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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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Some call the digital market the Wild, Wild West. It has evolved so fast that government lawmakers don’t know what to do with it. (Photo: Tezos on Unsplash)

Explainer: Professor Andreas Veneris on digital assets, blockchain and the new ‘Wild, Wild West’

Professor Levente Diosady (ChemE) has developed novel technologies to fortify staple foods, which has helped improve the health of millions of people in developing countries. (Photo: Submitted)

Professor Levente Diosady Receives U of T President’s Impact Award

Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) and her lab group have received a 2022 Connaught Innovation Award for their work on high-performance and cost-effective aluminum batteries for electric transportation and renewable energy storage. (Photo: Roberta Baker).

Beyond lithium-ion: New battery technologies among nine projects supported by 2022 Connaught Innovation Awards

In mid-March, Dean Yip met for coffee with the team that won the 2022 Canadian Engineering Competition in the category of Senior Engineering Design. Left to right: Dean Christopher Yip, Kushagra Goel (Year 3 CompE), Ajeya Madhava Rao Vijayakumar (Year 3 MechE), Bobby Graydon (Year 4 MechE) and Karman Lochab (Year 3 ElecE). (Photo: Christopher Yip)

U of T Engineering team places first at the Canadian Engineering Competition