Alumni News

AutoDrive Challenge™: U of T Engineering places first for the fourth straight year

June 15, 2021

  By Tyler Irving Last night, the aUToronto team — U of T Engineering’s entry into the AutoDrive Challenge™ — placed first in a virtual competition to demonstrate the capabilities […]

MOLLI Surgical's Ananth Ravi (left) and Fazila Seker (right)

EngSci alumnus helps launch tool for breast cancer surgery

May 26, 2021

  University of Toronto researcher Ananth Ravi (EngSci 0T4) and U of T alumna Fazila Seker founded MOLLI, a company that has developed magnet-based technology that helps surgeons locate breast […]

Kramay Patel

EngSci alumnus recognized with U of T Excellence Award

April 23, 2021

  Kramay Patel (EngSci 1T6, BME MD/PhD candidate) has been named a U of T Alumni Association (UTAA) Graduate Scholar as part of the 2021 U of T Excellence Awards. […]

U of T Engineering to compete in SAE AutoDrive Challenge™ II

April 13, 2021

  By Tyler Irving For the last three years, U of T Engineering has been leading the pack in the Autodrive Challenge, an intercollegiate competition to create a self-driving electric […]

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Company founded by EngSci alumni receives $3.8 million for nanosatellites

April 7, 2021

  Kepler Communications, a satellite communications startup founded by EngSci and UTIAS alumni, has received $3.8 million of federal funding to create a nanosatellite manufacturing facility, according to the Toronto […]

Turning Prize winner Alfred Aho

‘Nobel Prize of Computing:’ U of T Engineering alumnus Alfred Aho receives A.M. Turing Award

March 31, 2021

  By Liz Do U of T Engineering alumnus Alfred Aho (EngPhys 6T3), alongside collaborator Jeffrey Ullman, has received the 2020 A.M. Turing Award — widely considered the Nobel Prize […]

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U of T Entrepreneurship Week: EngSci-led startups to watch

March 11, 2021

  The University of Toronto’s three campuses are home to nearly a dozen startup incubators and accelerators.  Many EngSci students and alumni have launched successful ventures through incubators like the […]

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U of T Engineering places among global top 20 in QS World University Rankings 2021

March 8, 2021

  By Engineering Strategic Communications U of T Engineering remains Canada’s top-ranked engineering school and is now in the global top 20, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject […]

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Student research: helping to fight COVID-19 and other diseases

March 2, 2021

  How can we safely and quickly disinfect surfaces with minimal cost?  This is a question that everyone from public transit operators to grocery store managers have had to ask […]

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Black History Month: Presidents reflect on the impact of National Society of Black Engineers at U of T

February 22, 2021

Kelly-Marie Melville (ChemE 1T2 + PEY) was in her dorm room, just two weeks into her studies at U of T Engineering, when a fellow student Korede Owolabi (CompE 1T5 […]