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Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) news

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

Gerald Heffernan, who received his BASc in metallurgy and materials science from U of T, was considered one of the few true technological visionaries in the global steel industry.

In Memoriam: Gerald Heffernan (1919-2023)

Gerald and Geraldine Heffernan contributed more than $11 million to support University of Toronto students, programs, researchers and buildings

Left to right: U of T Engineering Professors Greg Jamieson (MIE), Oh-Sung Kwon (CivMin) and Yu Zou (MSE) are all leading new research projects that look at various aspects of small modular reactors, an emerging technology that could shift how and where nuclear power is used.

How U of T Engineering research could improve the design of small-scale modular reactors for the nuclear industry

Three professors recently received grants to study various aspects of this emerging technology

Two individuals hold an atomic structure model

U of T Engineering researchers are using electric fields to control the movement of defects in crystals

New phenomenon of controlling dislocation motion has the potential to improve performance and formability of semiconductors and other brittle crystalline materials

Professor Paul Yoo stands outside in front of greenery and tress on the University of Toronto St. George campus.

Non-invasive approach for electrical nerve stimulation among six projects supported by 2023 Connaught Innovation Awards

Professor Paul Yoo (BME, ECE) is designing a cost-effective alternative to implantable neuromodulation devices

Professor Steven Thorpe (MSE) is among the recipients of the 2023 U of T President’s Teaching Awards. (Photo: Mark Balson)

Professor Steven Thorpe earns U of T President’s Teaching Award

Honour recognizes faculty members who demonstrate a substantial commitment to teaching innovation and excellence

Professor Ben Hatton. (Photo: Neil Ta)

How bending implantable medical devices can enable infectious organisms to gain a toehold

U of T Engineering researchers demonstrate that bending silicone rubber medical devices creates ‘microcracks’ that can affect where and how potentially harmful biofilms form

Robotics in a chemistry lab

‘Self-driving labs’: $200-million federal grant powers AI-driven materials discovery for clean energy, advanced manufacturing and more

Funding will enhance the work of the Acceleration Consortium, a multidisciplinary collaboration that includes several U of T Engineering researchers