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U of T Engineering’s start-up company, Cast ConneX Corporation, is helping to rebuild one of the country’s earthquake-stricken schools. The company donated 170 of its earthquake-resistant connectors to the reconstruction of École Lakay, a trades training centre being built for…
Reception was surprisingly good on the phone call from space. “We just flew across Canada,” said Commander Chris Hadfield, speaking from the International Space Station. “It took about seven minutes.” His voice travelled from the reaches of earth’s orbit to…
Women need to embrace curiosity and risk taking if they want to excel in science and engineering, says U of T Engineering alumna Natalie Panek (AeroE MASc 0T9). Panek, a systems engineer at MDA Space Missions, emphasized her desire to…
Chemical Engineering Professor Yu-Ling Cheng, Director of U of T’s Centre for Global Engineering, has been named one of the Toronto Star’s 12 ‘People to Watch’ in 2013. Professor Cheng was singled out by The Star for her work leading…
A 100-year-old chemical formula, co-developed by one of U of T’s first female medical graduates, has helped U of T researchers determine that the global rise in life expectancy is not benefiting everybody equally. People are living longer on average…
Researchers at U of T Engineering and Ryerson University are working to change the way we keep ourselves warm in the winter. Currently, space heating is the largest contributor to residential energy consumption in Canada at 60 per cent of…
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