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Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) will help spearhead and facilitate interdisciplinary efforts across the University through the Institutional Strategic Initiatives portfolio. (Photo: Pam Walls)

Timothy Chan named U of T’s associate vice-president and vice-provost, strategic initiatives

Professor Chan (MIE) will lead the Institutional Strategic Initiatives (ISI) portfolio, leveraging the University’s strengths in areas of societal importance

U of T Engineering's Professor Mark Fox (MIE) leads the initiative to create a Canadian catalogue of urban data sets. (Photo: Laura Pedersen)

U of T’s Urban Data Centre to help ‘wrangle’ the data needed to build smarter cities

U of T Engineering’s Professor Mark Fox (MIE) leads initiative to create Canadian catalogue of urban data sets

Two-dimensional materials could make electronic devices thinner and more flexible, but a new study shows that the variability of their mechanical properties represents a key barrier. (Photo: U.S. Army RDECOM, via Wikimedia Commons)

Mechanical testing will be key to making thinner, more flexible electronics: U of T Engineering study

Research team conducts first large-scale study of fracture strength and fatigue lifetime for two-dimensional semiconductors

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Mosquito-repellent paint among five projects funded by CGEN seed grant program

Global Engineering Seed (GESeed) supports engineering projects that address major challenges to Indigenous populations and marginalized communities in the Global South

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U of T Engineering professors and alumni elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering

The eight members of the U of T Engineering community are among 47 new Canadian Academy of Engineering fellows

A rendering of an electric vehicle prototype shows the conduits that carry fluid to cool different internal components, such as the battery, motor and other electronics. (Image: U of T Electrification Hub)

New CREATE grant powers training and innovation in thermal management to enhance performance of electric vehicles and battery systems

Multidisciplinary team led by Alumni Distinguished Professor Cristina Amon (MIE) includes 10 professors and 21 industry, academia, and government collaborators from across Canada and international

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Dean Emerita Cristina Amon named U of T University Professor

Appointments to the University’s highest academic rank are limited to two percent of its tenured faculty

The UTSM Prototype Team with their Endurance vehicle at the Shell Eco Marathon. Back row, L to R: Maya Edie-Maxsom (TrackOne 2T5), Shreyansh Nair (MechE 2T4), Peter Di Palma (MechE 2T2 + PEY), and Tony Tao (2T1+PEY). Front row, L to R: Jake Blimkie (MechE 2T4), Mitchell Palermo (CompE 2T5), Shannon Lee (MIE MEng Candidate), Rohak Bardalai (MechE 2T1 + PEY), and Tyler Barry (MechE 2T1 + PEY). (Photo: Submitted)

U of T Engineering students build unique internal combustion engine for race on famed Indy 500 track

The U of T Supermileage Team (UTSM) raced custom-designed vehicle at 2022 Shell Eco Marathon in Indianapolis

A Global Classrooms project brought together students from U of T Engineering and Nigeria’s Covenant University to build a low-cost biogas generator for remote communities in Africa’s most populous country. (Image: Zoom)

U of T Engineering students collaborate across time zones through ‘Global Classrooms’ initiative

The team is working with students at Covenant University in Nigeria to design a low-cost biogas generator for rural communities in the African country