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U of T Engineering Dean, professor and alumni elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Five members of the U of T Engineering community are among 54 new Canadian Academy of Engineering fellows

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U of T Engineering professor and alumni receive 2024 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

Awards recognize engineers in Ontario who have made exceptional contributions to the profession and to society

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U of T Engineering celebrates students, mentors and employers with PEY Co-op Awards

This year’s awards recognize recipients for 2022–2023

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U of T Engineering researcher Peter Serles named 2024 Schmidt Science Fellow

Serles (MIE MASc 1T9, MIE PhD candidate) plans to build a platform to study brain disease, damage and treatment methods with high speed and low costs

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U of T Engineering to launch new certificate in Electric Vehicle Design in fall 2024

Certificate will include a new course, APS380: Introduction to Electric Vehicle Design

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Running a sweet family business: U of T Engineering alumni siblings tap a maple syrup venture

The Tomory family, with 11 U of T alumni among them, turned a hobby into the second-largest maple syrup producer in Ontario

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Professor Alison Olechowski honoured with the 2023-24 Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award

Award recognizes exceptional commitment to student learning, pedagogical engagement and teaching innovation

Twenty-five faculty and staff members were honoured for their outstanding contributions with teaching, research and administrative staff awards.

Faculty and staff honoured for excellence with 2024 U of T Engineering awards

Faculty and staff received awards for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and administration

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U of T Engineering professor Aimy Bazylak receives a Dorothy Killam Fellowship

Award supports outstanding Canadian scholars across a wide range of fields