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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's award-winning Engineering ScienceÌýQuest program had humble beginnings. ÌýStartedÌýas a fourth-year project by a science student and an engineering student in 1990, it wasÌýlaunched as a camp the following summer for kids in Grades 5 and 6.

ESQ now offers multiple summer camps on the main À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ campus for boys and girls entering Grades 1 to 9. It also offers March break, Winter break, after school and weekend programs, as well as various in-school and community initiatives. Satellite programming is provided in various rural and aboriginal locations throughout Ontario.

Two management engineering teams won the top two awards in the undergraduate category at this year'sÌýCanadian Operations Research Society (CORS) 2015 Student Paper CompetitionÌýheld in Montreal.Ìý A third team placed in the competition's top five.ÌýAll the students' papers were also their 2015 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering Capstone Design projects.

First year À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ School of Architecture students takeÌýhome the three top prizes in the 2015 Annual Steel Structures Education Foundation Student Design Competition:
- Award of Excellence to Justin Ng and Tristan Sito
- Award of Merit to Christy Cheng and Shaina Coulter
- Award of Merit to Jane Hung, Winona Li and Sean Quach
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A À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ EngineeringÌýTeam Ìýwon the 2015 Electric Mobility Canada Student Competition, an event co-sponsored by AddÉnergie and Electric Mobility Canada. The award came with a $4,500 charging station for À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

At the competition held in Halifax teams were presented with an electric vehicle (EV) power train configuration and battery charging issue to resolve. Each team prepared a presentation of itsÌýissue, a solution and a plan for adoption. The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ team proposed a Metal/Air – LiIon Hybrid vehicle as the technical solution:Ìý

ThreeÌýÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ EngineeringÌýprofessorsÌýare among the list of several individuals with an affiliation with the University who were named to the Order of Canada.

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, announced 100 new appointments to the on July 1. The Order has three levels: Companion, Officer and Member.

Pu Chen, aÌýchemical engineering professor, and Ming Yu, an electrical and computer engineering professor, have been elected as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, recognized for their outstanding abilities.

CarlÌýHaas, a À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ civil and environmental engineering professor, was recognized with the ÌýAmerican Society of Civil Engineer's 2015 during the 2 held in VancouverÌýfrom June 8-10.

Over $8 million inÌýfunding from the Natural Science andÌýResearch Council of Canada's 2015 Discovery Grants programÌýhas been awarded for 55 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering researchÌýprojects.

Additionally, two engineering researchersÌýwere selected by NSERCÌýto receive a funding boost to further their transformational Ìýresearch a with Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) grant.Ìý

A new frontier in wireless connectivity and a testing process that leverages machine learning and natural language processing are two of the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering projectsÌýreceivingÌýa financial boost thanks to provincial research funding announced June 18.

VehiclesÌýthat are smarter and more environmentally-friendlyÌýthan current models could emerge from technology developed at a new research facility at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

The $10 million Green and Intelligent Automotive (GAIA) research facility is established today in the Faculty of Engineering with $1 million initial funding from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC). The Governments of Canada and Ontario are also providing $2.1 million each through the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund Research Infrastructure program.