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Students in Professor Karl Peterson’s lab examine concrete samples from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Left to right: Wisdom Okoh, Katia Ossetchkina, Professor Karl Peterson and Amy Montgomery. (photo by Phill Snel)

This team of CivMin researchers is studying the Gordie Howe International Bridge — down to the microscopic level

Alex Kurk (MechE 2T6), left, is the 2026 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. Sanjay Malaviya, right, is the donor for this award. Malaviya holds one of the 3D-printed interfaces designed by Kurk to help people with low vision navigate software user interfaces. (photo by Tyler Irving)

Solutions for people with low vision helped Alex Kurk earn the 2026 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award

Left to right: Stephen Laditi (CivE 2T5 + PEY), Favour Nwanna (CompE 2T5 + PEY) and Cassandra Abraham, Outreach Coordinator, Engineering Student Recruitment and Outreach Office, U of T Engineering. (photo by Tyler Irving)

‘Invaluable’: Two of Blueprint’s first alumni reflect on their educational journeys

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Robert Adragna (Year 2 EngSci) and Mona Gridseth (UTIAS PhD candidate) work on a sensor array as part of the AutoDrive project, an intercollegiate competition to create a self-driving car. Artificial intelligence and analytics are the focus of two new educational programs set to launch at U of T Engineering next fall. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

U of T Engineering launches new offerings in Machine Intelligence and Data Analytics

Governor General Julie Payette (ECE MASc 9T0), Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Dean Cristina Amon with members of the U of T Engineering Blue Sky Solar Racing team. (Photo: Marit Mitchell)

PHOTOS: U of T Engineering students and alumni demonstrate innovations for Governor General

U of T Engineering alumna and entrepreneur Huda Idrees (IndE 1T2+PEY) is the founder and CEO of digital medical records startup Dot Health. She will appear on a Women-in-Tech panel Tuesday as part of U of T's Entrepreneurship Week.(Credit: Pam Lau)

‘It’s really shocking’: U of T Engineering alumna and entrepreneur on the tech industry’s lack of gender diversity

The Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CEIE) officially opens April 27th. (Image courtesy Montgomery Sisam Architects & Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios)

Myhal Centre: A floor-by-floor tour — Part II