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Professor Tim Barfoot (UTIAS), seen here at the launch of the Robotics Institute, held in May 2019, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE). (Photo: Liz Do)

Professor Tim Barfoot elected an IEEE Fellow

Honour recognizes outstanding record of accomplishments in visual navigation of mobile robots for a variety of applications

Professor Jennifer Farmer (ChemE) is using a combination of “kitchen labs,” simulated lab platforms and data analysis reports in her Applied Chemistry course. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Farmer)

Three cool virtual labs: How U of T Engineering instructors are getting creative with remote active learning

Without access to on-campus lab equipment, software or space, instructors are finding new ways to give students hands-on experiences

A precision flight-control test in wind with a hexacopter drone from Professor Steven Waslander‘s (UTIAS)  lab. Waslander will use the funding to acquire the latest in motion-capture technology in order to develop next-generation drones. (Photo courtesy of Steven Waslander)

Five U of T Engineering projects receive funding boost for state-of-the-art research tools

Motion-capture equipment to explore and develop robust autonomous drones is among five infrastructure projects receiving funding support

A new model, created by Professor Swetaprovo Chaudhuri (UTIAS) and his international collaborators, uses fundamental physics to predict the behaviour of the microscopic droplets that spread the COVID-19 virus. (Photo: Fusion Medical Animation via Unsplash)

Understanding the spread of COVID-19 through physics-based modeling

An international collaboration led by U of T Engineering professor Swetaprovo Chaudhuri leverages fundamental physics to model the aerosol droplets that spread the COVID-19 virus.

Severo is among 11 U of T Engineering recipients of the Vector Institute Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Severo)

Eleven U of T Engineering grad students receive Vector Institute Scholarships in AI

Students pursuing research in artificial intelligence will get access to networking opportunities and professional development workshops at the institute

Left to right: Professors P.A. Sullivan, R.C. Tennyson, I.I. Glass, J.B. French, and B. Etkin (not shown: Prof. Peter Hughes) in 1970. (Photo courtesy UTIAS)

Solving Houston’s problem: How U of T Engineering’s Institute for Aerospace Studies helped Apollo 13 land safely

Professors from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies determined how to safely separate the mission’s modules on re-entry

Autonomous vehicles like this one use a combination of video cameras and lidar to detect nearby objects. A new dataset will enable engineers to test and refine new algorithms that can overcome the perception challenges posed by snowy weather. (Image courtesy Steven Waslander)

Can self-driving cars handle a Canadian winter? We’re about to find out

New dataset released by researchers from U of T Engineering and the University of Waterloo enables autonomous vehicle designers to test advances in perception under winter driving conditions

Professor Angela Schoellig (left, UTIAS), an autonomous robotics expert, is among 34 newly appointed CIFAR AI chairs. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Autonomous robotics expert among CIFAR’s newest research chairs in Artificial Intelligence

Appointment to boost Professor Angela Schoellig’s research in enhancing the capabilities of robots within human-centric environments

From left to right, Professor Jun Nogami (MSE), Jack Yu (Year 3 MSE), Trefor Evans (EngSci 1T4, UTIAS PhD Candidate), Calvin Moes (EngSci 1T3 + PEY, MSE PhD candidate), Evan Bennewies (EngSci 1T8 + PEY), and Luke Patterson (MechE 1T9 + PEY) (Photo: D. Guthrie)

Human Powered Vehicle Design Team sets world record at international speed-bike competition

Students achieved the record at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge while using only 900 watts of output from two riders