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University Professor Elizabeth Edwards has been appointed to the Order of Canada — one of the country’s highest honours. (Photo: Sara Collaton)

University Professor Elizabeth Edwards appointed to the Order of Canada

Edwards, a pioneer in anaerobic biotechnology, has been recognized with one of the country’s most prestigious honours

Professor Ning Yan is among the 2021 cohort named Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Professor Ning Yan elected Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada

Fellows recognized for excellence in engineering, services to the profession and to society

Fletcher Han is the first U of T Engineering student to receive the scholarship and the fifth U of T student to be selected. (Photo courtesy Fletcher Han)

ChemE student earns prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship — a U of T Engineering first

The prestigious graduate fellowship is awarded annually by Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing

University Professor Molly Shoichet has been a longstanding advocate for women in STEM, as well as a leading voice in the advancement of science and engineering knowledge within Canada. (Photo: NSERC/CRSNG - Sylvie Li)

Molly Shoichet named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada

The annual list recognizes the country’s highest achieving female leaders in the country

This rendering shows the vision for the Sustainability Lab, a new facility to be constructed on the roof of the Wallberg Building. (Image courtesy Baird Sampson Neuert Architects)

Two new clean-energy hubs in the GTA to boost U of T Engineering sustainability research

Professor Timothy Bender is a key figure in both the Collaboration Centre for Green Energy Research Materials and the Sustainability Lab

Professor Jennifer Farmer (ChemE) is using a combination of “kitchen labs,” simulated lab platforms and data analysis reports in her Applied Chemistry course. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Farmer)

Three cool virtual labs: How U of T Engineering instructors are getting creative with remote active learning

Without access to on-campus lab equipment, software or space, instructors are finding new ways to give students hands-on experiences

Professor Daniela Galatro recently joined U of T Engineering's Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry.

ChemE welcomes new faculty member Daniela Galatro

Galatro’s research focuses on life-cycle analyses of lithium-ion batteries and will teach heat and mass transfer as well as data-based modelling

Ning Yan and her collaborators in the Low-Carbon Renewable Materials Centre (LCRMC) are developing a new generation of products made from forestry biomass — including currently under-utilized materials such as tree bark. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

The forest biorefinery: Developing a new generation of sustainable plant-based materials and products

Professor Ning Yan and her colleagues are converting tree bark and other forestry byproducts into commodity chemicals and more

A health-care worker from Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami, Fla. with a package of donated Kerra skin cream. (Photo courtesy Quthero, Inc.)

Skin-care product based on U of T Engineering research donated to health-care workers fighting COVID-19

A U of T Engineering spinoff company has donated its entire stock of skin-care product to health-care workers fighting the global pandemic. Several years ago, Professor Milica Radisic (BME, ChemE) and her team developed a peptide-hydrogel biomaterial that prompts skin cells to “crawl” toward one another. The material was initially designed to help close the […]