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 […]
Paper, not plastic: Leveraging microbial genes to make greener materials
Professor Emma Master receives grant from Genome Canada’s Large Scale Applied Research Projects program
Skin cells ‘crawl’ together to heal wounds treated with unique hydrogel layer
Research team led by Milica Radisic uses their patented peptide to close non-healing chronic wounds caused by diabetes
U of T Engineering student earns Rhodes Scholarship
Chemical Engineering student Stephanie Gaglione, who loves to rock climb and canoe, wins scholarship to Oxford
