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Recipients of U of T Engineering's Faculty Awards pose with Dean Yip at the April Faculty Council meeting. Top left to right: Dean Chris Yip, Professor Evan Bentz (CivMin), Professor Sinisa Colic (MIE), Professor Matthew Mackay (MIE). Bottom left to right: Adriana Diaz Lozano Patino (EngSci 2T3, MIE PhD student), Dimpho Radebe (IndE 1T5, ChemE PhD student). (photo by Chris Yip)

U of T Engineering professors and TAs honoured by the faculty for excellence in teaching and research

Professor Mohini Sain’s work has driven breakthroughs in advanced materials, biomanufacturing and low‑carbon materials derived from natural and industrial waste. (photo by University of Toronto)

Professor Mohini Sain receives U of T President’s Impact Award

Professor Gary Heinke served as Dean of U of T Engineering from from 1986 until 1993. (photo courtesy of Meghan Reesor)

In Memoriam — Professor Gary Heinke

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Zeus, shown here outside the Myhal Centre in October 2019, is a self-driving car designed and built by aUToronto, a student-led team from U of T Engineering. This week, aUToronto placed first overall in the three-year AutoDrive Challenge, an intercollegiate competition between eight top engineering schools across North America. (Photo: Liz Do)

Three-peat victory: U of T Engineering team wins AutoDrive Challenge, Year Three

After graduating from U of T Engineering in 1927, Elsie MacGill went on to become an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, earning the nickname “Queen of the Hurricanes.” (photo courtesy University of Toronto Archives)

The Rise of Elsie MacGill

Historica Canada has launched a new Heritage Minute celebrating ECE alumna Elsie MacGill (ElecE 2T7), the world’s first female aeronautical engineer (Image courtesy of Historica Canada)

“Queen of the Hurricanes”: U of T Engineering alumna featured in new Heritage Minute

Sales of passenger electric vehicles are growing fast, but a new analysis from U of T Engineering researchers shows that on its own, electrifying the U.S. fleet will not be enough to meet our climate change mitigation targets. (Photo: microgen, via Envato)

U of T Engineering study: Electric vehicles can fight climate change, but they’re not a silver bullet