About the EAN
Alumni are a vital part of every university community. For more than 100 years, the Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) maintained a strong bond between Skule™ alumni, students and the Faculty. To better reflect and reinforce the richness, strength, diversity and inclusiveness of the entire Skule™ community, and to differentiate it from other organizations with the same acronym, the Executive Board has made the decision to rename the organization as the EAN.
The EAN isn’t an association you have to join — you, and over 56,000 of your fellow U of T Engineering graduates, already belong to this incredible community of peers. And we want to encourage you to engage with your EAN community and to take advantage of its many benefits.
Engineering Alumni Network Council
The Engineering Alumni Network (EAN) Council serves as the representative body for alumni, fostering a strong community and supporting the strategic goals of the institution. The Council aims to enhance alumni engagement, promote networking opportunities and contribute to the advancement of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering’s mission and vision. Our dedicated volunteers work to maintain strong ties between alumni and Skule™.
Ines Fernandez, President
IndE 0T9+PEY
Ernesto Díaz Lozano Patiño, Chair, Awards Committee
CivMin 1T5+PEY, MASc 1T8
Loui Pappas, Chair, Alumni & Student Engagement Committee
CivE 8T8, MASc 8T9
Loui has been an active and committed member of the U of T Engineering community for over four decades. A graduate of Civil Engineering in the Class of 8T8 and MASc 1989, he has served as a long‑standing class leader, helping maintain strong connections among alumni and class‑driven initiatives. His sustained engagement with the Faculty includes many years participating in Civil Engineering career fairs and student development activities, often representing his longstanding employer, Morrison Hershfield (now Stantec).
Professionally, Loui spent 37 years at Morrison Hershfield, beginning as a structural engineer before moving into operations, project management, people leadership, and senior roles in business development. In recent years, he has focused on major pursuits, strategic teaming, client account management, corporate communications, and executive leadership.
Loui’s philanthropic involvement with the Faculty includes annual giving and leadership in alumni‑driven initiatives. His volunteer contributions were recognized through the Arbor Award in 2019. Most recently, he and his family partnered with the Advancement team to champion the Skule™ Mental Wellness Bursary, inspired by their daughter’s experience as a Skule™ student.
Motivated by a deep commitment to strengthening alumni–student connections, Loui brings decades of strategic, operational, and leadership experience to his role as Chair of the Alumni & Student Engagement Committee. He looks forward to working with Advancement, Faculty leadership, and fellow EAN leaders and volunteers to help shape meaningful, impactful approaches to alumni engagement across generations.
Kasra Modares, Chair, Governance and Nominations Committee
Civ 1T6
Having developed a knack for multidisciplinary projects during his studies at U of T Engineering, Kasra works as a project manager tasked with leading a team of architects, urban planners, lawyers, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers through the development, design, and construction of a number of commercial, institutional, and residential buildings across the country, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
A proud Skule™ alumnus, Kasra graduated from the civil engineering program and continued his studies in structural engineering at Politecnico di Milano in Italy. As an ever engaged and active student, Kasra was involved with various clubs and initiatives, including roles managing the Civil & Mineral Chapter of Leaders of Tomorrow (later renamed ILead Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering) and the local chapter of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, as well as being a member of the U of T Concrete Canoe team and the Engineering Toastmasters. He was also the captain of the Civ team in the Engineering Soccer League.
As an alumnus, Kasra has remained engaged with the university in various ways. He completed a three-year term serving as an alumni representative on the Faculty Council. He has also been a client for the first year Engineering Strategies and Practices course, a guest lecturer for APS100 Orientation to Engineering, a panelist for various departmental events, an application assessor for incoming undergraduate students, as well as a mentor for both undergraduate and graduate mentees.