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Meet Professor Philip Asare, Dean’s Advisor on Black Initiatives

February 1, 2023

By Safa Jinje Professor Philip Asare (ISTEP, EngSci) has been appointed to the role of Dean’s Advisor on Black Initiatives at U of T Engineering.   Asare has hit the ground running since joining the Faculty in 2020. He is jointly appointed by the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP) and the […]

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EngSci alumni and students among 2023 EAN Awards recipients

December 19, 2022

  This year, twelve U of T alumni and students were honored with the 2023 Engineering Alumni Network Awards. Engineering Science is proud to announce that three of the EAN Awards recipients were from EngSci.  Jonathan P. How (EngSci 8T7) and Doug Sinclair (EngSci 9T7) received the Engineering Alumni Hall of Distinction Award, and Mackenzie […]

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‘Building community within the classroom’: Meet Professor Morgan Hooper

October 19, 2022

  By Jennifer Li Morgan Hooper recently joined the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) as an assistant professor, teaching stream, cross-appointed to the Division of Engineering Science (EngSci).  She is currently teaching engineering design in the EngSci Praxis III course. Hooper (EngSci 1T5 + PEY) graduated from U of T Engineering with […]

EngSci entrepreneurs advance to next stage at U of T Engineering’s Hatchery Demo Day 2022

September 26, 2022

  EngSci students were among successful competitors at the Entrepreneurship Hatchery’s recent Demo Day 2022.  The team of Aidan Dempster, Mustafa Khan (both Year 3 EngSci ) and Ankit Batra (University of Waterloo) were one of four selected to move on to the Hatchery’s Go-To-Market stage.  The event also launched the Hatchery’s new Build a […]

Grads to Watch 2022

June 15, 2022

  By Safa Jinje & Tyler Irving With the University of Toronto’s convocation ceremonies on June 16, 2022, U of T Engineering students mark the end of one journey and the beginning of another. Having enriched the U of T Engineering community as undergraduate and graduate students, they will join our vibrant, global network of […]

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Engineering Research Day showcases the role of engineers in addressing sustainability issues

June 2, 2022

  By Safa Jinje Students, alumni, faculty members and industry professionals recently came together to highlight the impact of innovative research and collaborations happening across the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering during the second annual Engineering Research Day. This year’s theme – Building a Sustainable Future – spotlighted the unique role of […]

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EngSci alumnus Alfred Aho elected to the National Academy of Sciences

May 17, 2022

By Brandon Wesseling Professor Alfred Aho (EngSci 6T3) was recently elected as a member to the distinguished National Academy of Sciences for his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Alfred V. Aho, the Lawrence Gussman Professor Emeritus of computer science at the Columbia University, is known for his broad and fundamental contributions in algorithm […]

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Praxis III co-instructor receives Faculty Teaching Assistant Award

April 28, 2022

  Xinyue Crystal Liu (MSE) is among fourteen staff and faculty members honoured for their leadership, citizenship, innovation and contributions to the Faculty’s teaching, service and research missions. Liu played a key role in developing EngSci’s new design course, Praxis III.  She also helped design assignments for individual home use when the course had to […]

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Compassion in action: Meet 2022 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award winner Khadija Rana

April 6, 2022

  By Natalia Noël Smith To Khadija Rana (Year 4 EngSci) being a difference maker is not heroic. “I want people to know that anyone can do it,” she says. “It’s about recognizing people as the whole beings that they are.” Rana is the 2022 recipient of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. Sanjay Malaviya, a […]

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Meet our alumni: Adam Rosenfield (1T5) helps remake our cities to save our planet

March 15, 2022

Adam Rosenfield (EngSci 1T5) likes to look at the big picture, and that’s what led him to earn degrees in both engineering and urban planning. Today, as a senior policy advisor in Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation, he draws on his expertise in both fields to tackle the province’s number 1 emitting sector—transportation. And the big […]