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Researchers are working to enable the design of faster-degrading drug delivery systems

Study sheds new light on the relationship between lipid structure and biodegradation, a crucial challenge in the field of nucleic acid drug delivery

Members of the UTAT Rocketry division pose with their rocket, Defiance Mk. IV, at Launch Canada 2024. (photo courtesy of UTAT Rocketry)

UTAT team set amateur rocketry altitude record at Launch Canada 2024

Defiance Mk. IV rocket reached 30,000 feet, which is the Canadian amateur rocketry record for custom-built engines

Students work around a wooden box frame with black fabric inside it. The prototype is on a table in a classroom setting.

Engineering from a human perspective: Joint learning project brings interdisciplinary practice to the classroom

Professor Philip Asare (ISTEP, EngSci) worked with Rachel Katz of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology to pilot a new project in Praxis III

Professors Hans-Arno Jacobsen (ECE), left, and Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE, EngSci) are part of a team that is training future computer system designers to integrate sustainability practices into the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. (photo by Jenny Lee)

NSERC CREATE project to train engineering students on environmentally aware development of AI

U of T Engineering professors Hans-Arno Jacobsen (ECE) and Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE, EngSci) are part of the team behind the new initiative

Artemis, the aUToronto's autonomous vehicle approaches the final obstacle of the intersection challenge: a model of a deer.

U of T’s self-driving car team places first at 2024 AutoDrive Challenge™ II

This is aUToronto’s sixth first-place finish in seven years

A close up of a chess game depicting a move from the “Game of the Century,” where Bobby Fischer (black) sacrifices his queen in a celebrated brilliant move.

U of T Engineering researchers use chess AI to understand human creativity

Professor Michael Guerzhoy (MIE, EngSci) leads research introducing the first system that enables chess engines to identify moves as ‘brilliant’

Two individuals pose between two banners, one has a logo with the words 75 UTIAS, the other reads University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. Behind them is a background of square balloons in gold and silver.

Institute for Aerospace Studies celebrates 75 years of excellence

Faculty, staff, students and alumni gathered on May 10 to commemorate the milestone

Timothy Chan stands in front of a blurred indoor background.

Professor Timothy Chan receives 2024 U of T President’s Teaching Award

Honour recognizes faculty members who demonstrate a substantial commitment to teaching innovation and excellence

A visualization of a nuScenes dataset used by the researchers. The image is a mosaic of the six different camera views around the car with the object bounding boxes rendered overtop of the images.

U of T Engineering researchers are making self-driving cars safer by enhancing tracking abilities

The research, led by Professor Steven Waslander (UTIAS), will be presented at the 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Japan