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‘Building community within the classroom’: Meet Professor Morgan Hooper

Hooper (UTIAS, EngSci) will teach the Praxis III course in the Division of Engineering Science

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U of T Engineering student team wins national competition with Canada’s first-ever experimental hybrid rocket launch

The University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT) Rocketry Division took first place at the inaugural Launch Canada competition with their experimental hybrid rocket Defiance

The UTWind team, seen here next to their winning prototype turbine at the Open Jet Facility wind tunnel at Delft University of Technology, placed first overall in the International Small Wind Turbine Contest (ISWTC). (Photo: Niels Adema, Hanze University of Applied Sciences)

UTWind places first at the International Small Wind Turbine Contest

Student-designed prototype wind turbine is designed to provide power for rural regions in Sub-Saharan Africa

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U of T Engineering professors and alumni elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering

The eight members of the U of T Engineering community are among 47 new Canadian Academy of Engineering fellows

The aUToronto team won the first phase of the AutoDrive Challenge™ II, which took place June 6-10 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Back row, left to right: Prof. Steven Waslander (UTIAS), Sean Wu, Brian Chen, Kevin Ding, Jiachen (Jason) Zhou, Yvonne Yang, Mustafa Khan, Jenny Xu, Brian Cheong and Milad Alekajbaf (mentor from GM). Front row: Frank (Chude) Qian. (Photo: aUToronto)

Another top prize for aUToronto in the first competition of the AutoDrive Challenge™ II

Self-driving vehicle team bested nine other institutions from across North America

Dr. Hugues Thomas (UTIAS) and his collaborators created a new method for robot navigation based on self-supervised deep learning (Photo: Safa Jinje)

UTIAS researchers design socially aware robots to move safely around people

Collaboration between Professor Tim Barfoot (UTIAS) and Apple Machine Learning applies new approach for navigating spaces with moveable obstacles

Professor Emeritus Roderick Tennyson (UTIAS) and alumnae Pirathayini Srikantha (ECE PhD 1T7) and Jeanette Southwood (ChemE 8T6, MASc 8T8) were recognized for their contributions to the engineering profession and to society. (Photos: submitted)

Engineering Professor Emeritus and alumnae receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

Roderick Tennyson (UTIAS), Pirathayini Srikantha (ECE PhD 1T7) and Jeanette Southwood (ChemE 8T6, MASc 8T8) honoured with the Management Medal, Engineering Medal and Citizenship Award, respectively

Nightingale.ai, an AI-enabled platform that enables physiotherapists and their patients to connect remotely, is one of five winners of Hatchery Demo Day 2021. (Photo courtesy: Nightingale.ai)

Five startups to watch from U of T Engineering’s virtual Hatchery Demo Day 2021

Companies aim to bring technological improvements to urban planning, physiotherapy and many other fields

In the Rock Fracture Dynamics Facility (CivMin), rock samples are subjected to the stress, fluid pressure and temperature conditions they would experience in nature. The research is one of nine projects boosted by new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. (Photo courtesy Sebastian Goodfellow)

Rock music: Listening for induced earthquakes among nine U of T Engineering projects funded through CFI

CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund will support research into seismicity, water treatment, bioengineering and more