2019 ANNUAL REPORT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. Pictured on the front cover: Engineering Science student Sebastien Gajewski (left) spent more than a year working with experienced engineering staff such as alumna Lauren Haensel (right) at MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) after his third year. The placement was one of more than 850 facilitated through the Professional Experience Year Co-op Program, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2018–2019. See Chapter 4 for more about the PEY Co-op Program. (Credit: Laura Pedersen) (Left to right) U of T students Temisan Iwere, Kyra Stephen and Ayan Gedleh (Year 4 IndE) – executives in the U of T chapter of the National Society for Black Engineers – organized the first university student-run Black hackathon in the GTA, held in the Myhal Centre in January 2019. For more on this initiative, see Chapter 10. (Credit: Geoffrey Vendeville) An AI-enabled tool developed by Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) and PhD candidate Aaron Babier develops treatment plans for radiation therapy in a fraction of the time required by traditional methods. Chan directs the new Centre for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Engineering (CARTE). For more on CARTE, see Chapter 3. (Credit: Brian Tran) A Celebration of Leadership, held in the Myhal Centre on June 26, 2019, honoured the legacy of Dean Cristina Amon, the Faculty’s longest serving dean in the past half century. Under her guidance, U of T Engineering has risen to preeminence as Canada’s top engineering school and among the world’s best across all international rankings. U of T Engineering U of T Engineering is Canada’s by the Numbers top engineering school and among the world’s best 2018-2019 across international rankings 146 7 25+ 19 years since the Faculty degrees offered, including multidisciplinary buildings make up the Faculty's was established in 1873 2 undergraduate and research centres footprint, including the new 5 graduate degrees Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship U of T Engineering Community Research & Innovation 5,235 2,498 120 400+ undergraduate students graduate students chairs and industrial research (ch.1) (ch.2) professorships (ch.3) partners worldwide (ch.3) 266 345 $36M 8 faculty administrative and in Tri-Agency funding NSERC CREATE grants (p.5) technical staff (p.5) (ch.3) (ch.3) 50,000+ 100+ 150+ 34 alumni worldwide countries our students spinoff companies new projects awarded through (ch.7) and faculty call home (ch.1) since 1976 (appendix F) Dean’s Strategic Fund (ch.11) Transdisciplinary and Experiential Education 9 21 30+ 10+ undergraduate programs undergraduate professional competencies MEng emphases and 8 Engineering minors and certificates courses delivered (ch.2) Science majors (ch.1) (ch.4) by ISTEP (ch.4) 13,272 1,062 40% 93.6% applicants to undergraduates women in first year mean entering average undergraduate studies in first year of undergraduate of incoming Ontario (ch.1) (ch.1) studies (ch.1) students (ch.1) 160+ 90+ 360+ partner universities offering student-run engineering companies hired 853 undergraduate study-abroad opportunities clubs and teams students through the Professional (ch.9) (appendix D) Experience Year Co-op Program (ch.4) Faculty Leadership, 2018–2019 Dean Chair, Department of Materials Cristina Amon Science & Engineering Christopher Yip (as of July 1, 2019) Jun Nogami Glen Hibbard (as of July 1, 2019) Vice-Dean, Graduate Studies Julie Audet Chair, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Markus Bussmann Thomas Coyle Director, Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Vice-Dean, Research Engineering Education & Practice Ramin Farnood Greg Evans (interim) Associate Dean, Cross-Disciplinary Programs Assistant Dean, Administration Bryan Karney Lisa Camilleri Vice-Dean, First Year Assistant Dean and Director of Diversity, Micah Stickel Inclusion and Professionalism Marisa Sterling (as of May 21, 2019) Director, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Chief Financial Officer Christopher Damaren Brian Coates Director, Institute of Biomaterials Executive Director, Communications & Biomedical Engineering Catherine Riddell Warren Chan Marit Mitchell (as of December 1, 2018) Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering Executive Director, Advancement & Applied Chemistry Georgette Zinaty (as of October 15, 2018) Grant Allen Chair, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering Director, Facilities and Infrastructure Planning Brent Sleep Tom Saint-Ivany Heather MacLean (acting) (January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019) Director, Office of the Dean Emily Meyertholen Chair, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Sandy Walker (interim) (September 17, 2018 Electrical & Computer Engineering to November 25, 2018) Farid Najm Cathy Grilo (as of November 26, 2018) Deepa Kundur (as of July 1, 2019) Faculty Registrar Chair, Division of Engineering Science Don MacMillan Deepa Kundur Will Cluett (interim) (as of July 1, 2019) Note: To view the full organizational chart, please visit: www.uoft.me/FASEleadership. Faculty Leadership | Annual Report 2019 | Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering Table of Contents ■ Introduction | 2 ■ Chapter 6: World Recognition by Rankings | 87 ● Message from the Dean ● Comprehensive University Rankings ● Comparison of U of T Engineering with ● Rankings Based on Publications and Citations Ontario and Canada ● Summary of Ranking Results ● Comparison of U of T Engineering with St. George Campus and University of Toronto ■ Chapter 7: Advancement | 101 ● A Celebration of Leadership ● Philanthropic Support Special Campaigns and Projects ■ Chapter 1: Undergraduate Studies | 13 ● ● Alumni Events and Engagement ● Admissions and First-Year Students ● Gift Highlights ● Enrolment ● Need-Based Funding ■ Chapter 8: Communications | 107 ● Degrees Awarded ● Selected Communications Projects ● Student-to-Faculty Ratios ● Media Coverage ● Dean’s Honour List ● Social Media ● Enriching the Undergraduate Engineering Experience ● Engineering News at U of T ● Pre-University Engineering Outreach ● Recruitment and Admissions Websites ● Selected Undergraduate Student Highlights ■ Chapter 9: | 119 ■ Chapter 2: Graduate Studies | 31 International Initiatives ● International Students and Exchanges ● Enrolment ● Selected International Education and Research Partnerships ● Admissions and Recruitment Funding ● ■ Chapter 10: Diversity | 125 ● Graduate Studies Completion ● Enriching the Graduate Student Experience ● Measures of Progress ● Selected Graduate Student Highlights ● Programs and Initiatives ● Selected Highlights ■ Chapter 3: Research | 49 ■ Selected Highlights Organized by Innovation Cluster Chapter 11: Financial and ● Physical Resources | 135 ● Research Funding and Tri-Agency Grants ● Industry Partnerships ● Total Revenue and Central Costs ● Budget Overview ■ Chapter 4: Cross-Faculty Education ● Dean’s Strategic Fund and Experiential Learning | 69 ● Infrastructure and Facilities ● Current Projects ● Undergraduate Engineering Minors and Certificates, Complementary Courses and Inter-Divisional Collaboration ■ Glossary | 145 ● Undergraduate Design and Research ● Professional Experience ● Student Entrepreneurship ■ Appendices | 149 ● Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering A: Outreach Programs Education and Practice (ISTEP) B: Time to Completion for Graduate Students ● Student Clubs and Teams C: Chairs and Professorships ■ D: Student Clubs and Teams Chapter 5: Awards and Honours | 79 E: Research Funding by Academic Area ● Measuring Excellence F: Spinoff Companies ● Selected Awards Received by Faculty G: Descriptions of Major Awards ● Selected Awards Received by Staff H: Academic Staff by Academic Area ● U of T Engineering Staff and Faculty Awards I: The Engineering Precinct ● Engineering Alumni Network Awards ■ Data Sources | 175 Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering | Annual Report 2019 | Introduction Message from the Dean I am pleased to present our 2019 Annual Report of U of T Engineering innovations address global challenges Performance Indicators, highlighting our achievements and and produce entirely new technologies, industries and initiatives over the 2018–2019 academic year. business paradigms. Innovation and collaboration are at the heart of our approach, facilitated by 29 multidisciplinary In my final year as dean of this remarkable Faculty, centres and institutes — from our recently relaunched it is a privilege to reflect on all we have accomplished Robotics Institute to our new Centre for Analytics and together. From major infrastructure investments — Artificial Intelligence Engineering. We have increased including the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation our direct industry support and expanded our network of & Entrepreneurship — to our expanded suite of research external partners to include more than 400 companies and institutes and educational programs, we have strengthened organizations worldwide. Through thriving spinoffs, over our commitment to preparing the next generation of global 70 of which have been founded since 2006, we translate engineering leaders. I am proud of the strong and vibrant our inventions from the lab to the marketplace.