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From top left to right: Manroop Kalsi, Lucas Hilden, Adam Omarali, Serewaya Latif and Samantha Sedran.

The next generation of STEM leaders: Meet U of T Engineering’s 2023 Schulich Leaders

The scholarships cover the total cost of an undergraduate education — allowing Schulich Leaders to focus entirely on pursuing their goals

Representatives from the Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation, a South Korean government institution funding this program, visited U of T in July 2023 to discuss the applied AI program for South Korean graduate students. (Photo: Aaron Demeter)

U of T partnership will bring graduate students from South Korea to Toronto for six-month applied AI program

Initiative will be run through the Centre for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Engineering (CARTE) and housed in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

From left to right: George Saegh, Mehdi Salakhi, Professor Murray Thomson, Franciska Toth and Luke Di Liddo.

U of T Engineering professor leads new global collaboration to advance net-zero hydrogen economy

Professor Murray Thomson (MIE) is the national and methane pyrolysis lead for the Global Hydrogen Production Technologies Centre

LaShawn Murray stands outside between two buildings.

IBET Momentum Fellow LaShawn Murray aims to use human factors engineering to advance health equity for marginalized populations

PhD candidate will examine the role of automation in primary care

PhD candidate Chantel Campbell

IBET Momentum Fellow Chantel Briana Campbell fabricates multilayered biomaterials that can help repair damaged hearts, eyes and muscles

The PhD candidate is working with collagenous multilayered biomaterials and their atypical structure

Stefan Mladjenovic

Meet five U of T Engineering graduate students awarded 2023 Vanier Scholarships

Funding supports research in income pools, enhancing nanomaterials, matching performance, drug delivery and space debris

Professor Enid Montague stands in front of a mosaic artwork.

New human-centred automation tools could ease stress on overburdened health-care systems

Professor Enid Montague’s project is one of seven from U of T Engineering to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund

Raylene Mitchell

IBET Momentum Fellow Raylene Mitchell aims to change how engineering is done in northern and Indigenous communities

PhD candidate will work with a northern community to examine the benefits and risks of new forms of energy generation and storage

MIE PhD candidate Shijie Liu in Professor David Sinton's lab

New electrochemical process could raise the efficiency of capturing carbon directly from air

Device designed by U of T Engineering team regenerates carbon capture liquids by rapidly switching between electrolyzer and fuel cell mode