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U of T researchers Sonya MacParland (right) and Kim Tsoi (IBBME PhD 1T6) are the lead authors on a four-year study that showed how the liver and spleen trapped cancer nanomedicine, preventing them from reaching their intended targets. (Photo: Peter Church)

Understanding a key roadblock behind nanoparticle cancer drug delivery

A new paper from Prof. Warren Chan and colleagues is shedding light on how the liver interacts with nanoparticles

University Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin passed away on July 22, 2016. (Photo: Mark Neil Balson)

Remembering University Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin (MSE)

The world is mourning University Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin (MSE), one of Canada’s most accomplished scientists and educators and one of its most renowned feminists and peace activists. “Throughout her life and career, University Professor Ursula Franklin made remarkable contributions to the U of T Engineering community, the engineering profession and the world,” said Cristina Amon, dean of […]

Nazir Kherani (at right) is just one of the six U of T Engineering professors and five alumni inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering today. (Photo: Jacklyn Atlas)

11 U of T Engineering professors and alumni inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering

Six professors and five alumni named fellows in the CAE’s Class of 2016

Professors Birsen Donmez (MIE), Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivE), Keryn Lian (MSE) and Prasanth Nair (UTIAS) are this year’s recipients of Discovery Accelerator Supplements from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). In total, 80 professors and graduate students from U of T Engineering received support today in the form of research funding or scholarships from NSERC, totalling $10.4 million.

U of T Engineering researchers receive $10.4 million in NSERC research funding

Of the 51 U of T Engineering professors included in the investment, four received prestigious Discovery Accelerator Supplements

Grads to watch 2016.

Grads to Watch: Meet 16 global engineering leaders

This year’s 16 “Grads to Watch” are just a few of the talented and accomplished Engineering graduates who will receive their degrees at Spring Convocation

Photo: Tyler Irving

The Entrepreneurship Hatchery: Three student startups to watch

A tool that provides instant audience feedback and other solutions for conferences, a smartphone app to improve physiotherapy and a meal replacement drink are three new companies being supported by U of T Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Hatchery

Pei-Yu Kuo, a PhD candidate in Forestry, and Rana Sodhi, Senior Research Associate and adjunct professor (ChemE), work on the a new secondary ion mass spectrometer at the Characterization of Advanced Materials (OCCAM). (Photo: Neil Ta)

OCCAM: Advancing research from the depths of the ocean to outer space

The Ontario Centre for the Characterization of Advanced Materials (OCCAM) — a $20 million analytical laboratory at U of T Engineering — has officially unveiled its newest machines and is ready to take on new industrial partnerships

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Six engineering innovations get a boost from NSERC Strategic Partnership Grants

New funding from NSERC will advance U of T Engineering research in sustainable energy, telecommunications and more

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Shape-shifting engineered nanoparticles for delivering cancer drugs to tumours

Professor Warren Chan designs modular nanoparticles attached to strands of DNA that can change shape to gain access to diseased tissue, like a key fitting into a lock