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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

Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) and graduate student Ahmed Mahmoud examine a model of a passive aerator for fish farms they are designing. The team is among many at U of T Engineering leading innovative research aimed at addressing global challenges related to water. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

#EveryDropMatters: Five ways U of T Engineering research is improving water sustainability

New exhibit brings U of T Engineering water research and innovation to the CNE, Canada’s largest fair

IBBME PhD candidate Alexander Vlahos

The best place to treat type 1 diabetes might be just under your skin

Implantation technique could restore the ability of patients to produce their own insulin

George Myhal (IndE 7T8) has been named a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the nation's highest civilian honours. Investment in the Order recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. (Photo courtesy of George Myhal)

Two U of T Engineering alumni appointed to the Order of Canada

Investment in the Order recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation

"Medicine by Design offers a remarkable opportunity to do high-impact research that has the potential to advance and even redefine key areas of regenerative medicine,” said Michael Sefton (IBBME, ChemE), who will become the initiative’s new executive director on July 1, 2017. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Tissue engineering pioneer Michael Sefton to lead Medicine by Design as executive director

The multidisciplinary University of Toronto initiative is accelerating discoveries in regenerative medicine research to improve treatments for conditions such as heart failure, diabetes and stroke

Deborah Emilia Solomon, second from left, is one of 37 top students from around the world receiving the inaugural Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship, which covers tuition, books, incidental fees and residence costs for four years. She is joining Chemical Engineering in Fall 2017. (credit: Johnny Guatto).

U of T Engineering welcomes four global Pearson scholars

Students from India, Trinidad and Tobago, Bangladesh and Malaysia among inaugural recipients of prestigious scholarship named for Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson

Meet U of T Engineering’s six inaugural Hart Teaching Innovation Professors.

Hart Teaching Innovation Professorships: Six innovative ways U of T Engineering enriches the student experience

Awards support active teaching technologies, Indigenous outreach and more

Kevin Wang, Haroon Dawood, Stephanie Gaglione, Kate Lonergan, Jason Martins and Madhushan Perera visited a NASA facility in Mountain View, Calif. after researching a process for making acetic acid on Mars (photo courtesy Stephanie Gaglione)

One small step for man, one giant leap for these U of T Engineering students

NASA advised U of T mechanical and chemical engineering students on research to extend a mission to Mars