Augmented-reality bus tour reveals new side of U of T campus
U of T Engineering grad Nima Yasrebi developed an augmented-reality app – using technology similar to Pokémon Go – to enrich hop-on-hop-off bus tours
‘Flying saucer’ quantum dots hold secret to brighter, better lasers
Research team led by U of T Engineering ‘squashes’ the shape of nanoparticles, enabling inexpensive lasers that continuously emit light in a customized rainbow of colours
Printable solar cells just got a little closer
New research removes a key barrier to large-scale manufacture of low-cost, printable perovskite solar cells
Interdisciplinary U of T Engineering projects receive funding from relaunched Connaught Global Challenge Award
U of T research teams led by David Lie, Brent Sleep and Mark Fox are winners of this year’s Connaught Global Challenge Award
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 […]
The next generation of solar pioneers: Electrifying a nation
U of T Engineering alumni John Paul Morgan and Shawn Qu are entrepreneurs whose ingenuity is lighting up parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo
