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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

Members of the aUToronto team at the Year 1 AutoDrive Challenge competition at General Motors Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz. (Credit: SAE International)

aUToronto to compete in Year 2 of AutoDrive Challenge

U of T Engineering team and their self-driving car are headed to Ann Arbor, Mich., to take on seven other teams in international competition

Engineering science student Eli Scott (centre) presents her team’s design for expediting the use of reusable bags at Longo’s grocery stores. (Photo: Liz Do)

First-year students engineer solutions to complex city challenges

Praxis Showcase event is the culmination of unique first-year Engineering Science design course

Adriana Diaz Lozano Patino says U of T’s global reputation, its welcoming approach towards international students and its research opportunities were factors that brought her to U of T Engineering. (Photo credit: Liz Do)

‘I wanted to be a part of the mosaic of diversity’: Students from Mexico on why they chose U of T Engineering

From Mexico to Toronto: three engineering students share their academic journeys

Members of the Arctic Youth Ambassador Caucus walk through Iqaluit last month. Two U of T Engineering students were delegates to the four-day conference. (Photo: Sam Lin)

U of T Engineering students share lessons from the Arctic Youth Ambassador Caucus

Lia Codrington (Year 3 EngSci) and Natalie Enriquez-Birch (TrackOne) travelled to Iqaluit to meet with youth leaders from Nunavut and across Canada