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Zachary Jager LaPointe and Joshua Aikohi Pius

ECE students recognized with leadership award

March 1, 2022

A soft robot

From soft robotics to treating neurological disorders: Sejdić’s project among three from U of T Engineering supported by CFI

February 23, 2022

Professor Nicolas Papernot

Sloan Fellowship powers professor’s research into trustworthy AI

February 15, 2022

Dr. Xue Wang

Bridging the propylene gap: Electrocatalyst offers new path for converting captured carbon into valuable products

February 10, 2022

Professors Tony Chan Carusone and Joyce Poon

ECE Professors Tony Chan Carusone and Joyce Poon named IEEE Fellows

January 6, 2022

Left to right: Professors Aimy Bazylak (MIE), Vaughn Betz (ECE) and Frank Vecchio (CivMin) have been elected 2022 Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada.

Three professors elected Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada

December 16, 2021

The Engage AI app, a fourth-year undergraduate Capstone project, captures facial analytics during a virtual lecture to determine the percentage of active students (those looking at the screen) along with those who are ‘happy’ or ‘drowsy,’ as displayed in the app’s dashboard. Team members include Janpreet Singh Chandhok, Manik Chaudhery and Jeremy Stairs (all CompE 2T0 +PEY) and Raman Mangla (CompE 2T1). (Image courtesy: Engage AI team)

Award-winning app helps profs make online lectures more engaging

November 16, 2021

Left to right: Shijie Liu (MIE MASc candidate), Yi (Sheldon) Xu (MIE postdoctoral fellow) and Celine Xiao (MIE PhD candidate) work on an electrochemical cell in their lab. The students are members of Team E-quester, which has earned a $250,000 XPRIZE Carbon Removal Student Award. (Photo: Yong Zhao)

U of T Engineering team earns US $250,000 in global XPRIZE Carbon Removal Student Award

November 11, 2021

The 2021 Engineering Alumni Network Awards winners were honoured for their contributions in a range of fields, from aerospace to sports medicine. Winners include ECE alumni Rami Rahim (ElecE 9T4), Ron Taylor (ElecE 6T1), Vivienne Sze (ElecE 0T3 + PEY), Paul Malozewski (ElecE 8T3) and Dana Kokoska (ElecE 2T0 + PEY).

ECE alumni among those honoured with 2021 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

November 8, 2021

Stephanie Obeta (Year 4 ChemE) is one of two inaugural recipients of the CGI Scholarship for the Advancement of Black Women in Engineering. (Photo courtesy: Stephanie Obeta)

New scholarships support underrepresented groups in Engineering

October 28, 2021

ECE Professor Willy Wong has discovered a mathematical relationship in the sensory adaption response curve that is true for all sensory modalities and all organisms. The equation (top-right) is SS = √PR x SR. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

A universal law of physiology emerges from ECE professor’s research

October 25, 2021

Professor Micah Stickel (ECE) has served as Vice-Dean, First Year for U of T Engineering and Acting Vice-Provost, Students and Vice-Provostial Advisor on Students. (Photo: Laura Pedersen)

Professor Micah Stickel receives an OCUFA Teaching Award

October 22, 2021