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Laschowski sits in front of a whiteboard, a robot arm is in the foreground of the photo

Brains, minds and machines: A new algorithm for decoding intelligence

Algorithms developed by Professor Brokoslaw Laschowski (MIE) and his lab are being used to decode the brain and interface with machines

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U of T Engineering researcher, Alberta enterprise test AI tool to support nurses in First Nations communities

LaShawn Murray (MIE PhD student) is working with four pilot sites near Calgary and Edmonton to evaluate how AI scribes are integrated into clinical workflows

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New ‘Pick and Place’ facility for customized printed circuit board production opens for students

Printed Circuit Board Prototyping (PCBP) facility in the Myhal Centre is jointly supported by MIE, ECE and U of T Engineering

Canadian and Korean officials

AI in Manufacturing: U of T partnership with South Korean institutions to enhance efficiency and performance across the value chain

Professor Chi-Guhn Lee (MIE) is among those leading a new research centre under the Global Industrial Technology Cooperation Center program of the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology

oil droplets repelled by fabric

U of T Engineering researchers develop safer alternative non-stick coating

A technique called nanoscale fletching has led to a repellent material with greatly reduced levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), sometimes called ‘forever chemicals’

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