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Learn more about the latest discoveries and innovations from the U of T Engineering community. Our researchers are developing new ways of capturing and storing clean energy, medical devices that can save and extend lives, smarter ways to design and build cities and much more.

PhD student Sartaaj Takrim Khan and Professor Seyed Mohamad Moosavi (ChemE)

AI system helps researchers unlock hidden potential in newly discovered materials

Developed by U of T Engineering researchers, the tool uses early-stage data to predict the potential real-world use for a new material

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Modelling study provides support for the ‘housing first’ approach to addressing addiction and homelessness

New paper models positive health and cost outcomes when supports are in place

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U of T Engineering researchers and startup boutIQ solutions partner to advance heart repair therapies

Company aims to transform the way cell culture media is developed, using artificial intelligence to make cell-based therapies more effective and clinically viable

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Professor Caitlin Maikawa wins 2024 John Charles Polanyi Prize for Chemistry

The Polanyi Prizes are awarded annually in honour of John C. Polanyi, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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U of T Engineering grad champions environmental causes, Indigenous empowerment

Allana Nakashook-Zettler (ChemE 2T4 + PEY) is graduating with a degree in chemical engineering — and a strengthened conviction in her ability to foster change

Aleisha Cerny (MIE MASc 2T3) and Yvonne Liu (ChemE 2T0 + PEY, MIE MEng 2T3)

This U of T Engineering startup aims to provide clean distributed power with compact fuel cells

Serenity Power is based on improved solid oxide fuel cell technology spun out of research by Professor Olivera Kesler (MIE) and her team

Kyrylo Kalashnikov and the robotic electrochemistry system he designed

Low-cost, open-source robotic system could make self-driving labs more accessible to students and researchers

System was designed and built by University of Toronto undergraduate students for less than $500

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Frank Kschischang named U of T University Professor

The University of Toronto’s highest and most distinguished academic rank is limited to 2% of the university’s tenured faculty

Kiki Chan demonstrating nutrient premix particles

This PhD graduate’s food fortification research took her around the world, from Senegal to India

Kiki Chan (ChemE MASc 1T8, PhD 2T5) has travelled widely in pursuit of new ways to add micronutrients to common foods, thereby improving human health