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Students work around a wooden box frame with black fabric inside it. The prototype is on a table in a classroom setting.

Engineering from a human perspective: Joint learning project brings interdisciplinary practice to the classroom

Professor Philip Asare (ISTEP, EngSci) worked with Rachel Katz of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology to pilot a new project in Praxis III

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Global Experiences Expo showcases pathways for U of T Engineering students to expand their horizons

Exhibitors include the Centre for International Experience, Engineers in Action and the Centre for Global Engineering

Photos of nine ISTEP faculty members in circular frames on a blue gradient background

International Alfred N. Goldsmith Award recognizes 25 years of excellence from the Engineering Communication Program

The Engineering Communication Program has earned the award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Professional Communication Society

Artemis, the aUToronto's autonomous vehicle approaches the final obstacle of the intersection challenge: a model of a deer.

U of T’s self-driving car team places first at 2024 AutoDrive Challenge™ II

This is aUToronto’s sixth first-place finish in seven years

UTWind student team

Student team UTWind takes international prize with sustainable wind turbine

Components made from recycled pop bottles and plant-fibre composites contributed to a first-place finish at the International Small Wind Turbine Contest

From left to right: Kamron Zaidi (EngSci 2T3 + PEY) and Professor Michael Guerzhoy (MIE, EngSci) use game trees and deep neural networks to enable chess engines to recognize brilliant moves. (photo by Safa Jinje)

U of T Engineering researchers use chess AI to understand human creativity

Professor Michael Guerzhoy (MIE, EngSci) leads research introducing the first system that enables chess engines to identify moves as ‘brilliant’

Jeff Chen wears a dark blazer over a collared shirt and stands in front a beige walled background.

Top U of T undergraduate Jeff Chen fell in love with the process of learning

The civil engineering student is the 2024 recipient of the John Black Aird Scholarship, awarded annually to U of T’s top undergraduate student

Vishakha Pujari is seen standing in front of a wooden door. She wears a blazer and dress shirt and is posing holding up her pinky finger with her engineering iron ring.

U of T Engineering grad ‘moves mountains’ to earn degree

Vishakha Pujari (IndE 2T3 + PEY) says she is the first person from her rural village in India to attend a foreign university

From left to right: David Li (BME PhD student), Erica Floreani (BME PhD student), Alexander Krawciw (UTIAS PhD student) and Bhabishya Khaniya (CivMin PhD student). (photos courtesy of David Li, Erica Floreani; Alexander Krawciw photo by Dewey Chang Photography; Bhabishya Khaniya photo by Phill Snel)

Meet four U of T Engineering doctoral students awarded 2024 Vanier Scholarships

Funding supports research on brain-computer interfaces, stem cell transplantation, bioretention systems and mobile robot navigation