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A new study of zebra mussels, like this one growing in a tank in the lab of Professor Eli Sone (BME, MSE), could offer insights into new medical adhesives as well as ways to prevent fouling of water intake pipes. (Photo: Angelico Obille)

Zebra mussels could point the way toward non-stick surfaces and medical adhesives

Professor Eli Sone and his team developed new techniques to measure how strongly mussels stick to a range of different materials

Professor Anatole von Lilienfeld (MSE, Chemistry, Physics) will play a key role in helping U of T's Acceleration Consortium reach its goal of reducing the time and cost of developing new materials that do not exist yet. (Photo courtesy: Anatole von Lilienfeld)

Acceleration Consortium at U of T welcomes Anatole von Lilienfeld as inaugural Clark chair in advanced materials discovery

Professor von Lilienfeld, whose appointment will be shared with the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, will play a key role in developing new materials that do not exist yet

U of T Engineering and Hitachi High-Tech Canada partnership has led to scientific discoveries and commercialized products

NSERC Synergy Award celebrates decades of collaboration on nanoscale electron microscopy and robotics

U of T Engineering and Hitachi High-Tech Canada partnership has led to scientific discoveries and commercialized products

Left to right: Michel Haché (MSE PhD candidate), Joseph Sebastian (BME PhD candidate), and Nebras Warsi (BMD PhD candidate) are three U of T Engineering students who have been awarded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships for 2021.

Three U of T Engineering students earn national scholarships for advanced materials, neuromodulation and heart modelling research

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, worth $150,000 each, will support projects on designing bulk nanomaterials, cardiac imaging and a closed-loop neurostimulation platform

Professor Jason Hattrick-Simpers has joined the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. (Photo courtesy Jason Hattrick-Simpers)

MSE welcomes new faculty member Jason Hattrick-Simpers

Hattrick-Simpers says the opportunity to be the first person to discover a new material with unbelievable properties is what drives his work as a researcher

Fourth-year student Morris Huang has been recognized with the Difference Maker Award for his leadership through the student-run non-profit, Global Spark. (Photo courtesy Morris Huang)

U of T Engineering student leader receives inaugural Troost ILead Difference Maker Award

The $50,000 award aims to accelerate the career of a graduating student with a vision to make a positive difference in their communities and beyond

Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) teaching assistant Crystal Liu designed, sourced and mailed 50 lab kits for students to build a mini mechanical tester from home. (Photo courtesy Crystal Liu)

‘Assemble it like IKEA furniture:’ U of T Engineering TA creates build-at-home machine to enable hands-on remote learning

DIY kits designed, assembled and mailed to 50 Materials Science & Engineering students for at-home labs

Monica Franklin and Martin Franklin, children of the late University Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin, look at the street sign bearing her name on U of T's St. George campus (photo by Johnny Guatto)

‘An outstanding scholar and a beloved teacher’: U of T holds Ursula Franklin Street renaming ceremony

Formerly Russell Street, the renamed roadway now commemorates one of the most influential scientists and engineers in Canada’s history

A precision flight-control test in wind with a hexacopter drone from Professor Steven Waslander‘s (UTIAS)  lab. Waslander will use the funding to acquire the latest in motion-capture technology in order to develop next-generation drones. (Photo courtesy of Steven Waslander)

Five U of T Engineering projects receive funding boost for state-of-the-art research tools

Motion-capture equipment to explore and develop robust autonomous drones is among five infrastructure projects receiving funding support