Putting power in the hands of the people
Alumnus Olugbenga Olubanjo is the founder of Reeddi Inc., a startup that brings clean, affordable and portable power to the people of Nigeria
U of T Engineering professors and alumni honoured by Canadian Academy of Engineering
Professors Milos Popovic and David Sinton, along with alumni Jeffrey Karp and Halim Yanikomeroglu, are among the CAE’s 49 new fellows
Five U of T Engineering professors and alumni receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards
OPEA recognizes an array of accomplishments, from research advancements to positive social impact
This alumni startup aims to clean up the lithium-ion battery supply chain
Ajay Kochhar (ChemE 1T3) and Kunal Phalpher (ECE 0T5) are on the leadership team of Li-Cycle, an Ontario-based and globally focused company that recovers critical materials from all lithium-ion batteries.
U of T Engineering celebrates student leadership with 18 Cressy Awards
Undergraduate and graduate engineering students were recognized for their exceptional contributions to the Faculty and university communities with 2019 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards
This ECE alumna is expanding access to machine learning tools while advocating for data security
Startup founded by alumna Mai Mavinkurve is helping businesses improve productivity by using machine learning to make better decisions
Run by brother-sister team, this U of T startup is leading Big Pharma out of the dark
It was a little over two years ago when Saara Punjani and her brother, Ali Punjani (EngSci 1T2), made their first sale to a multinational drug company from a “random meeting room” at the University of Toronto’s Bahen Centre. At the time, Structura Biotechnology was barely even a startup. But what the Punjanis lacked in airy office […]
The content ‘factory’: How U of T alumnus Allen Lau is disrupting the way books, movies and TV shows are made
When Allen Lau (ElecE 9T1, ECE MASc 9T2) and Ivan Yuen founded Wattpad back in 2006, the two University of Toronto alumni were focused on building an e-reader app for the Motorola Razr flip phone and its competitors. But it wasn’t long before Lau, the startup’s CEO, spotted a much bigger opportunity. Fast-forward more than a decade and Wattpad has […]
