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In March 2026, Sushant Singh (MSE MEng 1T9, MIE PhD 2T6) won the top overall prize at  U of T’s Desjardins Startup Prize competition. (photo by Tim Fraser, KITE Studio)

The future of wound healing: Desjardins Prize supports U of T bioprinting startup

Drawing on experience in athletics, marketing, behavioural science and industry, Professor Alex Kaju (ISTEP) brings a practical approach to engineering education. (photo courtesy of Alex Kaju)

‘The goal is to bring the outside world into the classroom’: Meet Professor Alex Kaju

Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon (MIE) draws inspiration from nature to design robots that fly, hop, crawl or seamlessly combine multiple modes of locomotion. (photo courtesy of Pakpong Chirarattananon)

‘Simplicity wins when designing bio-inspired robots’: Meet MIE Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon

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Allison Brown (left) is director of corporate & foundation partnerships at U of T Engineering; Adriano Vissa (right) is associate director of corporate partnerships. (Photo: Liz Do)

The future of industry partnerships at U of T Engineering

Air pollution in Point Lisas, a major industrial area in Trinidad and Tobago. A new U of T Engineering study led by alumna Kerolyn Shairsingh (ChemE 0T8, PhD 1T8) measured local traffic-related emissions on Trinidad and Tobago. (Photo courtesy of Kerolyn Shairsingh)

First study of traffic-related pollution in Trinidad and Tobago reveals high levels of black carbon

Axel Guenther, Associate Professor Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, November 23, 2018. (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T Engineering partners with NRC to commercialize biomedical innovations

Professor Amr Helmy (ECE) recently received funding from the Government of Canada to upgrade today’s fiber-optic gyroscopes using quantum sensing technology. (Photo courtesy of Amr Helmy)

U of T Engineering harnesses quantum technology to counteract GPS hacking