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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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Black History Month: Celebrating Black women in STEM

February 11, 2021

The Bank of Canada is formulating a contingency plan for a Central Bank Digital Currency — a “digital loonie.” A team of researchers from U of T and York University was one of three selected to submit a proposal on its implementation. Photo composition created via Envato and Creative Commons (S. Rae).

Multidisciplinary team lays groundwork for a Central Bank-backed “digital loonie”

February 11, 2021

Along with fellow U of T alumnus and co-founder Ivan Yuen, Allen Lau built Wattpad into a global digital publishing and entertainment company that was recently purchased by South Korean internet giant Naver (photo courtesy of Wattpad)

‘A match made in heaven’: U of T Engineering alumnus Allen Lau on Naver’s US$600-million acquisition of Wattpad

February 8, 2021

The NSBEHacks 2020 team, many of whom are back to lead NSBEHacks 2021. This year’s student organizers also include Adam Cassie (Year 3 ECE), Rebecca Lashley (Year ECE), Kyra Nankivell (Year 1 IndE) and Boleng Masedi (Year 4 ECE). This photo was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of NSBEHacks)

Toronto’s first-ever Black student-run hackathon returns for third year, going virtual and global

February 1, 2021

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