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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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Nanoleaf co-founder and CEO Gimmy Chu (ElecE 0T6) announced last week that the company is shifting its operations to providing masks, goggles and gloves to address shortages in Canadian and U.S. hospitals. (Photo courtesy of Nanoleaf)

Engineering alumni startup Nanoleaf to source more than one million masks amid COVID-19 shortages

FLATTEN.ca is an online tool built by a team of volunteers, including U of T Engineering students. It uses self-reporting to create a heatmap of potential COVID-19 cases across the GTA. (Image courtesy FLATTEN.ca)

FLATTEN: Engineering students create free online map to help track the spread of COVID-19

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Air filtration and COVID-19: Indoor air quality expert explains how to keep you and your building safe

Professor Dionne Aleman’s (MIE) research uses agent-based data to simulate a pandemic outbreak in urban areas. (Photo: Clay Banks / Unsplash)

COVID-19 and the ‘what if machine’: How simulations and models help predict pandemic spread