Alumni News

Professor Tim Barfoot

Chair of EngSci’s robotics engineering major elected as IEEE Fellow

December 1, 2020

EngSci alumnus Professor Tim Barfoot (UTIAS) has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Robotics and Automation Society. Professor Barfoot serves as chair of […]

Yuri Sagalov and Victor Xin

Five EngSci alumni receive U of T’s highest award for volunteer contributions

November 25, 2020

  Five EngSci and EngPhys alumni are among this year’s recipients of the University of Toronto’s Arbor Awards.  This award is the highest honour granted by the University and is […]

Varsity Blues Top Scholar Athlete

Nine EngSci student-athletes earn academic honours in 2019-20

November 19, 2020

Congratulations to the EngSci student-athletes who will receive University of Toronto Varsity Blues pins for achieving an average of 80% or higher during the 2019-20 season.  They are: Cameron Haigh […]

2020 EAN award winners

Eleven alumni and students honoured with 2020 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

November 6, 2020

  By Engineering Strategic Communications Eleven outstanding members of the U of T Engineering community were recognized Nov. 5 at the 2020 Engineering Alumni Network (EAN) Awards.  Watch the virtual […]

Anna Deza

EngSci thesis project selected as 2020 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize Finalist

November 4, 2020

  Congratulations to recent graduate Anna Deza (EngSci 2T0)!  Her fourth year thesis work has been selected as one of 10 finalists for the 2020 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize.  […]

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Collective Impact: The gift that saved F!rosh Week

October 27, 2020

  This story is featured in the new issue of Collective Impact, sent digitally to all U of T Engineering alumni. Gary Saarenvirta (EngSci 8T8) couldn’t imagine missing out on […]

EngSci alumnus helps teachers gauge student understanding in virtual classrooms

October 8, 2020

Around the world, hundreds of thousands of kids are attending virtual classrooms for the first time. The move to online learning has come with its own challenges, for students and […]

Will Cluett

EngSci’s Director receives OCUFA Teaching Award

October 6, 2020

By Carolyn Farrell Professor William Cluett (ChemE) has been recognized by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) with a 2020 OCUFA Teaching Award. This award recognizes university faculty […]

smart UV lamp

Student research: smart UV lamp to fight COVID-19

October 6, 2020

  Bipasha Goyal (Year 3 EngSci) is working on a new tool to help defend against COVID-19.  The smart UV lamp she is designing under the supervision of Professor Joyce […]

Three-peat victory: U of T Engineering team wins AutoDrive Challenge, Year Three

October 5, 2020

  By Tyler Irving aUToronto has placed first in an intercollegiate challenge to transform an electric car into a self-driving one — their third consecutive win. “All of us take pride […]