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U of T Engineering professor and alumni receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

Awards recognize engineers who have made exceptional contributions to the profession and to society

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How can engineering culture be more inclusive? U of T doctoral student turns to her own story for answers

Questions about how engineers are trained, how they use their degrees and what defines engineering culture led Radebe back to U of T to pursue a PhD in engineering education

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Engineering professors and staff honoured for excellence by the faculty 

Recipients celebrated for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and administration

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U of T Engineering staff Estelle Oliva-Fisher receives 2025 Chancellor’s Emerging Leadership Award

Honour recognizes outstanding leadership in fostering an academic community that enhances learning and scholarship

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Prospective professors in training collaborate with TDSB students to sharpen their communication skills

U of T Engineering graduate students got real-time feedback on their teaching skills from Grade 12 students at Central Toronto Academy

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Engineering from a human perspective: Joint learning project brings interdisciplinary practice to the classroom

Professor Philip Asare (ISTEP, EngSci) worked with Rachel Katz of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology to pilot a new project in Praxis III

Professor Aereas Aung's lab is developing new tools to study and manipulate immune cells and their reaction to vaccines. (photo by Tim Fraser)

Connaught New Researcher award supports research to create next generation vaccines against sexually transmitted infections

Professor Aereas Aung (BME) is developing a novel strategy to target the mucosal immune system

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International Alfred N. Goldsmith Award recognizes 25 years of excellence from the Engineering Communication Program

The Engineering Communication Program has earned the award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Professional Communication Society

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New U of T Engineering study identifies sources of indoor air pollution in Toronto subway system

Research led by Professor Greg Evans (ISTEP, ChemE) and Keith Van Ryswyk (ChemE PhD 2T3) points to two ways to improve subway air quality