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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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Stefan Mladjenovic

Meet five U of T Engineering graduate students awarded 2023 Vanier Scholarships

Professor Enid Montague stands in front of a mosaic artwork.

New human-centred automation tools could ease stress on overburdened health-care systems

From left to right: Dumitru Diaconu and Alexandre Florio test a 3D-printed prototype of the hinges that will allow the solar wings of NASA’s StarBurst satellite mission to deploy and lock into position

In this UTIAS lab, graduate students design and build satellites for NASA and other clients

Raylene Mitchell

IBET Momentum Fellow Raylene Mitchell aims to change how engineering is done in northern and Indigenous communities