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A person sleeping on the street in Vancouver

Modelling study provides support for the ‘housing first’ approach to addressing addiction and homelessness

New paper models positive health and cost outcomes when supports are in place

Audet and Simmons sit on chairs, three students stand behind, as they smile at the camera

U of T Engineering researchers and startup boutIQ solutions partner to advance heart repair therapies

Company aims to transform the way cell culture media is developed, using artificial intelligence to make cell-based therapies more effective and clinically viable

Graduate students present their research project

International partnership brings students from South Korea to participate in Toronto’s AI ecosystem

Collaboration between U of T Engineering’s CARTE, South Korea’s IITP and external partners develops solutions to complex challenges, from health care to consumer electronics and more

Aleisha Cerny (MIE MASc 2T3) and Yvonne Liu (ChemE 2T0 + PEY, MIE MEng 2T3)

This U of T Engineering startup aims to provide clean distributed power with compact fuel cells

Serenity Power is based on improved solid oxide fuel cell technology spun out of research by Professor Olivera Kesler (MIE) and her team

Kyrylo Kalashnikov and the robotic electrochemistry system he designed

Low-cost, open-source robotic system could make self-driving labs more accessible to students and researchers

System was designed and built by University of Toronto undergraduate students for less than $500

two portrait photos: Professor Lee on the left and Sansone on the right, both looking forward and smiling

U of T Engineering graduate student launches market-ready solution for sustainable transportation

New advanced material formulation improves the durability and efficiency of battery cases for EVs, as well as traditional internal combustion vehicles

composite photo of professors Shalaby, Christopoulos, Bazylak and Chow

U of T Engineering professors and alumni elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Fellows provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada and to Canadians

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Launch of PADmap translates graduate research on defibrillators into a potentially life-saving tool

Collaboration between researchers at U of T Engineering, the University of Edinburgh and designers at creative agency Daysix, was funded by the Scottish Government and St John Scotland

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Engineering professors and staff honoured for excellence by the faculty 

Recipients celebrated for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and administration