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Professor Caitlin Maikawa wins 2024 John Charles Polanyi Prize for Chemistry

Graduate students present their research project

International partnership brings students from South Korea to participate in Toronto’s AI ecosystem

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U of T Engineering grad champions environmental causes, Indigenous empowerment

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Dubbed the Buddy Badge, the wearable device acts as a transponder, using a system of sensors connected to hand-washing stations, doorways, and critical routes to patient rooms. (Photo by Christine Sandu on Unsplash)

U of T startup’s wearable tech encourages hand hygiene to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Left to right: Professors P.A. Sullivan, R.C. Tennyson, I.I. Glass, J.B. French, and B. Etkin (not shown: Prof. Peter Hughes) in 1970. (Photo courtesy UTIAS)

Solving Houston’s problem: How U of T Engineering’s Institute for Aerospace Studies helped Apollo 13 land safely

Emissions are seen rising from an industrial facility. Professor Greg Evans (ChemE) studies connections between air pollution and human health. (Photo: Ella Ivanescu / Unsplash)

Can lowering emissions improve the odds against COVID-19? A U of T Engineering expert examines the evidence

Milica Radisic (ChemE, IBBME) is working with Axel Guenther and Edmond Young (both MIE) to create tiny models of the nose, mouth, eyes and lungs to better understand how COVID-19 infects organs. (Credit: Neil Ta)

How does COVID-19 invade our bodies so easily? U of T Engineering team uses ‘organ-on-a-chip’ model to find out