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From left to right: Chan-min Roh (Munk One program), engineering science students Abnash Bassi and Shiqi Xu (photo: Johnny Guatto)

From animal rights to climate activism: Meet U of T Engineering’s 2019 Loran Scholars

First-year engineering science students Shiqi Xu and Abnash Bassi among just 35 students selected by the Loran Scholars Foundation 

From left to right, Professor Jun Nogami (MSE), Jack Yu (Year 3 MSE), Trefor Evans (EngSci 1T4, UTIAS PhD Candidate), Calvin Moes (EngSci 1T3 + PEY, MSE PhD candidate), Evan Bennewies (EngSci 1T8 + PEY), and Luke Patterson (MechE 1T9 + PEY) (Photo: D. Guthrie)

Human Powered Vehicle Design Team sets world record at international speed-bike competition

Students achieved the record at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge while using only 900 watts of output from two riders

Incoming Engineering Society (EngSoc) president Laura Berneaga wears the symbolic firefighter hat that is passed down from president to president. (Photo: Pam Walls)

Meet Engineering Society president, Laura Berneaga

Fourth-year MIE student shares what she hopes to achieve by representing the student body

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Four startups to watch from Hatchery Demo Day 2019

Student teams presented their business models at the Entrepreneurship Hatchery’s annual Demo Day

Hshmat Sahak and Khalesah Alli, seen here at a Toronto District School Board news conference for students with 99 per cent averages or higher, start classes at U of T this fall (photo by Lisa Lightbourn)

Why these top GTA high school students chose U of T Engineering

Three of the top high school students in the Greater Toronto Area will begin their studies in engineering science next week

Professor Rob Irish (left) was recently awarded the Ronald S. Blicq Award for Distinction in Technical Communication Education from the IEEE Professional Communication Society. (Photo: Alan Chong)

U of T Engineering professor wins international award for innovation in technical communication education

Professor Rob Irish honoured by IEEE Professional Communication Society

“It has been a completely surreal experience, I’m surrounded by some of the greatest minds in the field,” says Saanjali Maharaj (Year 3 EngSci), pictured here with astronaut Yvonne Cagle. (Photo courtesy of Saanjali Maharaj)

This U of T Engineering student is developing fire-fighting drones at NASA

From learning about black hole imaging, to touring the world’s largest wind tunnel, Saanjali Maharaj shares what it’s like to intern at the NASA Ames Research Center

Lyndia Wu (EngSci 1T2) did her PEY Co-op placement at Sentinelle Medical. Now a professor at UBC, Wu researches the biomechanical mechanisms of concussions. (Photo: Clare Kiernan)

From PEY to prof: How this alumna’s Co-op paved a path to an academic career in biomedical engineering

U of T Engineering alumna Lyndia Wu reflects on her PEY Co-op experience

The U of T Engineering student team and their self-driving car, Zeus, beat out seven other universities to defend their first-place title

aUToronto wins AutoDrive Challenge for second year in a row

The U of T Engineering student team and their self-driving car, Zeus, beat out seven other universities to defend their first-place title