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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.

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Launch of PADmap translates graduate research on defibrillators into a potentially life-saving tool

Collaboration between researchers at U of T Engineering, the University of Edinburgh and designers at creative agency Daysix, was funded by the Scottish Government and St John Scotland

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Professor Milica Radisic receives a Governor General’s Innovation Award

Radisic’s research focuses on organ-on-a-chip engineering and the development of new biomaterials that promote healing

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Eyes on the street: Harnessing Street View images to ‘peer into’ structures 

A team of U of T Engineering researchers has an innovative way to use existing Street View images to reveal what’s inside structures

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How can engineering culture be more inclusive? U of T doctoral student turns to her own story for answers

Questions about how engineers are trained, how they use their degrees and what defines engineering culture led Radebe back to U of T to pursue a PhD in engineering education

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ECE’s new Keysight Electronics Laboratory will empower future innovators

Hands-on educational facility designed to enable undergraduates to gain practical experience through collaboration with researchers on long-term projects

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‘The future is interdisciplinary’: Meet new ChemE professor Rachel Gregor

Gregor leads the MicroChemEco Lab, with a goal to engineer microbial communities for applications in health, sustainability and industry

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Engineering professors and staff honoured for excellence by the faculty 

Recipients celebrated for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and administration

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Six U of T-founded firms named among TIME magazine’s Top GreenTech Companies

Analysis highlights 250 top companies from more than 30 countries

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New Lawson Climate Institute at U of T will accelerate climate solutions

The institute will educate the next generation of climate leaders, mobilize talent and innovative ideas from across the university, expand on U of T’s world-leading sustainability research and discovery, and inspire the urgent action needed for a healthier future