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Professor Amr Helmy (left) and ECE PhD candidate Han Liu (right) with a quantum imaging-enabled chip that was fabricated in-house in Helmy’s lab. The chip shown contains about 1,000 of such light sources. (Photo: Liz Do)

U of T Engineering researchers to harness quantum properties of light for biomedical imaging, security and more

Professor Alison Olechowski (MIE, ILead) is among seven U of T Engineering researchers who received infrastructure funding by the CFI JELF. (Photo: Josef Oehmen)

Infrastructure for innovation: Seven U of T Engineering researchers receive CFI funding for upgrades and equipment

Hydrogeological technicians collect core samples from a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer near Barrie, Ont. Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) and her partners — including SiREM, a company that offers site remediation products and services — have developed bacterial cultures designed to clean up such sites by breaking down contaminants such as benzene, toluene and xylene. (Photo: Courtney Toth)

Contamination-eating microbes are ready for action

PetePeter Stogios manipulates a protein crystal mounted on an X-ray diffractometer. He and his team are researching a less expensive way of making cell-based meat. (Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn)r Stogios manipulates a protein crystal mounted on an X-ray diffractometer. He and his team are researching a less expensive way of making cell-based meat (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T Engineering researchers could lower the cost of producing lab-grown meat