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Lineup of 2017 EAN Award winners

Remarkable U of T Engineering alumni honoured

Ten exemplary members of U of T Engineering’s alumni community were recognized on Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Engineering Alumni Network (EAN) Awards.

Professors Arun Ramchandran (ChemE) and Adam Steinberg (UTIAS) are U of T Engineering’s two newest Canada Research Chairs (Photo: Jen Hsu/Tyler Irving)

U of T Engineering receives two Canada Research Chairs

Funding will support research into aerospace, microfluidics

Members of U of T Engineering's AutoDrive team adjust the mounts for autonomous sensors on a donated Chevrolet Bolt. The team has until April to turn the electric vehicle into a self-driving vehicle. (Photo: Alex Lee)

AutoDrive: Student team gears up on self-driving electric vehicle challenge

Chevrolet Bolt to be made autonomous by U of T Engineering team

NSERC announcement at U of T

U of T Engineering researchers receive $12.8 million in NSERC research funding

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland visited the University of Toronto yesterday to announce $52.6 million in support to U of T researchers from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The announcement included more than $12.8 million to support the work of 100 graduate students and faculty members at U of […]

Angela Schoellig

Professor Angela Schoellig named to MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35

U of T Engineering professor recognized in Pioneers category for research on control theory and machine learning applied to drones, autonomous vehicles and other robots

This picture shows NORsat-2 in space deploying its antenna. (Credit: Space Norway AS).

U of T Engineering-designed microsatellite with novel deployable antenna launched into orbit

Expandable antenna connected to one of two microsatellite, a type of miniaturized satellite, launched by Norwegian Space Centre from Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Clockwise from left, Marian Daniel (Year 2 ECE), Patrick Howell (ECE 1T7), Professor Jonathan Kelly (UTIAS) and Maya Burhakpurkar are just a few members of the research team who have developed a low-cost system that enables electric wheelchairs to become partly or fully autonomous.

Wheelchairs get robotic retrofit to become self-driving

Low-cost technology developed by multidisciplinary U of T Engineering research team could assist people with limited mobility due to multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s or other conditions

Julie Payette

Julie Payette, astronaut and U of T Engineering alumna, named next Governor General

Payette, who is also an accomplished athlete, pianist and singer, will succeed David Johnston as Queen’s representative

Professor Anglea Schoellig with graduate students Karime Pereida Pérez and Thomas Bamford. Schoellig is co-chairing the first international symposium of the Centre for Aerial Robotics Research and Education (CARRE). (Photo: Neil Ta)

Drone researchers and industry experts talk autonomous flight at international symposium

Students to learn about self-navigating aerial vehicles through talks, panel discussions and demonstrations at U of T Engineering conference