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Lyndia Wu (EngSci 1T2) did her PEY Co-op placement at Sentinelle Medical. Now a professor at UBC, Wu researches the biomechanical mechanisms of concussions. (Photo: Clare Kiernan)

From PEY to prof: How this alumna’s Co-op paved a path to an academic career in biomedical engineering

Researchers Kylie O’Donnell (ChemE PhD 1T8) and Maryam Arefmanesh (ChemE PhD candidate) use gel electrophoresis to analyze DNA fragments in the lab of Professor Emma Master (ChemE). Master is one of three U of T Engineering professors who have received one of NSERC’s Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grants in the latest round of funding. (Photo: Sean Caffrey)

Three U of T Engineering CREATE grants accelerate translation from lab to market

“It’s about taking inclusion further, while strongly connecting it back to the engineering profession,” says Marisa Sterling, the Faculty’s first Assistant Dean and Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Professionalism.

Meet Marisa Sterling, U of T Engineering’s first Assistant Dean and Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Professionalism

Shuailong Zhang (left) and Aaron Wheeler, have designed microrobots (working at the sub-millimetre scale) that can be operated by optoelectronic tweezers for cell manipulation. (Photo: Dan Haves)

Microrobots to change the way we work with cellular material