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Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP) news

In the foreground: a researcher adjusts air quality equipment. In the background: cars are driving by, on a major roadway.

U of T Engineering team embarks on two large-scale urban air quality studies

Research will assess non-exhaust pollutants and winter air quality in Toronto

Four students hold up their first place certificates.

ISTEP hosts environmental design challenge motivating students to create impactful sustainable solutions

The 2024 Clarke Prize Environmental Design Challenge was two-day hackathon held at the end of January

Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou smiles in an office while holding a navy-coloured mug with the words "Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto".

The Road to Net Zero: New federal funding boosts research on how shifts in transportation infrastructure impact emissions, public health and equity

Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin) leads research collaboration that focuses on the social, environmental and economic outcomes of infrastructure investments

Elizabeth Whitmell (ISTEP) and her Dragon Boat Canada teammates celebrate one of their gold medal wins at the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Thailand this August. (Photo: submitted)

U of T Engineering’s Elizabeth Whitmell wins four gold, sets world record at World Dragon Boat Racing Championships

Whitmell and her Dragon Boat Canada team’s medal haul helped Canada place first overall with 52 gold medals

Clockwise from top left: Professors Cindy Rottmann and Emily Moore (both ISTEP, ChemE), Andrea Chan (ISTEP), Emily Macdonald-Roach (ChemE 2T2, ChemE MASc candidate in EngEd), Dimpho Radebe (IndE 1T4 + PEY, ChemE PhD candidate in EngEd) and Professor Emeritus Doug Reeve (ChemE). (Photos: submitted)

ISTEP/Troost ILead team gains international recognition for engineering leadership research

Professor Cindy Rottmann (ISTEP) speaks about the award-winning research on engineering education, ethics and leadership being conducted at ISTEP

A new study from U of T Engineering Professor David Meyer (CivMin, ISTEP) shows that between the cities of Delhi and Bengaluru, customers are supplied water on 3,278 different schedules, ranging from nearly continuous to only about 30 minutes per week. (Photo: wirestock, via Envato Elements)

Why do Delhi and Bengaluru supply water according to 3,278 different schedules?

New research from Professor David Meyer (CivMin, ISTEP) and his team highlights how water supply scheduling leads to inequity between rich neighbourhoods and poorer ones

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U of T Engineering professors and staff honoured for excellence

Faculty celebrates leadership and innovation in teaching, research and contribution to the quality of student experience

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Professor Elham Marzi earns U of T Early Career Teaching Award

Award recognizes effective teaching and exceptional commitment to student learning

A woman wearing a white lab coat, yellow hard hat and safety goggles stands in front of wall full of pipes and valves in a lab setting.

Professor Ariel Chan receives the U of T Northrop Frye Award for faculty

Chan is the primary instructor for two key courses that consolidate lab components from all third year ChemE core courses