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Professor Ali Asgarian (MSE) will lead the ASPiRE Lab, with a goal to bridge the gap between material innovation and industrial scale-up. (photo by Sherry Esfahani)

‘Engage with industry early’: Meet MSE professor Ali Asgarian

Guest lecturer Professor Justin Hess presenting at the 2026 Fred Kan Lecture. (photo by William Suarez)

Building a culture of ethical inquiry in engineering: The legacy of the Fred Kan Lecture Series

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U of T to receive nearly $1M for global online project in mining education

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Professor Vivek Goel (left), vice-president, research & innovation for the University of Toronto, and Jun Zha, president of Huawei’s Central Research Institute, celebrate the signing of a bilateral strategic partnership agreement between the two groups. (Credit: Roberta Baker).

Huawei and U of T sign strategic partnership agreement

Professor Parham Aarabi (ECE) has developed new machine learning training method developed at U of T Engineering enables neural networks to learn directly from human-defined rules, opening new possibilities for artificial intelligence in fields from medical diagnostics to self-driving cars. (Credit: Johnny Guatto)

New AI algorithm taught by humans learns beyond its training

Steve Carlisle, head of General Motors Canada, learns about autonomous robotics research in the Barfoot Lab at U of T's Institute for Aerospace Studies. (Credit: Roberta Baker)

GM Canada president: “The tree of artificial intelligence was planted in Toronto”

From left: Professors Tim Chan (MIE), Angela Schoellig (UTIAS) and PhD candidate Justin Boutillier (IndE) found that drone delivery of automatic external defibrillators could shave crucial minutes off ambulance response times in both rural and urban regions. (Credit: Liz Do).

Drone-delivered AEDs offer novel approach to saving lives at home