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Cutline: Janis Chodas, the director for engineering and science at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratories, stands beside a one-third scale model of the Juno spacecraft (photo courtesy of JPL).

From U of T to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab: Engineering alumna Janis Chodas receives an honorary degree

Chodas is the director for engineering and science at NASA JPL, where she leads around 4,000 engineers, scientists and technologists who carry out planetary exploration missions

Professor Peter Grant (UTIAS) practices responding to an aerodynamic stall in a flight simulator at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. (Credit: Marit Mitchell).

Modelling mayday: New research from U of T Engineering helps pilots train for aerodynamic stall

Professor Peter Grant designs new methodology for developing models for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to improve accuracy of emergency simulations

Professor Steven Waslander (UTIAS) joined the University of Toronto on May 1, 2018. He is a leading expert in control systems for aerial and terrestrial robotics. (Courtesy: Steven Waslander)

Robotics by land and air: A Q&A with Steven Waslander

Internationally renowned expert in robotics and AI joins the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies

Zeus, the aUToronto team’s self-driving car, pulls up to the startline at the inaugural competition of the three-year AutoDrive Challenge™ in Yuma, Ariz. (Courtesy: SAE International)

aUToronto team wins first AutoDrive Challenge

Three-year international competition challenged eight universities to turn an electric vehicle self-driving by 2020

Cressy Award winners 2018

U of T Engineering celebrates student leadership at 2018 Cressy Awards

Undergraduate and graduate engineering students were recognized for their exceptional contributions to the Engineering and University communities with 2018 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards

Askar Kazbekov profile shot

Out of this world: Student’s SpaceX internship involved working on Falcon Heavy’s engines

UTIAS graduate student Askar Kazbekov spent nearly a year-and-half working for Elon Musk’s Hawthorne, Calif.-based SpaceX during two separate internships.

Professor Mireille Broucke (ECE) uses flying robots like these drones as a testbed to develop control algorithms capable of handling dynamic, real-world situations. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Steering through uncertainty: U of T Engineering research creates control algorithms for self-driving robots

Mireille Broucke and her colleagues in the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics design theoretical frameworks to help drones and autonomous vehicles navigate in changing conditions

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U of T Engineering Holiday Gift Guide 2017

Looking for holiday gift ideas? Here are 12 U of T Engineering-approved options for everyone on your list.

From left: UTEV’s Professor Peter Lehn, Dr. Theo Soong, and Professor Olivier Trescases (all ECE) at the Electric Mobility Canada Show with Havelaar’s electric pick-up truck, the Bison. (Credit: Sonja Persram).

Electric vehicle partnership earns $9-million investment

University of Toronto Electric Vehicle Research Centre (UTEV) receives major grants to advance R&D of sustainable transportation