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Left to right: Alumnus Nan Ge (MechE 1T3, MIE MASc 1T6, PhD 1T9) and Professor Aimy Bazylak (MIE) are the co-founders of Cardinal Volta. (photo by Paola Varhen Pacheco)

New commercialization funding will help this U of T Engineering startup turn waste heat into power

"If nobody outside a company can see what these systems are doing, it’s very hard to tell whether they’re safe," says Professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE). (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T researcher calls for independent testing of powerful AI models

Left to right: Weixiang Ben (Year 3 MSE), Jiaze Wu (MSE PhD student) and Professor Kai Huang (MSE) are three members of the team who designed a new type of nanoparticle that can upconvert light from low-energy photons into high-energy ones. (photo by Tyler Irving)

New light-emitting nanoparticles can detect subtle chemical differences to enhance pharmaceutical manufacturing, pollution prevention and more

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Paul Chen (ChemE PhD 2T2) has earned a Schmidt Science Fellowship for his research into engineering and nanotechnology. He is among only 29 Fellows from around the world in the 2022 cohort. (Photo: Dewey Chang)

U of T Engineering researcher Paul Chen earns Schmidt Science Fellowship

June 9, 2022

A rendering of an electric vehicle prototype shows the conduits that carry fluid to cool different internal components, such as the battery, motor and other electronics. (Image: U of T Electrification Hub)

New CREATE grant powers training and innovation in thermal management to enhance performance of electric vehicles and battery systems

June 9, 2022

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Dean Emerita Cristina Amon named U of T University Professor

June 3, 2022

Researchers at U of T Engineering and the University of Waterloo used wood-derived materials to construct this device, about the size of a credit card, which can be used to harvest electrical energy from everyday movements via the triboelectric effect. (Photo: Md Masud Rana, University of Waterloo)

Wood-derived prototype could lead to self-powered biosensors

June 3, 2022

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