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A close up of a chess game depicting a move from the “Game of the Century,” where Bobby Fischer (black) sacrifices his queen in a celebrated brilliant move.

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

July 22, 2024

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

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

June 18, 2024

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

June 13, 2024

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

June 11, 2024

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

Professor Chirag Variawa (centre) teaches both graduate and undergraduate students and is encouraging them to address educational challenges through engineering design. (Photo: Alan Yusheng Wu)

Engineering the educational experience

February 22, 2017

Novel partnership between graduate and undergraduate courses aims to apply the engineering design process to educational challenges

Jennifer (Yewon) Son was one of six students whose project for a first-year Engineering course has led to retrofits at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. Her teammates were Michael Lancaster, Jackie Lunger, Toby (Yishun) Ou, Alice Wolfe and Tom Zhang. (Credit: Kevin Soobrian)

Saving the stacks: First-year Engineering students inspire retrofit for Fisher Rare Book Library

February 10, 2017

Student team came up with novel approach to protect priceless literature for class assignment

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