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When U of T Engineering first opened the Entrepreneurship Hatchery two years ago, executive director Joseph Orozco had an ambitious goal: 20 student teams annually by the program’s fourth year. Now, a year ahead of schedule, the early-stage ideas factory…
When engineering science student Kimberley Cota (EngSci 1T7) decided to travel halfway across the globe for a summer research exchange in Singapore, she never imagined what would be waiting on the other side – a vibrant alumni community eager to…
Ten. That’s how many iterations 15-year-old Maya Burhanpurkar went through to design an experimental apparatus that demonstrates a previously elusive physics concept – winning the Platinum Award at last week’s Canada-Wide Science Fair. Burhanpurkar’s project, titled “Time-Integral of Distance: Uncovering…
It may have hydrogen fuel cells, a solar panel and three lithium-ion batteries, but a new electric vehicle from students at U of T won’t be found on the highway – it’ll be working on the farm. A group of…
A U.S. entrepreneur has been garnering headlines around the world for a product called “palcohol”, a powdered alcohol that can be turned into a cocktail by adding water. The University of Toronto’s Dominic Ali sat down with food engineer and…
A Canadian pioneer in nuclear chemistry with an inspiring love for science and engineering, Professor Emeritus Robert E. Jervis (ChemE) passed away May 21 on his 87th birthday. Professor Jervis was born in Toronto and raised during the depression years.…
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