The invisible clean-up crew: Engineering microbial cultures to destroy pollutants
Professor Elizabeth Edwards is leveraging genomics, microbiology and engineering to clean up contaminated industrial sites around the world
Greg Evans receives 3M National Teaching Fellowship
Award is Canada’s most prestigious recognition of excellence in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level
Double-fortified salt to improve nutrition for 24 million in Uttar Pradesh
U of T Engineering invention provides a simple, effective way to help people whose diets are lacking in iron
Diesel trains may expose passengers to exhaust
Levels of certain airborne pollutants are up to nine times higher in train cars directly behind diesel locomotives than on busy city streets.
Can microwaves make mining more sustainable?
Professor Erin Bobicki (MSE, ChemE) is developing more sustainable ways of extracting valuable minerals from ore, including material previously discarded as waste.
TBEP and MbD: Engineered smart scaffolds could help repair damaged hearts and muscles
Two multidisciplinary partnerships led by U of T Engineering researchers are developing implantable biomaterials that accelerate injury recovery, from car accidents to heart attacks.
New frontiers in health-care innovation
This article originally appeared in the 2016 issue of Skulematters magazine. Interdisciplinary research from U of T Engineering is helping us live longer, healthier lives. These projects from across our Faculty illustrate leading-edge innovations that will improve health care, from planning and prevention to diagnosis and treatment: Optimizing surgical schedules Long wait lists for elective surgeries […]
