Welcome to U of T Engineering News

U of T Engineering professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE) also holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute, and is a faculty affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute. (photo by Matthew Tierney)

Professor Nicolas Papernot wins the 2025 Steacie Prize

Kamran Alasvand Zarasvand stand on the U of T lawn holding a drone.

Breaking the Ice: New study on triboelectric nanogenerators could help avoid costly flight delays

Rahul Goel stands next to a rocket at NordSpace's facility.

Company founded by U of T Engineering’s Rahul Goel prepares for Canada’s first-ever commercial rocket launch 

Keep up on the latest Engineering News

Subscribe to our Skulematters newsletter on Linkedin

Latest news

Autonomous vehicles like this one use a combination of video cameras and lidar to detect nearby objects. A new dataset will enable engineers to test and refine new algorithms that can overcome the perception challenges posed by snowy weather. (Image courtesy Steven Waslander)

Can self-driving cars handle a Canadian winter? We’re about to find out

bg-2-160A5933

Black History Month: Reflections from U of T Engineering

Teng Cui (MIE PhD candidate) holds up a silicon chip with half a million embedded tiny holes. By stretching graphene across the holes, Cui was able to measure its resistance to mechanical fatigue. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

Won’t crack under pressure: stress test reveals graphene can withstand more than one billion cycles before breaking

Biometrics pioneer and alumnus, Karl Martin (EngSci 0T1, ECE MASc 0T3, PhD 1T0), answers frequently asked questions on data privacy. (Photo courtesy of Unsplash)

Jan 28 is Data Privacy Day: What you need to know about biometric data and how to keep yours safe