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‘You don’t find out what you’re capable of just by thinking’: Meet Professor Parinaz Naseri

Adjunct professor Vince Arone, left, with Tom Mihalik, right, owner and operator of Tom’s Place. Each year, Mihalik gives a guest lecture to students in an engineering business course taught by Arone. (photo by Vince Arone)

‘We’re all one community’: Why local business owner Tom Mihalik gives back to U of T Engineering

Meagan Flus managing data collection at a hackathon in 2024. (photo submitted by Meagan Flus)

How hackathons can serve as a ‘living laboratory’ for studying engineering design team dynamics

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Alumnus Arun Channan’s (CivE 8T0) background in civil engineering influenced him to become a dedicated volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. (Courtesy: Arun Channan)

Arun Channan: Hands-on with Habitat for Humanity

Alumna Yvonne Ying (EngSci 9T6) shares a moment with Dr. Sr. Najjuka, a surgeon and nun from Uganda whom she works with every January. (Courtesy: Yvonne Ying)

Yvonne Ying: Surgical outreach for those in need

At TEDxUofT, Professor Angela Shoellig (UTIAS) gave a talk about artificial intelligence and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the Hatchery Hub helped people with bright ideas find each other. (Photo: The Entrepreneurship Hatchery)

Ideas Worth Building: U of T Engineering at TEDxUofT

Xueli Zheng, left, and Dr. Bo Zhang set up their device to efficiently split water to store energy as hydrogen. The key is a catalyst made of tungsten, iron and cobalt that is over three times more efficient than the current state-of-the-art. (Photo: Marit Mitchell)

Saving sunshine for a rainy day: New catalyst offers efficient storage of alternative energies