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High performance: Meet two elite student athletes at U of T Engineering

Soccer star Mehdi Essoussi and wrestling phenom Kirti Saxena have represented Canada on the world stage. Now, they’re bringing that hustle to their next challenge: first-year engineering

Professor Jason Anderson is among eight U of T Engineering researchers named to the 2018 cohort at the Vector Institute. (Credit: Jessica MacInnis)

Eight U of T Engineering researchers named Vector Institute Faculty Affiliates

The Vector Institute brings together leading researchers in deep learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) generally, from across Ontario

Professor Michael Carter (MIE) has been elected Fellow of the country’s highest health-related scholarly body, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the first industrial engineer to hold the rank. (Credit: Brian Tran)

Michael Carter elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

MIE professor honoured for his pioneering research in health care engineering, becomes first industrial engineer inducted into the CAHS

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Six U of T Engineering graduate students awarded $150K Vanier Scholarships

Funding supports research in fields including human-robot interaction, therapeutic applications of reversing blindness, investigating chronic pain

From left: Pearson Scholars Alana Bailey (Year 1 CivMin), Adriana Diaz Lozano Patiño (Year 1 EngSci) and Devansh Khare (Year 1 MechE) in the new Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship. (Credit: Liz Do)

Meet the international Pearson Scholars starting in U of T Engineering this fall

Arriving in Toronto from countries all around the world, U of T Engineering’s seven Pearson Scholars are recognized for exceptional academic achievement, creativity and community involvement

U of T Engineering students Paul Seufert (second from left) and Carol Yeung (third from left) are among four U of T students participating in a fellowship program organized by Sidewalk Toronto. (Credit: Romi Levine)

Two U of T Engineering students travel the world as Sidewalk Fellows to help shape the city’s waterfront vision

Twelve post-secondary students from across the GTA, including four from the University of Toronto, have been participating in a fellowship program organized by Sidewalk Toronto

Aaron Babier (MIE PhD candidate) demonstrates his AI-based software’s visualization capabilities. (Credit: Brian Tran)

Smarter cancer treatment: AI tool automates radiation therapy planning

U of T Engineering researchers develop an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to cut the time of developing radiation therapy plans down to mere hours

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It takes a village to build a smart city: Mark Fox on culture of collaboration at School of Cities

Professor Mark Fox says School of Cities will play a pivotal role in catalyzing collaboration across U of T Engineering and University

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Education in innovation: U of T Engineering grad’s startup experience gives him leg up during job hunt

Anston Emmanuel (MechE 1T7 + PEY) says his startup experience at The Entrepreneurship Hatchery helped him clinch a coveted engineering job at General Motors