Posts By: Tyler Irving

Four engineering student startups from this year’s Hatchery Demo Day

A more reliable way to remember birth control pills, a single tool that fixes most bike problems, and a satellite communications network that can help ensure tragedies like the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 never happen again. Students from across U…

U of T Engineering welcomes two new professors

Students are not the only ones returning to class this week. U of T Engineering welcomes two new faculty members : professors Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivE) and Michael Jong Kim (MIE). They’re joining a talented and diverse group of professors who are leading pioneering research…

Back to #Skule: social media highlights

U of T Engineering welcomed more than 1,200 new undergraduates and more than 800 new graduate students to campus this week with a number of exciting events including parades, clubs fairs, campus tours and a Plenary Lecture from alumna Catherine Lacavera (CompE 9T7). In addition…

New “Tissue Velcro” could help repair damaged hearts

Engineers at the University of Toronto just made assembling functional heart tissue as easy as fastening your shoes. The team has created a biocompatible scaffold that allows sheets of beating heart cells to snap together just like Velcro™. “One of…
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