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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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Polaris, a solar vehicle constructed by the Blue Sky Solar Team, sits on display in the Bahen Centre for Information Technology, one of many buildings occupied by U of T Engineering faculty, staff and students. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

U of T Engineering rises two spots in THE’s World University Rankings 2022

Samin Aref. (Photo: M. Rezapour)

Meet new MIE professor Samin Aref

Professor Chris Lawson (ChemE). (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

ChemE welcomes new faculty member Chris Lawson

A new analysis by U of T Engineering researchers shows that concrete basements are the top driver of material intensity for new single-family homes. (Photo: twenty20photos, via Envato Elements)

Large carbon footprint of new house construction mostly due to concrete basements