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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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The ongoing pandemic has tested Canada’s vaccine production capabilities and highlighted the need for a national strategy. (Photo: Spencer Davis via Unsplash)

With vaccines top of mind, U of T brings together experts to address Canada’s biomanufacturing gaps

Soft-robotics expert Mihai “Mishu” Duduta has joined MIE. (Photo courtesy Mihai Duduta)

Meet Mihai ‘Mishu’ Duduta, MIE’s newest faculty member

Professor Ervin Sejdić combines expertise in machine learning, signal processing and data science to improve health outcomes for patients. (Photo by: North York General Hospital)

ECE welcomes new faculty member Ervin Sejdić

Professor Eric Diller (MIE) is collaborating with medical researchers to develop dexterous, magnetically controlled microrobots that could perform minimally invasive brain surgery. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

U of T researchers develop first-of-its-kind dexterous microrobots for neurosurgery