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Student startups ready to hatch

June 7, 2016

EngSci students are behind two exciting startups that were incubated in the U of T Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Hatchery. PheedLoop is a new user-friendly platform that allows presenters to get live, […]

EngSci’s Praxis Showcase in the Toronto Star

April 18, 2016

Each year, EngSci’s innovative Praxis design course challenges first-year students to do one thing: improve daily life in Toronto’s diverse neighbourhoods and communities. Students fan out across the city to […]

Magic Flying Machines

April 12, 2016

Professor Raffaello D’Andrea (EngSci 9T1) has a knack for making beautiful technology. At the recent 2016 I.I. Glass Lecture at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), he […]

Jonathan Sun: Engineer, architect, social media sensation

April 4, 2016

  City builder? Cultural commentator? Hip-hop aficionado? It’s impossible to label Jonathan Sun (EngSci 1T1 + PEY). He’s trained as an engineer, interdisciplinary architect, visual artist, writer, performer and comedian. […]

Jim Courtney: stepping up at the Pan Am Games

April 1, 2016

April 1, 2016 When alumnus Jim Courtney (EngSci 6T6) filled out the application to volunteer at the 2015 Toronto Pan Am & Parapan Am Games, it was the first step […]

Improve the Accuracy and Speed of Stem Cell Production

February 3, 2016

PhD candidate Nika Shakiba (EngSci 1T0) has been named a recipient of a 2016 Jennifer Dorrington Graduate Research Award. Issued by the University of Toronto Donnelly Centre for Cellular and […]

Messaging company Kik acquires Blynk, a company co-founded by EngSci alumnus

January 13, 2016

Blynk was co-founded in 2013 by EngSci alumnus Shums Kassam and Jaclyn Ling while still undergraduates, and began as a fashion endeavour. The company has recently been acquired by Kik […]