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A visualization of a nuScenes dataset used by the researchers. The image is a mosaic of the six different camera views around the car with the object bounding boxes rendered overtop of the images.

U of T Engineering researchers are making self-driving cars safer by enhancing tracking abilities

The research, led by Professor Steven Waslander (UTIAS), will be presented at the 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Japan

Members of the UTAT Space Systems division gather on the sixth-floor roof of the Bahen Centre with the fully assembled ground station.

UTAT division launches first satellite into space, initiating next phase of communication mission

The student design team launched HERON Mk. II into low-Earth orbit on November 11, 2023

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

Ambrish Kumar makes his pitch at Falling Walls Lab in Berlin, Germany on November 7, 2023.

U of T Engineering student pitches green hydrogen startup at international competition in Berlin

Ambrish Kumar (MSE MEng candidate), who developed his startup at The Entrepreneurship Hatchery, won Falling Walls Lab Toronto

From left to right: Professor Prasanth Nair and Kevin Course, PhD candidate.

New machine learning algorithm aims to improve predictive models of complex dynamical systems

The Decision Analytics for Computational Engineering research group led by Professor Prasanth B. Nair (UTIAS) is developing computational methods to drive scientific discoveries

Members of the aUToronto pose outside with their autonomous vehicle.

U of T Engineering’s aUToronto team creates a supportive environment to build a winning autonomous vehicle

The self-driving car team placed second overall in the 2023 AutoDrive Challenge II

Stefan Mladjenovic

Meet five U of T Engineering graduate students awarded 2023 Vanier Scholarships

Funding supports research in income pools, enhancing nanomaterials, matching performance, drug delivery and space debris

From left to right: Dumitru Diaconu and Alexandre Florio test a 3D-printed prototype of the hinges that will allow the solar wings of NASA’s StarBurst satellite mission to deploy and lock into position

In this UTIAS lab, graduate students design and build satellites for NASA and other clients

Graduate students at the Space Flight Laboratory, led by Professor Robert Zee (UTIAS), design innovative, cost-effective small satellites

Philipp Seiler stands next to a chalk board with a mathematical equation.

‘A good lecture should be an active discussion’: Meet Professor Philipp Seiler

Seiler (UTIAS) brings an expertise in ultra-lightweight structures and high-temperature materials for turbines and rocket engines