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Three U of T Engineering professors honoured by the Engineering Institute of Canada

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‘If we in academia don’t go after the hardest challenges, nobody else will’: U of T researcher aims to do it all

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

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Professor Patricia Sheridan is one of several core faculty who will be part of the newly created Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP). (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Preparing future engineers: U of T Engineering to launch new transdisciplinary institute

Professor Steven Waslander (UTIAS) joined the University of Toronto on May 1, 2018. He is a leading expert in control systems for aerial and terrestrial robotics. (Courtesy: Steven Waslander)

Robotics by land and air: A Q&A with Steven Waslander

Quantum computing will bring a whole new set of security concerns to the internet — but U of T Engineering advancements in Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) are providing solutions to these emerging challenges. (Creative Commons)

Going the distance with future-proof quantum cryptography

Dr. Cao-Thang Dinh, left, and Dr. Md Golam Kibria (both ECE) demonstrate their new catalyst. In a paper published today in Science, their team demonstrated most efficient and stable process for converting climate-warming carbon dioxide into the building blocks for plastics, all powered using renewable electricity

New catalyst upgrades greenhouse gas into renewable hydrocarbons