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U of T Engineering students getting a leg up with Project Leap

Left to right: Co-leads on the study, Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) and Lucia Huang (BME MSc student), say the technology could make monitoring and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases easier and accessible. (Photo by KITE Studio/UHN)

Researchers develop swallowable sensor that offers simpler way to monitor gut inflammation

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New modelling tool for intermittent water distribution systems could improve service for over a billion people

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Bipasha Goyal (Year 3 EngSci, Biomedical Option) conducts research on a protein that could fight vision loss by encouraging the growth of photoreceptor cells in the eye. She is one of the dozens of students presenting at this year’s Undergraduate Engineering Research Day, held online August 14, 2020. (Photo: Carter Teal)

‘A world of possibilities’: U of T Engineering undergraduate students host virtual summer research conference

Researchers in Professor Warren Chan’s (BME) lab. Ben Ouyang (second from top left) and team, under the supervision of Chan (top left), discovered the dose threshold that improves drug delivery to tumours. (Photo courtesy of Ben Ouyang)

How to get more cancer-fighting nanoparticles to where they are needed

A photo of Beirut’s harbour taken in 2013. (Photo: Rachid H, via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachidh/9335102510/">Flickr</a>)

Forensic engineering expert on what happens next in Beirut

A crowd spills along Bloor street after a transit disruption in November 2009. U of T Engineering research have designed an algorithm that they say can more efficiently dispatch buses to deal with downed subway lines. (Photo: Sweetsop, via Flickr)

Is there a better way for transit systems to deal with service disruptions?