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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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Omar F. Khan (ChemE MASc 0T6, PhD 1T0) officially joined the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) as an assistant professor on May 1, 2020.

IBBME welcomes new faculty member Omar F. Khan

A team led by Professor Leo Chou (IBBME) is pursuing a non-traditional approach that could lead to simpler, faster COVID-19 tests.

New ‘rock candy’ approach could lead to simpler, faster tests for COVID-19

Professor Molly Shoichet (IBBME, ChemE) is working with SickKids Hospital to develop a new drug delivery method using diphtheria toxin. (Photo: Neil Ta)

U of T researchers develop ‘piggyback’ vehicle to escape the endosomal trap and deliver RNA therapeutics

Senior Research Associate Peter Stogios (ChemE) is producing and analyzing viral proteins as part of the Toronto Open Access COVID-19 Protein Manufacturing Centre. (Photo Nick Iwanyshyn)

A U of T Engineering team is manufacturing coronavirus ‘parts’ for COVID-19 research