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MIE PhD candidate Arman Arezoomand in the Decisionics Lab of Professor Fae Azhari (MIE, CivMin). Thanks to the Data Sciences Institute (DSI) Doctoral Student Fellowship, Arezoomand is advancing research on robotic skin for prosthetics and other robotic applications. (photo by Sarah Yuan)

Research into ‘robotic skin’ could help restore a sense of touch for those with prosthetic digits

Milos Stojadinovic explains how banks safeguard themselves and their customers from cyber threats at the inaugural Tech@RBC Insider session. (photo by Neil Ta)

Generous RBC gift creates transformative scholarships, sets students up for careers in tech

Left to right: Computer Science student Vishwa Dave and Hudson Jantzi (Year 1 CompE) both received a 2025 Schulich Leader Scholarship. (photos courtesy of students)

2025 Schulich Leaders grateful for ‘life-changing’ scholarship to study STEM at U of T

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Professor Philip Asare (ISTEP, EngSci). (Photo: Dustin Fenstermacher)

Meet Professor Philip Asare

Professors Lisa Austin (Faculty of Law) and David Lie (ECE) — photographed before COVID-19 struck — are among a team of researchers and legal experts studying the privacy implications and the technology behind exposure notification apps. (Photo: Jessica MacInnis)

Can COVID-19 contact tracing and exposure notification apps protect both your health and your privacy?

U of T Engineering postdoctoral fellow Xue Wang installs a membrane electrode assembly cell for testing the performance of a catalyst. Made by coating copper with a layer of carbon-doped nitrogen, the catalyst is designed to efficiently convert CO2 into ethanol. (Photo courtesy Xue Wang)

Converting emissions into valuable fuel

Professor Shurui Zhou combines advances in tooling and software engineering principles with insights from other disciplines to help distributed and interdisciplinary software teams collaborate more efficiently. (Photo courtesy of Shurui Zhou)

ECE welcomes new faculty member Shurui Zhou