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Dean Emerita Cristina Amon has been recognized with Engineers Canada's most prestigious honour, recognizing outstanding engineering achievements and leadership in the Canadian engineering community.  (Photo: Daniel Ehrenworth)

Professor Cristina Amon receives Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award

Dean Emerita recognized by Engineers Canada for her leadership in the profession

Severo is among 11 U of T Engineering recipients of the Vector Institute Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Severo)

Eleven U of T Engineering grad students receive Vector Institute Scholarships in AI

Students pursuing research in artificial intelligence will get access to networking opportunities and professional development workshops at the institute

Professor Kamran Behdinan is leading a team to design and manufacture assisted-bag ventilators. (Photo: Pam Walls)

COVID-19: A ‘last resort’ breathing machine prototype heads to clinical trials

Low-cost device automates the squeezing motion of a hand-operated ventilator bag

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) is collaborating with the University Health Network to launch Redeploy, an optimization tool to improve hospital staffing during the pandemic. (Photo: Pam Walls)

U of T Engineering team develops redeployment tool to optimize hospital staffing amid COVID-19

Team hopes pilot test leads to integration in hospital pandemic planning, future use in care homes

Alison Olechowski (MIE, ISTEP) studies the future of work and how engineering teams reach reliable decisions when designing new products. (Photo: Pam Walls)

How engineers can keep innovating — while working from home

Professor Alison Olechowski (MIE, ISTEP) shares tips on improving virtual collaboration during a pandemic

Professor Dionne Aleman’s (MIE) research uses agent-based data to simulate a pandemic outbreak in urban areas. (Photo: Clay Banks / Unsplash)

COVID-19 and the ‘what if machine’: How simulations and models help predict pandemic spread

Professor Dionne Aleman (MIE) explains pandemic models, ‘flattening the curve,’ and how they inform emergency preparedness

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Jason Bazylak receives U of T’s Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award

Award recognizes a member of the U of T community who goes above and beyond the requirements of their job, resulting in a broad and long-term positive impact

Dean Emerita recognized by the University of Toronto for her transformational leadership and impact (Photo: Daniel Ehrenworth)

Cristina Amon receives Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award

Dean Emerita recognized by the University of Toronto for her transformational leadership and impact

Professor Benjamin Hatton (MSE). (Photo: U of T Engineering)

Smart finger pads for robots among six U of T Engineering projects awarded with Connaught Innovation funding

Emerging technologies in areas such as human health and advanced manufacturing receive funding boost