University of Toronto Engineering

10/09/2026

👋 Meet Professor Ethan Ritz (CivMin), one of the newest members of our faculty. This year, he'll be teaching CIV100: Mechanics and MIE404: Control Systems.

Ritz uses atomic-scale computer simulations to understand how materials behave, from alternative cements to superconductors. His research interests, in his own words:

💎 “If crystal symmetry is being created or broken, I’m interested!”

In a new Q&A, Ritz shares why he hopes to teach a wide range of courses, what he learned teaching college classes in prisons and his advice for new students (from someone who once tried to fill his schedule to the last minute).

🔗 Read the Q&A: https://uofteng.ca/ykuhnv

10/08/2026

📬 The October issue of Skulematters is out now!

This edition features five alumni award winners, a commercialization prize for a startup turning data-centre waste heat into power and nanoparticles that spot trace chemicals.

Plus: Season 7 of our podcast begins, two new professors, a night at the ballpark and more from across the U of T Engineering community.

🔗 Read the issue: https://lnkd.in/eD-rPRFh

✅ Subscribe for future editions: uofteng.ca/subscribe

10/08/2026

🔔 Reminder: There are many mental health supports available at U of T and in the community.

To explore student services and supports, and to find the right resources for you, please visit:
🔗 uofteng.ca/wellness

If you are in distress or concerned about someone’s mental wellness and safety, 24/7 counselling services and other resources can be found at:
🔗 uofteng.ca/immediate-support

10/08/2026

"This is a very proud moment for our global alumni community and for the entire university.” 👏👏👏

Anne Carson, who honed her mastery of the classics at the University of Toronto before giving them new life in the modern age, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

10/06/2026

"I could not have met my co-founders and made the choice to start a company anywhere else," says U of T Engineering alumna Maeesha Biswas (IndE 2T2 + PEY), co-founder and COO of Chatforce.

Biswas met her co-founders at U of T Engineering while working on a fourth-year capstone project. Today, they're building an AI-powered game creation platform that lets people create, publish and monetize their own video games — and Chatforce has already raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding.

A BMO National Scholar, Biswas credits the people she met at U of T Engineering and the opportunities the scholarship made possible with helping launch the company.

🔗 Read the full story: https://uofteng.ca/9llw8j

10/06/2026

The Cannon’s first issue of the 2T6–2T7 year is here! 🌙🏙️

The U of T Engineering Society’s arts & culture platform The Cannon is back with After Hours, an issue asking: who are we outside of engineering?

What happens after lectures end, assignments are submitted, and the sun goes down? After Hours explores the lives, interests and ideas of engineering students beyond the classroom — from time travel and our strange relationship with time to poetry, photography, fiction, student life and more.

📖 Read After Hours at cannon.skule.ca

🍕 After Hours Release Party
📅 Friday, Oct. 9 @ 7 PM | 📍 GB202
Free pizza, arts & crafts, music & more! Everyone is welcome.

✨ The Spellbound Creative Competition is also open! U of T Engineering students can submit photography, poetry or short fiction for prizes and a chance to be published in the next issue.

⏰ Deadline: Oct. 18 @ 11:59 PM
🔗 RSVP + Creative Competition submissions through The Cannon’s link in bio

🎨 After Hours cover by Linden

CreativeWriting

10/05/2026

👋 Meet Professor Oliver Boodram (UTIAS), one of the newest members of our faculty.

Boodram’s research focuses on developing methods to understand and predict spacecraft motion — particularly in the region of space near Earth and the Moon, which is becoming increasingly populated with space-based infrastructure such as satellites.

In a new Q&A, Boodram shares how Neil deGrasse Tyson’s books and shows inspired his interest in space, what drew him to UTIAS, and what a great learning experience looks like to him.

💬 “It’s about meeting the audience where they are and taking them somewhere new.”

🔗 Read the Q&A: uofteng.ca/a04si2

10/05/2026

🌎 Looking to add a global experience to your engineering degree?

Global Experiences Week runs October 13 – 15, with sessions on global courses, certificate and minor programs, study and research abroad opportunities and work experiences abroad.

💼 Tuesday, October 13 | 6 – 7:30 p.m. | GB202
International PEY Co-op Work Terms: A Student Panel Discussion

🗺️ Wednesday, October 14 | 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Bahen Atrium
Engineering Global Experience Expo

✈️ Thursday, October 15 | 6 – 7:30 p.m. | GB202
Let’s Talk Course Exchange: Information Session

🥤Refreshments provided at the Tuesday and Thursday sessions.

🔗 See the full schedule and register: uofteng.ca/GEW2026

10/02/2026

👏 Round of applause for the recipients of the 2026 Engineering Alumni Network Impact Awards!

🌟 Distinguished Alumni Award: Praveen Jain (ECE MASc 8T4, PhD 8T7)

🌟 Industry Award: Tony Pialis (ElecE 0T0, MEng 0T2)

🌟 Research & Innovation Award: Magdalena Krol (CivE PhD 1T1)

🌟 Citizenship Award: Isi Caulder (EngSci 8T9, ECE MASc 9T1, JD 9T5)

🌟 Rising Star Award: Serena Mandla, P.Eng, MASc. (EngSci 1T7, BME MASc 1T9)

On October 1, U of T Engineering honoured these five exceptional alumni with an evening reception at Hart House. Their work spans biotech, semiconductors, power electronics, environmental engineering and IP law, with a shared commitment to using engineering to improve society.

🔗 Read more about each recipient: https://uofteng.ca/06y83e

10/01/2026

Oscar Low and Mani Majd, both in their third year of Engineering Science (EngSci), spent nearly four months in Germany this summer conducting robotics research at the Technical University of Munich — as part of the Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program (ESROP), with support from the new Michael Chai ESROP Award.

Each year, EngSci sends more than 30 students in Years 1, 2 and 3 abroad to conduct summer research at partner institutions across Asia, Europe and North America.

"The research opportunities provided through ESROP — both internationally and locally — are highlights of the EngSci program and extremely valuable to our students," says Professor Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE), Director of EngSci.

For Low and Majd, the opportunity was an exciting chance to level up their skills in robotics, while also knocking a few cool destinations off their bucket lists. ✈️

🔗 Read more: https://uofteng.ca/ido62e