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DriverLab simulation

U of T Engineering researchers use DriverLab simulator to focus on driver behaviour and safety

DriverLab is the only simulator of its kind in Canada and offers a safe way to study a range of human variables in realistic traffic and weather conditions

Each fall, students in the University of Toronto's Institute for Multidisciplinary Design and Innovation (UT-IMDI) share the results of their industry-sponsored projects at an evening reception. (Photo: George Almaria)

Industry looks to U of T Engineering students to address challenges

University of Toronto Institute for Multidisciplinary Design & Innovation enables students to apply technical competencies to industry-sponsored projects

Professor Alison Olechowski

Fostering student leadership in engineering: Meet Professor Alison Olechowski

Engineering is a collaborative process, and effective teamwork is a key requirement for success. Professor Alison Olechowski (MIE) takes a scientific approach to understand how teams come together, and leverages that insight to give her students the tools and confidence they need to become enigneering leaders. Olechowski recently joined MIE as an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, […]

Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) and graduate student Ahmed Mahmoud examine a model of a passive aerator for fish farms they are designing. The team is among many at U of T Engineering leading innovative research aimed at addressing global challenges related to water. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

#EveryDropMatters: Five ways U of T Engineering research is improving water sustainability

New exhibit brings U of T Engineering water research and innovation to the CNE, Canada’s largest fair

Professor Tom Chau (IBBME), at left, has been inducted as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. The international leader in rehabilitation research joins eight U of T Engineering professors and alumni in the CAE's Class of 2017. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Nine Engineering professors and alumni inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering

CAE is a national institution through which Canada’s most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada

Professor Jan Andrysek (right) is designing the next generation of lower-limb prosthetics. He is one of six members of the U of T Engineering community honoured with Ontario Professional Engineers Awards. (Photo: Neil Ta)

U of T Engineering professors and alumni receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

Awards honour outstanding contributions to the profession, from research and development to management and citizenship

Meet U of T Engineering’s six inaugural Hart Teaching Innovation Professors.

Hart Teaching Innovation Professorships: Six innovative ways U of T Engineering enriches the student experience

Awards support active teaching technologies, Indigenous outreach and more

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Meet five students going global with international exchanges

Engineering students working and studying at partner institutions in Israel, Singapore, Switzerland and Germany

Anna Jiang (MIE MASc candidate) demonstrates her passive water controller for community members in Pedro Arauz, Nicaragua. The device could help farmers make more efficient use of irrigation water. (Photo: Anna Jiang)

U of T Engineering invention could help Nicaraguan farmers save water

Electricity-free solution developed by master’s student ensures that water is delivered only when crops require it