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Professor Eldan Cohen.

Developer-in-the-loop: Building human-compatible approaches to source code summarization

Professor Eldan Cohen (MIE) is one of four U of T Engineering professors receiving support from the Connaught New Researcher Award

The new research chair in precision and regenerative medicine is supported by the P. Austin Family Foundation, the charitable foundation of Pamela and Paul Austin. (Photo: submitted)

Pamela and Paul Austin Chair in Precision and Regenerative Medicine will accelerate breakthroughs

New research chair at U of T Engineering made possible by a $2.5-million donation from The P. Austin Family Foundation

U of T Engineering recognized 10 alumni and students at the 2023 Engineering Alumni Network Awards, held at Hart House on November 2. Left to right: Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin), Atul Patidar (ECE MEng 1T5), Lauri Hiivala (ElecE 6T5), Professor Emerita Jane Phillips (ChemE 5T3), Professor Mark Kortschot (EngSci 8T4, ChemE MASc 8T5), Nick Stark (MechE 7T8), Michael Kropp (ElecE 8T6), Dean Chris Yip, Professor Alison McGuigan (ChemE PhD 0T5), Safdar Mahmood (ElecE 0T3), Wing Yan Chan (IndE 2T2 + PEY), Eva Lau (IndE 9T2) and Liane Catalfo (ChemE 0T8 + PEY, MEng 1T0). (Photo: Paul Terefenko

Alumni and students honoured with 2023 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

Awardees were celebrated for their career accomplishments and their contributions to the Skule™ community

Professor Frank Gu.

Research to improve eye disease treatments wins 2023 NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Professor Frank Gu (ChemE), a member of the winning team, is engineering nanomedicines to delay or prevent irreversible blindness caused by glaucoma


The Self-Driving Lab for Human Organ Mimicry will use organoids and organs-on-chips – a well plate is pictured here – to allow researchers to move potential therapeutics to human clinical trials more rapidly. (Photo by Rick Lu)

U of T ‘self-driving lab’ to focus on next-gen human tissue models

The Self-Driving Laboratory for Human Organ Mimicry is one of six self-driving labs launched by the Acceleration Consortium to drive research across a range of fields

Dean Christopher Yip outside the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Christopher Yip reappointed Dean of U of T Engineering

Dean Yip’s second term will be from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029

Professor Mohamad Moosavi stands in front of blackboard with a notebook in one hand, chalk in the other hand. A formula is written on the board in chalk.

U of T Engineering professor incorporating AI to help decarbonize chemical industries

Joint EMHSeed and XSeed Funding Program to support research on expanding database of metal-organic frameworks for AI analysis

Professor Enid Montague stands in front of a mosaic artwork.

New human-centred automation tools could ease stress on overburdened health-care systems

Professor Enid Montague’s project is one of seven from U of T Engineering to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund

Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME)

Molly Shoichet joins PRiME as new Scientific Director for Precision Medicine Initiative

The Institutional Strategic Initiative brings together multi-disciplinary research talent and innovators to tackle unmet needs in drug discovery, diagnostics, and disease biology