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Top U of T undergraduate Ben Agro is taking his passion for research into a direct-entry PhD

The Engineering Science student is the 2023 recipient of the John Black Aird Scholarship, awarded annually to U of T’s top undergraduate student

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UTIAS’s Space Flight Laboratory celebrates 25 years of successful missions and satellite projects

Led by Professor Robert Zee (UTIAS), the laboratory has launched 69 distinct satellites for a range of partners and sponsors

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How mentorship is inspiring the next generation of Black engineering researchers

The Engineering Graduate Connections initiative promotes graduate research opportunities for underrepresented students

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Improved visual perception method could help robots navigate crowded spaces

U of T Engineering researchers have developed a novel network structure that joins depth perception and egomotion estimation to improve the accuracy of both

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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