Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE)

Binbin Ying (MIE) demonstrates the performance of iSkin by sticking it to the outside of his winter jacket, in this photo, taken Feb. 27, 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic. The cold-tolerant, stretchable, sticky sensor converts physical movement into electrical signals, and can be used in wearable electronics as well as many other applications. (Photo: Runze Zuo)

iSkin: The cold-tolerant, stretchable, sticky sensor that could power a new generation of wearable electronics and more

August 3, 2021

Professor Xinyu Liu (MIE) and his team have built a flexible, conductive hydrogel that works at temperatures down to -93 C

In this photomicrograph, points of patterned laser light (blue) are being projected on computationally selected positions to activate the muscles of a genetically modified, one-millimetre-long C. elegans worm. The technique could offer a new way of developing organism-based microrobots for a variety of different applications. (Image: Xianke Dong, Zhaoyi Xu)

RoboWorm: Light-controlled organism offers a new strategy for micro-scale robotics

July 28, 2021

Professor Xinyu Liu (MIE) and his team used computer-controlled light to direct the motion of a simple worm, a technique that could pave the way for entirely new kinds of robots

Professor Jason Bazylak (MIE) is one of three U of T Engineering professors who have recently been inducted as fellows of the Canadian Engineering Education Association. (Photo: Jeremy Sale)

Canadian Engineering Education Association honours three U of T Engineering professors

July 15, 2021

Fellowships recognize noteworthy service to engineering education, engineering leadership, or engineering design education

Professor Philippe Lavoie (UTIAS) is among five U of T Engineering researchers to receive funding in the latest round of the Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence (ORF-RE) program. (Photo: Meredith Pullara)

Five U of T Engineering faculty receive Ontario Research Funding to advance transformative research

July 6, 2021

Projects include reducing aircraft noise emissions, developing all-weather autonomous vehicles

Professors Timothy Chan (left) and Vahid Sarhangian (right) comment on the ICU capacity issues in Ontario due to COVID-19. (Photo credit, from left to right: Pam Walls and Liz Do)

How modelling informs tough ICU decisions during COVID-19: U of T Engineering researchers explain

May 17, 2021

Professors Timothy Chan and Vahid Sarhangian are working with hospitals to make optimal patient-transfer decisions during the pandemic and in the recovery

Professor Craig Simmons (BME), co-lead at TRANSFORM HF, looks forward to providing students with an immersive training experience beyond his lab and into the communities where their innovations will be used. (Photo: Neil Ta)

TRANSFORM HF partnership advances novel technologies for heart failure care

May 6, 2021

Research collaboration aims to achieve equitable access to high-quality care in managing heart failure across Canada

Soft-robotics expert Mihai “Mishu” Duduta has joined MIE. (Photo courtesy Mihai Duduta)

Meet Mihai ‘Mishu’ Duduta, MIE’s newest faculty member

May 4, 2021

Duduta’s work focuses on developing soft robots that can safely interact with humans

Professor Eric Diller (MIE) is collaborating with medical researchers to develop dexterous, magnetically controlled microrobots that could perform minimally invasive brain surgery. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

U of T researchers develop first-of-its-kind dexterous microrobots for neurosurgery

April 30, 2021

The tiny magnetic gripper tools could one day be used to perform minimally invasive brain surgery

An expert in machine learning, Professor Eldan Cohen joins MIE. (Photo courtesy Eldan Cohen)

Meet Eldan Cohen, MIE’s newest faculty member

April 26, 2021

Cohen, who previously interned at Fujitsu Laboratories of America and the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, develops models to enable more robust AI algorithms

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