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A composite photo of U of T Engineering professors Alberto Leon-Garcia (left) and Tom Chau (right).

Professors Alberto Leon-Garcia and Tom Chau named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

The two professors were elected based on exceptional contributions to scholarship in their fields

PhD candidate Chantel Campbell

IBET Momentum Fellow Chantel Briana Campbell fabricates multilayered biomaterials that can help repair damaged hearts, eyes and muscles

The PhD candidate is working with collagenous multilayered biomaterials and their atypical structure

Stefan Mladjenovic

Meet five U of T Engineering graduate students awarded 2023 Vanier Scholarships

Funding supports research in income pools, enhancing nanomaterials, matching performance, drug delivery and space debris

Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME)

Molly Shoichet joins PRiME as new Scientific Director for Precision Medicine Initiative

The Institutional Strategic Initiative brings together multi-disciplinary research talent and innovators to tackle unmet needs in drug discovery, diagnostics, and disease biology

Bryant Bak-Yin Lim (BME MEng candidate, left) and Ali Yassine (ECE MEng candidate, right) simulate reviewing a breast cancer tissue scan. As interns at Perimeter Medical Imaging, Lim and Yassine developed new AI algorithms for breast cancer imaging. (Photo: Neil Ta)

MEng students use AI to improve imaging tool used during breast cancer surgery

New techniques to help surgeons prioritize images of suspected cancerous material in real-time in the operating room

A headshot of Professor Milica Radisic

Professor Milica Radisic awarded international Humboldt Research prize

Radisic (BME, ChemE) is a leading expert in organ-on-a-chip technology

From left to right: PhD candidate Oreoluwa Kolade and Professors Julie Audet and Sowmya Viswanathan.

Researchers are creating algorithms to accelerate the development of new cellular therapies to repair damaged tissues

Professor Julie Audet (BME) is collaborating with researchers across U of T Engineering to create tools to enhance the therapeutic properties of cells grown in laboratories

Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME). (Photo: submitted)

‘Teaching is a lot like working in the lab’: Meet Professor Caitlin Maikawa

Caitlin Maikawa has joined BME as an assistant professor

Joseph Sebastian (BME PhD candidate) is one of 15 students from across U of T selected for the second-ever round of the Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship Program. (Photo: Leanna Lui)

Listen to your heart: New ultrasound technique earns PhD candidate Joseph Sebastian a Connaught PhD for Public Impact Fellowship

Sebastian is among 15 recipients from across U of T, and the only one from U of T Engineering