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U of T Engineering Dean Chris Yip on how the Defy Gravity campaign is making a difference

Professor Adrian Nachman (ECE) is internationally renowned for his breakthroughs in mathematical problems related to medical imaging, some of which had been unsolved for decades. (photo courtesy of ECE)

Professor Adrian Nachman elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Alec Krawciw and Tim Barfoot stand beside the Lunar Exploration Light Rover, a white vehicle with a tank on wheels

University of Toronto researchers developing advanced autonomy algorithms for cargo transportation on the moon

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In this photomicrograph, points of patterned laser light (blue) are being projected on computationally selected positions to activate the muscles of a genetically modified, one-millimetre-long C. elegans worm. The technique could offer a new way of developing organism-based microrobots for a variety of different applications. (Image: Xianke Dong, Zhaoyi Xu)

RoboWorm: Light-controlled organism offers a new strategy for micro-scale robotics

Professors Lisa Austin (Faculty of Law) and David Lie (ECE) — photographed before the COVID-19 pandemic — are part of a multidisciplinary team behind a new global study that explores the privacy expectations and behaviour of smartphone users. (Photo: Jessica MacInnis)

Privacy study sheds light on why we grant or deny app requests

Lucia Stafford (Year 4 CivE) will compete against her older sister Gabriela DeBues-Stafford in the 1,500-metre race at the Tokyo Olympics. Both athletes studied at U of T and ran track with the Varsity Blues (Photo: Johnny Guatto)

Friends and family: U of T’s Lucia Stafford to share track with big sister in Olympic debut

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