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From left: U of T Engineering researchers Professor Axel Guenther (MIE), Navid Hakimi (MIE PhD candidate) and Richard Cheng (IBBME PhD candidate) have created the first ‘skin printer’ that forms tissues in situ for application to wounds. (Credit: Liz Do)

U of T Engineering researchers develop handheld 3D skin printer

May 2, 2018

Researchers in Professor Axel Guenther’s lab create portable device that prints skin tissue to cover deep wounds

U of T Engineering celebrates student leadership at 2018 Cressy Awards

April 18, 2018

Undergraduate and graduate engineering students were recognized for their exceptional contributions to the Engineering and University communities with 2018 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards

Professor Nikolai DeMartini develops new strategies to help pulp and paper mills deal with contaminants such as salts and metals in their processes. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

U of T Engineering receives three new NSERC Industrial Research Chairs

April 6, 2018

Partnerships with leading companies will advance research into pulp and paper, automotive components and rock mechanics

Modular labs installed on U of T Engineering rooftop enable building science research

April 3, 2018

State-of-the-art Twin Suites Rooftop Lab will be home to research conducted by Professors Marianne Touchie (MIE, CivMin), Kim Pressnail and Jeffrey Siegel (both CivMin)

Professor Amy Bilton (MIE), left, and recent graduate Ahmed Mahmoud (MIE MASc 1T6) collaborated on a network of portable, low-cost sensors that can provide real-time data on soil moisture and other quantities important for agriculture. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Data-driven farming: U of T Engineering spin-off develops low-cost sensors for Nepal

March 9, 2018

Platform developed by Spero Analytics provides real-time data on soil moisture which can be used to improve agricultural productivity

Charlie Katrycz (MIE MEng candidate) worked at Walter Klassen FX, where he was part of the team that constructed the tank for the Oscar-winning film The Shape of Water. (Photo courtesy Charlie Katrycz)

U of T Engineering student’s work featured in Oscar-winning film

March 7, 2018

Charlie Katrycz helped construct the tank that held the creature in The Shape of Water

Amol Rao (MIE MEng candidate) is the founder of Somnitude, a startup company that helps people get better sleep with its blue-wavelength-filtering glasses. Rao partnered with Freestyle Canada to ship 30 of his company's glasses to Olympic athletes ahead of the 2018 winter games. (Credit: Liz Do).

This engineering startup is giving Canada’s Olympic skiers a fresh edge

February 6, 2018

Somnitude’s high-tech glasses help elite athletes optimize their circadian rhythms to get essential sleep and beat jet lag ahead of Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea

Professors Rita Kandel and Robert Pilliar (IBBME), at right, are working on a promising new treatment that could see diseased joints replaced with new tissue-engineered joints developed at U of T Engineering. (Credit: Jennifer Robinson)

New joints for arthritis sufferers among U of T Engineering research projects receiving Connaught Innovation Award support

February 2, 2018

The five funded projects address pressing challenges in fields from machine learning to micro-surgery

EngSoc contest updates Godiva’s Hymn to reflect diversity in engineering

January 29, 2018

The Godiva’s Hymn contest, held by U of T’s Engineering Society, encourages students to contribute verses that echo the spirit of the 21st-century engineer. The 2018 winners were announced at Cannonball on Jan. 13, 2018.

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