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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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Alison Olechowski (MIE, ISTEP) studies the future of work and how engineering teams reach reliable decisions when designing new products. (Photo: Pam Walls)

How engineers can keep innovating — while working from home

April 14, 2020

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

April 13, 2020

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

April 11, 2020

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

April 9, 2020

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