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Drawing on experience in athletics, marketing, behavioural science and industry, Professor Alex Kaju (ISTEP) brings a practical approach to engineering education. (photo courtesy of Alex Kaju)

‘The goal is to bring the outside world into the classroom’: Meet Professor Alex Kaju

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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