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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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A U of T Engineering team, led by ECE graduate students, designed a UV lamp fitted with distance sensors to more efficiently disinfect contaminated surfaces. It has recently been prototyped. (Image: Jonathan Qu)

Smart UV lamp could fight COVID-19 and other diseases

Professor Ali Dolatabadi joins MIE. (Photo courtesy Ali Dolatabadi)

Ali Dolatabadi joins MIE as newest faculty member

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Black History Month: Representation Matters

Left to right: Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin), MASc candidate Keni Mallinen (in vehicle) and research associate Dr. Arman Ganji with the UrbanScanner. The vehicle is a rolling laboratory capable of monitoring air quality, traffic, trees and the built environment. (Photo: Phill Snel)

The UrbanScanner Project: Mobile monitoring of air pollution in cities