Having enriched the U of T Engineering community as undergraduate and graduate students, they will join our vibrant, global network of Skule™ alumni, where they will continue to address pressing challenges around the world and inspire the next generation. This year’s 15 Grads to Watch — selected by their home […]
Philipp Seiler recently joined the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) as an assistant professor. He brings an expertise in ultra-lightweight structures and high-temperature materials for turbines and rocket engines. After studying mechatronics at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Seiler pursued a PhD and developed thermal barrier coating systems […]
One cross-disciplinary lab in the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship is proving to be an exciting place to run applications for real-world problems. Applications of such research can help inspect infrastructure or crop health, track moving objects for security, and deliver lightweight packages. The focus for Professor Steven […]
A team of researchers at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) is celebrating 25 years of designing advanced micro- and nanosatellites for a broad range of missions — from scientific to commercial and government applications. “Our laboratory engages in experimental technology research tied to real space missions,” […]
The importance of investment in green technologies is widely recognized, as is the importance of reducing the impact of civil aviation on climate change, but recently these two ideas have not been connected in Canada. The federally supported Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN), which was funded from 2009-2021, has not yet […]
On Saturday, April 1, more than 1,300 members of the U of T Engineering community gathered at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in downtown Toronto to celebrate the Faculty’s 150th anniversary — and officially kick off its new Defy Gravity fundraising campaign. The evening featured a keynote address from Canadian astronaut […]
What’s Your Story? is a video series that helps you get to know U of T Engineering professors beyond the classroom. In these short interviews, they share what inspired them to pursue engineering, what keeps them up at night and a few things you may not expect – from superpowers and science fiction to childhood memories and what brings them joy. Get to […]
by Gabriele D’Eleuterio, Professor, UTIAS It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Emeritus Peter Carlisle Hughes, preeminent dynamicist, aerospace engineer and space robotics pioneer. Hughes died on January 5. He was 82. Hughes was a graduate of Engineering Physics (now Engineering Science), class of 6T2. […]
In honour of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies’ (UTIAS) founder and director, Professor Gordon Patterson, the annual G. N. Patterson Lecture was established. On this occasion, the G. N. Patterson Award is presented to a recently completed doctoral student in recognition of outstanding academic achievement in the […]
Professor Emeritus James DeLaurier from UTIAS was inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF). DeLaurier has been a leader of development for aeronautics and aviation in Canada for more than four decades. After earning a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, he showed his invaluable contributions by […]