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Professor Milica Radisic, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering, is this year's recipient of the Steacie Prize. (Photo: Caz Zyvatkauskas)

Professor Milica Radisic receives the Steacie Prize

Award recognizes engineers and scientists 40 years of age or younger who have made notable contributions to research in Canada

Professor Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) appears in the trailer for the film Downsizing.

U of T Engineering professors appear in Downsizing film

Professors Javad Mostaghimi and Mark Kortschot are both visible in the movie’s trailer

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U of T Engineering Holiday Gift Guide 2017

Looking for holiday gift ideas? Here are 12 U of T Engineering-approved options for everyone on your list.

U of T Engineering alumnae Nancy Hill, Claire Kennedy and Jeanette Southwood

Three U of T Engineering alumnae recognized among Canada’s most powerful women

The Women’s Executive Network’s list of Canada’s Most Powerful Women includes U of T Engineering alumnae Nancy Hill, Claire Kennedy and Jeannette Southwood.

University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME), a world-leading researcher in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, has been appointed the first Chief Scientific Officer of Ontario. (Credit: Roberta Baker)

Molly Shoichet named Ontario’s first Chief Scientist

New position will advise government on science-based policy and champion high quality science in government and education

Professors Arun Ramchandran (ChemE) and Adam Steinberg (UTIAS) are U of T Engineering’s two newest Canada Research Chairs (Photo: Jen Hsu/Tyler Irving)

U of T Engineering receives two Canada Research Chairs

Funding will support research into aerospace, microfluidics

Chemical engineering PhD candidate Kayla Nemr and Professor Krishna Mahadevan grow yeast in a bioreactor. Along with their collaborators, they are using these organisms to transform bark, leaves and stems into the chemical building blocks of materials such as nylon. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Natural fibres: New yeast strains could turn plant waste into fabrics

U of T Engineering researchers are developing bio-based commodity chemicals, including nylon precursors

Milica Radisic, whose research focuses on growing 3D models of human organs, is one of four U of T Engineering researchers awarded funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation in the latest round. (Photo: Caz Zyvatkauskas)

From lab-grown organs to smart cities: U of T Engineering researchers receive support from CFI

Mice and rats have long been unwitting test subjects for drug companies – even though their furry little bodies don’t mimic human physiology very well. But research by Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE), a professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, has helped open the door to a much better option: testing […]

In 2015, Alison McGuigan and her team unveiled TRACER, a rolled-up strip of engineered tissue enabling scientists to mimic the way cells grow in a tumour. Two years later, they’ve created a new tool that now lets researchers watch tumour cells reorganize over time. (Courtesy: Alison McGuigan)

Expert in microfabrication and disease modelling awarded Connaught Fund McLean Award

Alison McGuigan (ChemE) receives $125,000 prize for her work that aims to create better mechanisms for predicting how well promising drugs will work in patients