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With the University’s Convocation ceremony on June 16, 2022 U of T Engineering students mark the end of one journey and the beginning of another. Having enriched the U of T Engineering community as undergraduate and graduate students, they will…

Dr. Craig Simmons’ distinguished contribution to engineering has earned him a place as a fellow in the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Dr. Craig Simmons is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the Distinguished Professor in Mechanobiology at the University of Toronto…

A multidisciplinary team of researchers, led by Alumni Distinguished Professor Cristina Amon (MIE), has been awarded an NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grant to accelerate training and research into extending electric vehicle (EV) performance and lifetime of battery systems by improving…

Cristina Amon (MIE), Dean Emerita of U of T Engineering, has been appointed to the rank of University Professor. This is the University of Toronto’s highest and most distinguished academic rank, recognizing unusual scholarly achievement and preeminence in a particular field of…

Early April marked the end of a yearlong project for fourth year MIE students as they presented their final capstone projects to their industry clients. In the MIE490/491 courses student teams are matched with a client and assigned an engineering…

The U of T Supermileage Team (UTSM) raced custom-designed vehicle at 2022 Shell Eco Marathon in Indianapolis In April, the University of Toronto Supermileage Team (UTSM), led by Tyler Barry (MechE 2T1+PEY), travelled to Indianapolis for the three-day Shell Eco-marathon…

Fourteen U of T Engineering faculty members and staff have been honoured for their outstanding contributions to the Faculty with teaching, research and administrative staff awards. These awards recognize exceptional faculty and staff members for their leadership, citizenship, innovation and…

A team from U of T Engineering has placed among the Top 60 in the Milestone Round of the global XPRIZE Carbon Removal. “It feels amazing,” says Celine Xiao (MIE PhD candidate), one of the members of Team E-quester. “We didn’t know what…

Every Friday, four students from the University of Toronto hop on a Zoom call with students in Nigeria to share updates on their joint mission: building a low-cost biogas generator for remote communities in Africa’s most populous country. The meetings…

Professor Kevin Golovin (MIE) analyzed 12 different face masks to investigate connections between discomfort and protection. Wearing a face mask, when combined with other protective measures, has been shown to help slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.…