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Begum Yilmaz, Katarina Poffley and Emre Yilmaz hold their payload at the Canadian Space Agency’s Timmins stratospheric balloon base.

START1 takes flight: U of T Engineering student team explores radiation risks in space

Aniss Zaoui

How a recent grad’s second PhD prepared him to develop next-generation sustainable materials

Yu Zou and team

New metal matrix composites — made with 3D printing — could lead to light, yet strong components for aerospace and other industries

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Professor Matthew Mackay (MIE) recognized for his work revamping labs and courses to enhance hands-on student experience within the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. (Photo: MIE)

Matthew Mackay receives U of T’s Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award

Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Hao Chen shows off a prototype inverted perovskite solar cell created in the lab of Professor Ted Sargent (ECE). The team leveraged quantum mechanics to improve both the stability and efficiency of this alternative solar technology. (Photo: Bin Chen)

Quantum innovation advances low-cost alternative solar technology

Khadija Rana is the 2022 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. (Photo: Negar Balaghi)

Compassion in action: Meet 2022 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award winner Khadija Rana

Professor Alex Mihailidis (BME, Medicine) was the principal applicant for a federally funded training platform that aims to accelerate digital health solutions for older adults. (Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn)

National platform to prepare researchers to lead digital health solutions for older adults