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Zeus, the aUToronto team’s self-driving car, pulls up to the startline at the inaugural competition of the three-year AutoDrive Challenge™ in Yuma, Ariz. (Courtesy: SAE International)

aUToronto team wins first AutoDrive Challenge

May 7, 2018

Three-year international competition challenged eight universities to turn an electric vehicle self-driving by 2020

From left: aUToronto team members Zachary Kroeze (ECE PhD 1T8), Andreas Schimpe, Keenan Burnett (EngSci 1T6+PEY, UTIAS MASc candidate) and Mona Gridseth (UTIAS PhD candidate) in front of their autonomous vehicle, dubbed Zeus . The team is one of eight from universities across North America competing in the international Autodrive Challenge™. (Credit: Laura Pedersen).

aUToronto to compete at international self-driving car competition

April 23, 2018

U of T Engineering student team selected to participate in Autodrive Challenge™ heads to Yuma, Ariz. for first round of three-year competition

Professor Evan Bentz (CivMin, at left) works with students in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering’s structures lab. (Credit: Neil Ta).

Department of Civil Engineering changes name to reflect interdisciplinary nature of programs, research

April 16, 2018

Update highlights strength of longstanding collaboration between two premier engineering programs

U of T Engineering’s CERT team, led by Alex Ip (ECE PhD 1T5, second from left) is one of just five teams from academia and industry to advance to the finals of the international NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition, where they hope to bring home the $7.5-million grand prize for their carbon-capture and conversion technology. (Credit: Laura Pedersen).

CERT team advances to finals of Carbon XPRIZE

April 9, 2018

Multidisciplinary group led by Professors Ted Sargent and David Sinton among five vying for $7.5-million grand prize for capturing and recycling carbon dioxide

Professor Nikolai DeMartini develops new strategies to help pulp and paper mills deal with contaminants such as salts and metals in their processes. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

U of T Engineering receives three new NSERC Industrial Research Chairs

April 6, 2018

Partnerships with leading companies will advance research into pulp and paper, automotive components and rock mechanics

Phil De Luna (MSE PhD candidate) is first author on an analysis of how researchers could capture and recycle the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. "If we continue to work at this, it’s a matter of time before we have power plants where CO2 is emitted, captured, and converted,” says De Luna. (Credit: Tyler Irving)

U of T Engineering researchers propose how we could use climate-warming CO2 for good

March 29, 2018

Multidisciplinary team led by Professor Ted Sargent proposes vision for future of carbon capture and recycling

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

March 26, 2018

Several teams of IBBME graduate students are working on solutions to improve treatments and quality of life for individuals facing the neurological disease

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

March 15, 2018

Global delegation meets with University leaders to discuss future of multidisciplinary partnership with researchers across U of T Engineering and beyond

Professor Paul Santerre (Dentistry, IBBME), at left, has been named the Baxter Chair of Health Technology and Commercialization by the University Health Network. (Credit: Neil Ta).

Paul Santerre named Baxter Chair of Health Technology and Commercialization

February 22, 2018

Biomedical engineering professor receives UHN support to drive commercialization and entrepreneurship opportunities for students and hospital trainees

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