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Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon (MIE) draws inspiration from nature to design robots that fly, hop, crawl or seamlessly combine multiple modes of locomotion. (photo courtesy of Pakpong Chirarattananon)

‘Simplicity wins when designing bio-inspired robots’: Meet MIE Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon

An AI model segments flames and smoke in aerial footage, helping researchers track wildfire growth and build more accurate predictions. (photo courtesy of Steven Waslander)

New AI prediction model could transform how Canada fights wildfires

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Ask Alan: Capstone team creates AI tool to help students study

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Two-dimensional materials could make electronic devices thinner and more flexible, but a new study shows that the variability of their mechanical properties represents a key barrier. (Photo: U.S. Army RDECOM, via Wikimedia Commons)

Mechanical testing will be key to making thinner, more flexible electronics: U of T Engineering study

June 27, 2022

Left to right: Tatiana Estevez (Permalution), Valerie Ajayi (MechE 2T1 + PEY), Kelly Chu (MechE 2T1 + PEY), Eva Liu (MechE 2T1 + PEY) in phone picture, Alyson Wong (MechE 2T1 + PEY) and Professor Markus Bussmann (Chair, MIE) stand next to a prototype fog harvester in the student arena within the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship. (Photo submitted)

U of T Engineering students partner with startup to build fog harvesting apparatus

June 21, 2022

Loretta Rogers (Hon LLD 2018), speaking at U of T Convocation in 2018. (Photo: Lisa Sakulensky)

How the Rogers family built a legacy of innovation at U of T Engineering

June 21, 2022

mosquito in the dark on a vertical surface

Mosquito-repellent paint among five projects funded by CGEN seed grant program

June 21, 2022

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