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“Receiving this appointment is an opportunity to advance research in an area of growing concern for rapidly expanding world cities,” said Hatzopoulou, who was named CRC in Transportation and Air Quality.  The CRC program aims to help Canada attract and retain research leaders in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences. (Photo by Tyler Irving)

Two U of T Engineering researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs

CRC program aims to help the country attract and retain research leaders in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences

Ashton Trotman-Grant, centre, discusses his poster with Medicine by Design symposium attendees. Trotman-Grant won the Blueline Therapeutic Translation Award for presenting the poster with the greatest commercialization potential. (Credit: Neil Ta).

Medicine by Design symposium shines spotlight on regenerative medicine at U of T

“We are contributing something new by converging people from diverse disciplines — mathematics, the physical sciences, engineering, biology and medicine — around the big questions in regenerative medicine”

Christian Fobel operating one of the MR box instruments at the Kakuma health clinic. (Credit: Ryan Fobel).

Hacking healthcare in a refugee camp

A team from University of Toronto, led by Professor Aaron Wheeler, took their lab-on-a-chip technology to remote Kenya to test refugees for measles and rubella — and push the limits of what academics can accomplish in the field

Professor Warren Chan (right) has been named a Distinguished Professor of Nanobioengineering. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Warren Chan named U of T Distinguished Professor

Award recognizes individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments and those who display exceptional promise

Dr. Dale Podolsky is a reconstructive surgery resident and IBBME PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. As a member of the U of T Surgeon Scientist Training Program, he is researching ways to improve the surgical process for cleft lip and palate repair, which is the most common birth defect worldwide. (Photo: Dan Haves / University of Toronto)

3D-printed cleft palate simulator improves surgery training

While working on robotic surgical tools to help with cleft palate surgery, Dale Podolsky created a cleft palate simulator which has been internationally recognized as an incredible training tool for surgeons

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Meet 14 professors joining U of T Engineering

Fourteen new faculty members working at the leading edge of engineering education and research are joining U of T Engineering, slated to begin on or before July 1, 2017. Five of these professors hold appointments in more than one department. Each brings a unique passion for experiential engineering education, and their research addresses some of […]

Professor Naomi Matsuura (MSE, IBBME), an expert in the design of new materials that interact with medical imaging radiation, joined the Faculty in July 2016. (Credit: Kevin Soobrian)

Treating cancer from within: Q & A with Naomi Matsuura

Professor Naomi Matsuura (MSE, IBBME), an expert in the design of new materials that interact with medical imaging radiation, joined the Faculty in July 2016.

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U of T Engineering doctoral students receive Vanier Scholarships worth $150,000

The three awardees are working to advance solar technology, design brain-machine interfaces and improve drinking water quality

University Professor Molly Shoichet (IBBME, ChemE), holds the hyaluronic acid (HA)-based injectable hydrogel developed in her lab that helps transplanted stem cells survive, integrate and repair damaged tissue in the brain and eye. Shoichet has been named the recipient of the 2016 Till & McCulloch Award. (Credit: Roberta Baker).

Molly Shoichet awarded 2016 Till & McCulloch Award

Pioneering stem-cell researcher developed hydrogel platform to deliver stem cells to brain and eyes, restoring vision by 15 per cent