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Professor Vaughn Betz (ECE). (Photo: Jess MacInnis)

Professor Vaughn Betz elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Award recognizes outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on society

PhD candidate Geonhui Lee works on an electrolyzer in the lab of Professor Ted Sargent (ECE). She is the lead author on a new paper in Nature Energy that outlines an electrochemical method for converting captured carbon into useful products, from fuels to plastics. (Photo: Marit Mitchell)

How clean electricity can upgrade the value of captured carbon

Researchers from U of T Engineering have developed a new pathway to convert CO2 captured with liquid amines into higher-value products, from fuel to plastics

From left, clockwise: U of T Engineering Dean Chris Yip; Alana Bailey, president of NSBE U of T Chapter; Jennifer Blackbird, Centre for Indigenous Studies; Micah Stickel, Acting Vice Provost, Students; and Marisa Sterling, Assistant Dean & Director, Diversity, Inclusion and Professionalism for U of T Engineering.

‘Reflect, remember, respond’: U of T commemorates National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Tri-campus virtual memorial fostered discussions on ending gender-based violence, and the need to centre narratives around violence perpetrated against racialized, 2SLGBTQ+ communities

Professor Jennifer Farmer (ChemE) is using a combination of “kitchen labs,” simulated lab platforms and data analysis reports in her Applied Chemistry course. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Farmer)

Three cool virtual labs: How U of T Engineering instructors are getting creative with remote active learning

Without access to on-campus lab equipment, software or space, instructors are finding new ways to give students hands-on experiences

LegUp co-founder Andrew Canis (CompE PhD 1T5) at U of T's startup showcase, True Blue Expo, in 2019. (Photo: www.legupcomputing.com)

U of T Engineering spinoff LegUp Computing acquired by leading microelectronics company, Microchip

The startup’s high-level synthesis tool becomes an important component in the Microchip platform for software developers

The partnership extension was marked this week by a transglobal videoconference that included Fujitsu CEO Hirotaka Hara as well as senior leaders and researchers at U of T and U of T Engineering.

U of T Engineering and Fujitsu extend agreement to collaborate on cutting-edge computing research

New three-year partnership seeks to advance innovative computing research projects with wide-scale applications

A team of researchers from U of T is creating a rapid COVID-19 test that could produce results in just five minutes. From left: Surath Gomis (ECE), Dingran Chang (Pharmacy), Jagotamoy Das (Pharmacy), Hanie Yousefi (Pharmacy), Professor Shana Kelley (Pharmacy), Jenise Chen (Chemistry) and Alam Mahmud (ECE). (Photo: Daria Pervezentsev)

Rapid COVID-19 testing: U of T team ditches cotton swabs for sensing probes

Researchers from U of T Engineering, Pharmacy and Chemistry are creating an antigen COVID-19 test that could give results in just five minutes

2020 Schulich Leader Adele Crete-Laurence (Year 1 EngSci) is passionate about finding a way to make flying safe for our planet. (Photo by Captain Marie-Anne Irvine)

With a passion for STEM, U of T Engineering’s 2020 Schulich Leaders fly high

The Faculty welcomes five top students — the winners of Seymour Schulich’s scholarship program for Canada’s brightest potential leaders in engineering, science and mathematics

A study from Professor Jonathan Rose (ECE) and Daniel Di Matteo (ECE PhD candidate) shows that recordings of ambient noise from a smartphone could be used to shed light on a subject’s mental health. (Photo by CoWomen from Pexels)

Smartphones could automate mental health monitoring by recording ambient noise

A novel approach to the measurement of regularity underpins the first of three studies in a new multidisciplinary research collaboration