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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

Professor Nikolai DeMartini

Better bioprocessing: Meet Professor Nikolai DeMartini

Expert in the process chemistry of inorganics in pulp mills and biofuel plants joins the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry.

Mine drainage

Elements of bio-mining: Engineering collaboration aims to turn mine waste into valuable metals

Multidisciplinary collaboration leverages microorganisms to remediate and extract value from tailings ponds

Team Genecis won first place at Hatchery Demo Day

Four startups to watch from U of T Engineering’s Hatchery Demo Day

Companies include an engineering career matchmaker and a company that converts food waste into biodegradable plastic

Professor Ariel Chan

Scaling up safely: Meet Professor Ariel Chan

Chemical process safety expert joins the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry

NSERC announcement at U of T

U of T Engineering researchers receive $12.8 million in NSERC research funding

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland visited the University of Toronto yesterday to announce $52.6 million in support to U of T researchers from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The announcement included more than $12.8 million to support the work of 100 graduate students and faculty members at U of […]

Professors Reza Iravani and Milica Radisic

Reza Iravani and Milica Radisic named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

Professors recognized for contributions to power grid innovation and tissue engineering, respectively

Professor Ning Yan

Building the ‘bark biorefinery’: Meet Professor Ning Yan

New professor joins the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry