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Learn more about the latest discoveries and innovations from the U of T Engineering community. Our researchers are developing new ways of capturing and storing clean energy, medical devices that can save and extend lives, smarter ways to design and build cities and much more.

The team stands in front of the autonomous car in Michigan

U of T Engineering’s self-driving car team takes top spot at international championship

aUToronto has placed first overall at the 2025 SAE AutoDrive Challenge™ II

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How this engineering student’s passion for fusion energy took him to the U.K. and back

Benjamin Humer (Year 4 EngSci) worked with General Fusion during his PEY Co-op, and this summer presented his work to researchers in Oxfordshire, England

Delegates from Nissan Canada stand with University of Toronto researchers and Parliamentary Assistant Chris Scott in front of Nissan vehicle on campus

New partnership between Nissan and U of T will accelerate research at the intersection of EVs and electric grids

The collaboration will support research focused on enabling secure, scalable vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems in North America

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Professor Milica Radisic elected fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Fellows from universities, healthcare and research institutes evaluate Canada’s most complex health challenges and recommend strategic, actionable solutions

Left to right: Co-leads on the study, Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) and Lucia Huang (BME MSc student), say the technology could make monitoring and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases easier and accessible. (Photo by KITE Studio/UHN)

Researchers develop swallowable sensor that offers simpler way to monitor gut inflammation

U of T Engineering professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) is co-leading the development along with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School

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New modelling tool for intermittent water distribution systems could improve service for over a billion people

Professor David Meyer (CivMin) and CivMin PhD student Omar Abdelazeem synthesized best practices to create the SWMMIN model

Bertrand Neyhouse smiles at the camera, in front of a U of T building

‘Electrochemistry for a sustainable future’: Meet new ChemE professor Bertrand Neyhouse

Neyhouse applies electrochemical engineering to design scalable processes for cleaner chemical manufacturing and sustainability

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U of T Engineering researchers develop safer alternative non-stick coating

A technique called nanoscale fletching has led to a repellent material with greatly reduced levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), sometimes called ‘forever chemicals’

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Three members of the U of T Engineering community appointed to the Order of Canada

Professor Tom Chau (BME), Professor Emeritus Adel Sedra (ECE) and alumnus Nathan Leipciger (ECE 5T5, Hon LLD 2019) are among 83 individuals appointed by the Governor General of Canada