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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

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

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

‘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

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

Alumnus Alfred Aho (pictured here in 2015 receiving his honorary degree at U of T) and collaborator Jeffrey Ullman have been named 2020 AM Turing Award recipients. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

‘Nobel Prize of computing:’ U of T Engineering alumnus Alfred Aho receives A.M. Turing Award

Work of Aho and co-recipient Jeffrey Ullman continues to underpin today’s computer programming industry

From left: HOPE Pet Foods; Xesto; Themis; and, Reeddi.

U of T Entrepreneurship Week: Four engineering startups to watch

From launching a line of alternative-protein pet foods, to providing sustainable energy to Nigeria, these are the four U of T Engineering startups to watch in 2021

PEY Co-op student Erin Richardson (Year 3 EngSci) is spending 16 months at Canadian space engineering firm MDA, where she is working on a new generation of autonomous robots for the forthcoming Lunar Gateway space station. (Photo: MDA)

‘My dream job’: How a PEY Co-op student is helping develop a new generation of autonomous space robots

At Canadian space engineering firm MDA, Erin Richardson (Year 3 EngSci) is designing robotic systems for NASA’s Lunar Gateway

Adriana Diaz Lozano Patino, a third-year engineering science student at U of T, is focused on finding innovative solutions to global water and energy needs (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T Engineering student has a message for women and girls considering STEM fields: ‘You can’

Adriana Diaz Lozano Patino is among a growing number of women scholars, students and researchers whose work is pushing the boundaries of traditionally male-dominated STEM fields

A volunteer uses digital tools created by flatten.ca to collect information on COVID-19 symptoms and spread in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Photo: <a href="https://dsu.so/">Durable Solutions Unit)</a>

flatten: Leveraging big data to fight COVID-19 in Mogadishu

A startup led by second-year U of T Engineering student Shrey Jain (EngSci) has designed a set of tools used to gather public health data in Mogadishu, Somalia