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A graduate student and an alumnus of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering expect to be part of history this weekend when an autonomous, million-dollar racecar they helped develop drives itself around the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway at speeds of up to 120 miles per hour.

A first-year software engineering student is passionate about seeing what she can accomplish at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ. 

Charlene Rocha brings with her a wide range of experience from leading climate change events and strikes at Queen’s Park to heading up a Canadian high school chapter of an initiative to 3D print prosthetic limbs and advocating for women in STEM.

An online learning company that was started by a À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering student who challenged himself to think big is now poised to go public.

, which was founded in 1999 while John Baker (BASc '00) was still an undergraduate student in systems design engineering, filed a prospectus with regulators this week to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DTOL.

A flame-retardant product inspired by seaweed has earned two recent À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering graduates a spot in the finals of a prestigious international design competition.

Anneke van Heuven (BASc ’21) and Elias Trouyet (BASc ’21), co-founders of startup company , were named today to the global top 20 for the  an annual showcase for student inventors.

À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering remains the top engineering school in Canada in terms of program reputation, according to annual rankings released by Maclean’s magazine for 2022.

Overall, based on survey responses from more than 1,200 faculty members and senior administrators across the country, À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ slipped slightly to second place based on both program reputation and research reputation. It tied for the top overall spot last year.

For the second year in a row, a winner of a prestigious national scholarship has chosen to study systems design engineering at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ.

Malik Dahel of Montreal started his academic career this fall as a 2021  backed by up to $100,000 over four years for living expenses, tuition, summer work opportunities and other benefits.

A company that is co-owned by former classmates at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering has hit pay dirt with the sale of its cardiology business for US $1.75 billion.

, which is co-owned by Frank Baylis (BASc ’86, electrical engineering) and Kris Shah (BASc ’86, electrical engineering), announced this week that it has reached a deal with Boston Scientific Corp. that is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.

Three first-year students at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering are starting their studies with support from a technology giant.

Shivam Jindal of Mississauga, Mulei Mao of Scarborough and Sophia Nguyen of Toronto are among the first 10 recipients of $30,000 scholarships from Amazon.

The new  program was created to help graduating high school students in underserved and underrepresented communities cover their university tuition.