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

Positive Zero Transportation Futures aims to decarbonize transportation by making alternatives to fossil-fuel-dependent vehicles more accessible. (Photo: Leonardo Patrizi/iStock)

Positive Zero Transport Futures takes a holistic approach to decarbonizing transportation

February 8, 2022

A team of U of T Engineering researchers is designing models of decarbonization that ensure positive societal outcomes

Featured image with photo portraits of interviewees for a U of T Engineering Black History Month segment

Community Matters: Black experiences at U of T Engineering

February 2, 2022

Team NASSA stands with their cold air bubble piping system for the Thailand-based “Klongs for All” project. (Photo: Safa Jinje)

New U of T Engineering course enhances experiential learning and global perspectives

December 20, 2021

The first iteration of revised Praxis III for EngSci undergraduate students included projects completed in partnership with communities in Ghana, Thailand, South Africa, Uganda and Nigeria

Professor Dawn Kilkenny (BME, ISTEP) was recently appointed U of T Engineering’s Vice-Dean, First Year. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Meet Dawn Kilkenny, U of T Engineering’s new Vice-Dean, First Year

November 19, 2021

Kilkenny (BME, ISTEP) oversees a suite of programs designed to foster a successful transition from secondary to post-secondary education

Left to right: Professors Miriam Diamond (Earth Sciences, ChemE), Greg Evans (ChemE, ISTEP), Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin) and Senior Research Associate Dr. Cheol-Heon Jeong (ChemE) are some of the members of the multidisciplinary team that has earned NSERC’s 2021 Brockhouse Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

U of T Engineering team earns Brockhouse Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

November 17, 2021

NSERC award recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines

Professor Fiona Coll (ISTEP) will begin a review of current communication-skills development programming for U of T Engineering graduate students this fall. (Photo: Charlie Sun)

U of T launches initiative aimed at strengthening communication skills for engineering graduate students

November 5, 2021

Fiona Coll (ISTEP) leads project to identify opportunities for new professional development programming

D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika (ChemE/ISTEP PhD Candidate (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

IBET Momentum Fellow D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika aims to re-frame engineering education

September 1, 2021

Wilson-Ihejirika is using data analytics to map successful career paths in STEM and re-imagine engineering education, especially for underrepresented groups

Professor Sasha Gollish (EngSci, ISTEP). (Photo provided)

Applying lessons from the racetrack in engineering classrooms: Meet Professor Sasha Gollish

August 10, 2021

‘My teaching philosophy centres around empathy and using it in all contexts of engineering and life in general,’ says Gollish, who joins EngSci and ISTEP in the teaching stream

A grey box is seen attached to a pillar on the platform of the Toronto Transit Commission's St. George subway station.

New trains and reduced friction braking improve air quality in Toronto’s subways

July 30, 2021

New study by U of T Engineering and Health Canada researchers shows how train and braking technology can substantially affect what riders breathe

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