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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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Professor Daeho Kim (CivMin). (Photo: Phill Snell)

Meet Daeho Kim, one of CivMin’s new faculty members

In this photo, taken in February 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Chirag Variawa (left) speaks with a student at Chestnut Residence, a home for many engineering students. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

U of T Engineering professor recognized for early career contributions to engineering education

Professor Liyang Dai-Hattrick has joined the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. (Photo courtesy Liyang Dai-Hattrick)

Meet Liyang Dai-Hattrick, MSE’s newest faculty member

Professor Jason Hattrick-Simpers has joined the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. (Photo courtesy Jason Hattrick-Simpers)

MSE welcomes new faculty member Jason Hattrick-Simpers