ergeon, credits her Professional Experience Year Co-op Program experience with an all-important first exposure to Silicon Valley

Featured image with photo portraits of interviewees for a U of T Engineering Black History Month segment

Community Matters: Black experiences at U of T Engineering

February 2, 2022

Team NASSA stands with their cold air bubble piping system for the Thailand-based “Klongs for All” project. (Photo: Safa Jinje)

New U of T Engineering course enhances experiential learning and global perspectives

December 20, 2021

The first iteration of revised Praxis III for EngSci undergraduate students included projects completed in partnership with communities in Ghana, Thailand, South Africa, Uganda and Nigeria

Left to right: Maansi Suri (Year 1 MechE), Angel Rajotia (Year 1 EngSci) and Vishweswar Eswaran (Year 1 ElecE) are this year’s Pearson Scholars from U of T Engineering. (Photos submitted)

‘High energy and optimism’: International Pearson Scholars start at U of T Engineering

October 18, 2021

Pearson Scholarships recognize exceptional academic achievement, creativity, leadership potential and community involvement

2021 Schulich Leader Kevin Qu (Year 1 EngSci) wants to launch a startup that builds sustainable tech, with a focus on assistive technology for people with developmental disabilities. (Photo courtesy: Kevin Qu)

Building tech solutions for an inclusive future: Meet U of T Engineering’s 2021 Schulich Leaders

October 8, 2021

For U of T’s new Schulich Leader Scholars, leadership is about helping others — through the power of technology, innovation, and big ideas

The members of team TelOmG, from left to right, are Erin Richardson (EngSci Year 4), Anthony Piro, Miranda Badovinac in the top row; Taylor Peters, Dunja Matic (both EngSci Year 4), Luca Castelletto (EngSci Year 3) in the middle row; Samantha Aberdein, Emma Belhadfa (EngSci Year 3), Nicole Richardson, Krish Joshi, and MacKenzie Campbell (EngSci 2T0 + PEY, ChemE MASc candidate) in the bottom row. (Photos courtesy of team TelOmG)

Student team studies human genetics in microgravity

August 13, 2021

A multidisciplinary student team will fly in a microgravity environment to investigate why astronauts experience chromosomal changes during spaceflight.

Professor Sasha Gollish (EngSci, ISTEP). (Photo provided)

Applying lessons from the racetrack in engineering classrooms: Meet Professor Sasha Gollish

August 10, 2021

‘My teaching philosophy centres around empathy and using it in all contexts of engineering and life in general,’ says Gollish, who joins EngSci and ISTEP in the teaching stream

Left: Professor William Cluett (ChemE), Director of the Division of Engineering Science. (Photo courtesy Will Cluett) Right: Claire Kennedy (ChemE 8T9), outgoing Chair of U of T’s Governing Council. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Engineers Canada Awards honour U of T Engineering professor and alumna

June 28, 2021

Professor William Cluett (ChemE) receives the Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education; Claire Kennedy (ChemE 8T9) receives the Meritorious Service Award for Community Services

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