Since its inception in 1934, Engineering Science courses have been delivered by instructors with diverse expertise in engineering- and science-related subjects from across U of T Engineering and the university.
“We are truly grateful for the efforts of our faculty and teaching assistants to continually build on pedagogical best practices and deliver the best possible educational experience for our students,” says Professor Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE), director of the Division of Engineering Science. “In turn, our instructors value teaching such an exceptionally curious and engaged student body who keep them on their toes.”
Each year the Division presents the EngSci Teaching Awards to outstanding instructors and teaching assistants. Awards are given to teaching staff in the program’s core courses, with one each for the two Foundation Years and four for the upper years, in recognition of the diverse course offerings in EngSci’s majors.
Recipients are selected by students at the end of the academic year and the awards are presented at the final Division Meeting of the year.
Many students commented on the characteristics shared by all recipients: an infectious passion for and deep knowledge of the subject matter, kindness and patience, and a willingness to use different or new approaches to ensure all students grasped concepts well.
“This year I was especially touched that students selected the late Professor Peter Stangeby, who unexpectedly passed away in October,” says Enright Jerger. “The many wonderful comments we received from students highlight the special rapport he had with our first-year classes and what a big impact he made on them.”
2026 EngSci Teaching Awards – Instructors
Murdock Aubry (CompSci), MAT292 Ordinary Differential Equations
Omar Khan (BME), BME352 Biomaterials and Biocompatibility
Yuri Lawryshyn (ChemE), CHE374 Economic Analysis and Decision Making and CHE375 Engineering Finance and Economics
Prasanth Nair (UTIAS), AER501 Computational Structural Mechanics and Design Optimization
Costas Sarris (ECE), ECE357 Electromagnetic Fields
Peter Stangeby (UTIAS), ESC194 Calculus I (posthumous)
2026 EngSci Teaching Awards – Teaching Assistants
Nour Barsoum (Year 4 EngSci), ESC204 Praxis III
Jesse Peter Macht (PhD student ECE), ECE356 Introduction to Control Theory
Sacha Léon Terrance Potvin (PhD student UTIAS), AER406 Aircraft Design
Youssef Rachad (Year 4 EngSci), ESC180 Introduction to Computer Programming and ESC190 Computer Algorithms and Data Structures
Sean Wolfe (PhD Student UTIAS), AER372 Control Systems
Ryan Zazo (PhD student MechE), ESC204 Praxis III
