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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 Eric Diller (MIE) holds up a magnetic capsule that can be used to non-invasively sample the gut microbiome, thereby advancing research into a host of human health conditions. (Photo: Eric Diller)

Magnetic microbiome sampler among seven projects supported by Connaught Innovation Awards

March 29, 2021

Austin Mclean (MechEng 1T5+PEY, MEng 1T9) and Rashmi Satharakulasinghe (ChemE 1T7) demonstrate the electricity-free irrigation controller they developed to help farmers in developing countries make more efficient use of water in agriculture. (Photo: Corridor Water Technologies).

Social enterprise aims to bring smarter irrigation to areas without electricity

March 22, 2021

A pharmacist preps a COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Steven Cornfield / Unsplash)

Explainer: U of T Engineering professor Omar F. Khan on COVID-19 vaccination efficacy, misconceptions and Canada’s rollout

March 18, 2021

A Reeddi power capsule, shown at right, provides affordable and sustainable electricity for short-term needs. A startup created by Olugbenga Olubanjo (CivE MASc 1T9) is piloting the technology in Nigeria. (Photo: Leke Alabi Isama/GGImages/Proof Africa)

Reeddi powers up: Startup brings portable, renewable electricity to rural areas

March 11, 2021

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