To our U of T Engineering community: We’re continuing to make adjustments to our plans to find creative ways to keep the semester going as best we can. We’re also listening to your concerns and feedback, and we know that many of our students are faced with difficult decisions about […]
The wreckage of a small private plane rests among debris scattered inside the MarsDome at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). The staged crash site — complete with scripted witness accounts and a wreckage trail — is at the centre of a new graduate course on air-accident […]
Newly released data from a collaboration between U of T Engineering, the University of Waterloo and Scale AI will help train future self-driving cars to handle the challenges of winter driving. This week, Professors Steven Waslander (UTIAS) and Krzysztof Czarnecki (University of Waterloo) and their teams unveiled the Canadian Adverse […]
Kepler Communications has decided to manufacture its cubesat satellite constellation in-house. The company said Jan. 28 it will build its constellation of 140 cubesats in a 5,000-square-foot facility it commissioned late last year at its Toronto headquarters. Kepler CEO Mina Mitry said the company made that decision after an “exhaustive […]
Professor David Zingg speaks to the CBC’s The Current about the challenges of implementing new technologies and increasing efficiencies to reduce the impact of aviation on climate change. David Zingg on CBC’s The Current
Professor Angela Schoellig (UTIAS) has been named a Canada CIFAR AI Chair, a position that will expand her innovative research into self-navigating machines and catalyze future collaborations. Schoellig joins 34 newly appointed CIFAR AI chairs, including Professor Gennady Pekhimenko (Computer Science, ECE) and seven others from U of T, who will receive funding for their leading […]
More than 150 industry and community leaders, government partners and faculty members gathered on Nov. 13, 2019 at the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship for the UofT Engineering Partners’ Reception. The event celebrated the Faculty’s longstanding ties with over 400 industry partners across its six multidisciplinary innovation clusters. […]
Land Rover features UTIAS alumna Natalie Panek and UTIAS in a mini film for CNN’s Apollo 11 documentary. Follow the link to watch the inspiring video on YouTube. Content by Land Rover | Path Among the Stars (Video)
At Spring Convocation on June 19, 2019, 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 Skule™ Alumni, where they will continue […]
A unique collaboration between University of British Columbia (UBC) zoologists and U of T Engineering’s aviation expert Professor Philippe Lavoie (UTIAS) provides new insights into how gulls configure their wing shape — known as wing morphing — to stabilize their flight. The findings could be used to design more efficient […]