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Left to right: MIE PhD student Jeeraphat (Owen) Kledkruemas, Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon (MIE) and Song Li, a PhD student from the City University of Hong Kong on academic exchange at U of T Engineering, demonstrating two different versions of the ‘Hopcopter’, a one-legged, hopping robot with a range of applications. (photo by Aaron Demeter)

A new flexible foot pad enables this one-legged, hopping robot to go where few robots have gone before

Innovation enables the ‘Hopcopter’ to traverse everything from sand to slippery ice while conducting search and rescue, remote monitoring and more

Left to right: Professors Daniel Posen (CivMin, University of Toronto), Viola Birss (Chemistry, University of Calgary), Aimy Bazylak (MIE, University of Toronto), ChungHyuk Lee (ChemE, Toronto Metropolitan University) and Geoffrey McCarney (International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa) are just some of the members of RECYCLEAN, a new cross-Canada research collaboration for sustainable energy materials (photo by Ashkan Irannezhad)

New cross-Canada research collaboration to future-proof supply chains for batteries and fuel cells

A pan-Canadian team of researchers aims to develop a circular economy that efficiently recovers critical minerals and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to build a safer and cleaner future

MIE MEng student Majd Adi works full-time at FCC Canada while also studying at U of T Engineering (photo by Arthur Trotta)

How the MEng extended full-time option enables Majd Adi to level-up his skills while helping build the future of Toronto’s transit

Adi is studying for his MIE MEng while also working full-time at FCC Canada, using his experience in industrial engineering to optimize many aspects of the construction industry

Professor Michael Carter (MIE) is the recipient of the highest honour awarded by the  Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE). The award was presented by IISE President Dean Athanassiades, left, and IISE Immediate Past President Sunderesh Heragu, right. (photo by David Brandt)

Optimizing patient care: Professor Michael Carter on how industrial engineering has delivered faster, better and more efficient health care

Carter (MIE) recently earned the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award from the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers

A person wearing glasses stares ahead

How BMO National Scholar Maeesha Biswas turned a U of T capstone project into an AI startup with global ambitions

Biswas (IndE 2T2 + PEY) is the co-founder and COO of Chatforce, a game creation platform that enables users to create their own video games

Professor Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani (MIE) approaches his course material through demonstrating how operations research and mathematical programming solve real-world problems. (photo by Aaron Demeter)

Making decisions under uncertainty: Meet MIE Professor Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani

“Decision-making under uncertainty is a research area that shows up across many disciplines, so it’s common for researchers with different backgrounds to work on related problems. That’s one of the things I enjoy about being at U of T: the opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration are everywhere.”

Left to right: Alumnus Nan Ge (MechE 1T3, MIE MASc 1T6, PhD 1T9) and Professor Aimy Bazylak (MIE) are the co-founders of Cardinal Volta. (photo by Paola Varhen Pacheco)

New commercialization funding will help this U of T Engineering startup turn waste heat into power

Cardinal Volta has been named the Stage 2 recipient of the Eva and Allen Lau Commercialization Catalyst Prize

Professor Mark Fox (MIE) was one of the first researchers to explore the use of artificial intelligence in industrial systems. (photo courtesy of MIE)

Professor Mark Fox elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada is one of the highest honours a Canadian scholar can achieve

IBET Momentum Scholar Connor Isaac (MechE 2T5 + PEY, MIE PhD student) on U of T’s St. George campus. (photo by Tyler Irving)

IBET Momentum Scholar Connor Isaac investigates how to help Indigenous communities explore the potential of clean energy generation and storage

Isaac will be part of the CANSTOREnergy project, which works to integrate policy and community engagement in the early stages of design and execution of energy systems