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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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Professor Kamran Behdinan is leading a team to design and manufacture assisted-bag ventilators. (Photo: Pam Walls)

COVID-19: A ‘last resort’ breathing machine prototype heads to clinical trials

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) is collaborating with the University Health Network to launch Redeploy, an optimization tool to improve hospital staffing during the pandemic. (Photo: Pam Walls)

U of T Engineering team develops redeployment tool to optimize hospital staffing amid COVID-19

Left to right: Shafiul Ferdous (Year 4 MIE), Zarak Khan (Year 4 MIE), Angélica Mora (Vice-president, Cerrro Azul Community Association), Carmen Figueroa (Principal, Cerro Azul Primary School) and Diego Amores (Year 4 ECE) in front of Escuela Cerro Azul. The U of T Engineering student are designing a solar installation to provide power for the school. (Photo courtesy Diego Amores)

Power for the people: Designing a solar array for a remote mountain community

The team developing a more sensitive test for COVID-19 (Photo: Alexandros Sklavounos).

Meet the U of T Engineering team developing an on-the-go test for COVID-19