Alumni News

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Meet our alumni: Nathalin Moy (EngSci 1T6+1), energy policy analyst

February 1, 2021

  Technology does not exist in a void. To have a meaningful impact on society, its creators must consider social, cultural, and ethical impacts. New technological developments must also work […]