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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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Purple Day: Meet U of T Engineering students researching new ways to understand epilepsy

From left: Mark Drucker, President of Silanna Semiconductor, with Professor Aleksandar Prodić (ECE), Ahsan Zaman (ElecE 0T9, ECE MASc 1T2, PhD 1T5), Mete Erturk, CEO of Appulse Power, Aleksandar Radić (ECE PhD 1T4) and Behzad Mahdavikhah (ECE PhD 1T4). Silanna Semiconductor announced Wednesday that they have acquired U of T Engineering spin-off Appulse Power Inc. (Photo: Marit Mitchell).

U of T Engineering spin-off Appulse Power acquired by Silanna Semiconductor

Professor Parham Aarabi (ECE) is the CEO and founder of ModiFace, a spin-off company that uses augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) to build advanced facial visualization software for the beauty and medical industries. ModiFace has been acquired by L'Oreal. (Credit: Johnny Guatto)

U of T Engineering spin-off ModiFace acquired by French cosmetics giant L’Oreal

A global delegation from Fujitsu Inc., including Fujitsu President Tatsuya Tanaka, met with University of Toronto leadership on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 to discuss the thriving research collaboration. (Credit: Phil Babcock).

Fujitsu visits U of T Engineering to launch collaborative research lab