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Celebrating partnerships for research, education and community-building

Networking reception at U of T’s Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus celebrates past and future collaborations

Left to right: CivMin professors Kamran Esmaeili, Sebastian Goodfellow, CivMin Chair Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou, His Excellency Bandar Alkhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Arabian officials. (photo by Phill Snel)

U of T Engineering welcomes Saudi delegation led by His Excellency Bandar Alkhorayef

The official visit to Canada aims to enhance industrial and mining cooperation between the two countries

From left to right: Professor Reza Iravani (ECE), Carmine Pizzurro (MIE 8T9, MIE MEng 9T3), Dr. Carlos Da Silva, Professor Cristina Amon (MIE) and U of T Engineering Dean Christopher Yip.

U of T Engineering partnership with Jule enabled the world’s first battery-powered electric vehicle fast charger

Professor Cristina Amon (MIE) and Dr. Carlos Da Silva are currently working with Jule to advance battery thermal management technology

A woman uses a seated exercise device with a screen featuring a woman walking on the street.

Healthy aging in place: Connaught Community Partnership Research Program funds activity spaces for older adults

Professor Mark Chignell (MIE) is piloting activity spaces and evaluating their cognitive, physical and social benefits

Four people face each other in a circle. Dean Yip seems to be speaking, while Professor Deepa Kundur listens. The other two people have their backs to the camera.

Staying ‘ahead of the game’: ECE professor readies power utilities against future quantum cyberattacks

Professor Deepa Kundur, ECE Chair, is part of a research group that received an NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Grant of $1.45 million to develop quantum cybersecurity solutions for critical infrastructure

A flat-bed truck holding passenger vehicles drives on a lane highway. The right lane shows a line up of passenger vehicles.

How the CLUE research group is rethinking urban freight logistics

Professor Matthew Roorda (CivMin) is leading the group of researchers from U of T, McMaster University and York University

PhD student Yazdan Naderzadeh (left) in the Propulsion and Energy Conversion Lab at UTIAS investigates flames with lasers. (Photo: Neil Ta)

U of T Engineering researchers partner with Siemens Energy to tackle sustainable energy production

Professor Swetaprovo Chaudhuri (UTIAS) is researching how to build a novel, fuel-flex gas turbine engine to harness hydrogen-based power

Representatives from the Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation, a South Korean government institution funding this program, visited U of T in July 2023 to discuss the applied AI program for South Korean graduate students. (Photo: Aaron Demeter)

U of T partnership will bring graduate students from South Korea to Toronto for six-month applied AI program

Initiative will be run through the Centre for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Engineering (CARTE) and housed in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Bioprocess engineering student in the lab

New microcredentials to strengthen the talent pipeline for Canada’s biomanufacturing industry

U of T Engineering partners with CCRM, BioZone and the School of Continuing Studies on three new courses, each of which includes an immersive observership