U of T ENGINEERING

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Latest News

See media coverage of ECE faculty, students and alumni »

A U of T Engineering team, led by ECE graduate students, designed a UV lamp fitted with distance sensors to more efficiently disinfect contaminated surfaces. It has recently been prototyped. (Image: Jonathan Qu)

Smart UV lamp could fight COVID-19 and other diseases

March 2, 2021

Past and present NSBE U of T presidents reflect on the legacies they’ve left behind and the impact the chapter has had in improving Black inclusion at U of T Engineering. (From top left, clockwise: Iyiope Jibodu, Akira Neckles, Alana Bailey, Dimpho Radebe, Mikhail Burke and Kelly-Marie Melville.)

Black History Month: Presidents reflect on the impact of National Society of Black Engineers at U of T

February 19, 2021

The Bank of Canada is formulating a contingency plan for a Central Bank Digital Currency — a “digital loonie.” A team of researchers from U of T and York University was one of three selected to submit a proposal on its implementation. (Photo composition created via Envato and Creative Commons (S. Rae))

Multidisciplinary team lays groundwork for a Central Bank-backed “digital loonie”

February 11, 2021

Along with fellow U of T alumnus and co-founder Ivan Yuen, Allen Lau built Wattpad into a global digital publishing and entertainment company that was recently purchased by South Korean internet giant Naver. (Photo courtesy of Wattpad)

‘A match made in heaven’: Allen Lau on Naver’s US$600-million acquisition of Wattpad

February 8, 2021

A bifacial perovskite/silicon tandem prototype being field-tested at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Saudi Arabia. The new technology is the result of a collaboration that includes U of T Engineering researchers. (Photo: Michele De Bastiani)

Two-sided solar cells can collect scattered light to gather more energy

January 11, 2021

Professors Natalie Enright Jerger and Andreas Moshovos have been named Fellows of the IEEE. (Photo of Enright Jerger by Neda Demiri, Moshovos by Tyler Irving)

Enright Jerger and Moshovos named IEEE Fellows

January 11, 2021

Using iPhone’s 3D camera, Xesto’s app can accurately measure your foot to within 1.5 mm. (Photo courtesy Xesto)

New startup Xesto collaborates with ECE to launch foot-sizing app

December 21, 2020

Part of the new DC microgrid, these commercial-scale solar arrays on the roof of the Galbraith Building deliver electric power to ECE’s Energy Systems Lab. (Photo: Afshin Poraria)

Fully operational DC microgrid boosts sustainability research in ECE

December 17, 2020

Professor Shoshanna Saxe (CivMin, left) and Ali Hooshyar (ECE, right) are among this year’s Canada Research Chairs.

Five U of T Engineering researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs

December 17, 2020

Amelie Wang (Year 2 ECE) is learning remotely from Shantou, China, in a time zone 12 hours ahead of Toronto's. (Photo: Amelie Wang)

Making the most of an unusual semester: How U of T Engineering students are adapting to remote learning

December 9, 2020

Professor Vaughn Betz (ECE). (Photo: Jess MacInnis)

Professor Vaughn Betz elected to the National Academy of Inventors

December 8, 2020

PhD candidate Geonhui Lee works on an electrolyzer in the lab of Professor Ted Sargent (ECE). She is the lead author on a new paper in Nature Energy that outlines an electrochemical method for converting captured carbon into useful products, from fuels to plastics. (Photo: Marit Mitchell)

How clean electricity can upgrade the value of captured carbon

December 7, 2020