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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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Margaux Ronciere is among four U of T undergraduate students and 36 recipients across Canada to receive the Loran Award this year.

Tackling social and systemic change: Meet U of T Engineering’s 2020 Loran Scholar

This rendering shows the vision for the Sustainability Lab, a new facility to be constructed on the roof of the Wallberg Building. (Image courtesy Baird Sampson Neuert Architects)

Two new clean-energy hubs in the GTA to boost U of T Engineering sustainability research

Professor Jennifer Farmer (ChemE) is using a combination of “kitchen labs,” simulated lab platforms and data analysis reports in her Applied Chemistry course. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Farmer)

Three cool virtual labs: How U of T Engineering instructors are getting creative with remote active learning

A student from George Harvey Collegiate Institute presents a diabetic foot brace designed as part of the Discovery outreach program in June 2019. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s program successfully pivoted online. (Photo: Bill Dai)

How one U of T Engineering educational program kept thriving during COVID-19