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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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A group of Grade 2 and 3 students try out one of this year's ECE Design Fair projects (Photo: Roberta Baker).

Exoskeletal leg, instant DIY games, micro-grids and more at ECE Design Fair

Professor Doug Reeve has received the 2015 Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award; one of four U of T Engineering professors who have won the award in the past seven years (Photo: Mark Balson).

Doug Reeve receives Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award

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Two professors recognized by the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

“One of my motivations for participating as a MOOC instructor is that your reach goes much further—student feedback from around the globe makes you aware of local projects or technologies that enrich the course for everyone,” said Professor James Wallace, who recently finished a MOOC on alternative energy systems.

Alternative energy MOOC captures global audience