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‘If we in academia don’t go after the hardest challenges, nobody else will’: U of T researcher aims to do it all

U of T Engineering professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE) also holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute, and is a faculty affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute. (photo by Matthew Tierney)

Professor Nicolas Papernot wins the 2025 Steacie Prize

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Soft robot programmed to move like an inchworm

CivE PhD Candidate Pedram Mortazavi, MASc, P.Eng, poses with a cast steel link in the Structures Lab at the University of Toronto’s Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering. Photo: Phill Snel, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering/ U of T

PhD candidate honoured by Canadian Institute of Steel Construction

Rob Brown (MechE 0T0), chief operating officer of Viryl Technologies, holds up a “splatter” record made on the company’s LiteTone vinyl press. Viryl Technologies is one of only two firms worldwide that produce such machines. (Photo: Doug Chappell)

This U of T Engineering grad is leading the ‘vinyl renaissance’

From left to right, Professor Jun Nogami (MSE), Jack Yu (Year 3 MSE), Trefor Evans (EngSci 1T4, UTIAS PhD Candidate), Calvin Moes (EngSci 1T3 + PEY, MSE PhD candidate), Evan Bennewies (EngSci 1T8 + PEY), and Luke Patterson (MechE 1T9 + PEY) (Photo: D. Guthrie)

Human Powered Vehicle Design Team sets world record at international speed-bike competition