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Excellence in AI and cybersecurity research earns Professor Nicolas Papernot an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship

Left to right: MIE PhD student Jeeraphat (Owen) Kledkruemas, Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon (MIE) and Song Li, a PhD student from the City University of Hong Kong on academic exchange at U of T Engineering, demonstrating two different versions of the ‘Hopcopter’, a one-legged, hopping robot with a range of applications. (photo by Aaron Demeter)

A new flexible foot pad enables this one-legged, hopping robot to go where few robots have gone before

Left to right: Professors Daniel Posen (CivMin, University of Toronto), Viola Birss (Chemistry, University of Calgary), Aimy Bazylak (MIE, University of Toronto), ChungHyuk Lee (ChemE, Toronto Metropolitan University) and Geoffrey McCarney (International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa) are just some of the members of RECYCLEAN, a new cross-Canada research collaboration for sustainable energy materials (photo by Ashkan Irannezhad)

New cross-Canada research collaboration to future-proof supply chains for batteries and fuel cells

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Professor Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE), a leading researcher in computer optimization, has been named an ACM Distinguished Member. (Credit: Roberta Baker)

Natalie Enright Jerger named ACM Distinguished Member

George Myhal (IndE 7T8) has received an honorary Doctor of Laws from U of T. (Photo courtesy of George Myhal)

George Myhal receives honorary degree from U of T

Dean Cristina Amon (second from left) with 2018 EAN Award recipients (L toR:) Larry Seeley, Alfred Aho, Elias Kyriacou, Alfred Mok, Janis Chodas, Huda Idrees, Reena Cabanilla and Bob Howard (Credit:

Remarkable U of T Engineering alumni honoured at 2018 EAN Awards

This prototype toilet can disinfect household waste at source using minimal water and energy, and is designed to address the lack of effective sanitation and safe waste management in many places around the world. (Courtesy: Yu-Ling Cheng)

Reinventing the toilet: U of T Engineering team presents sustainable prototype in Beijing