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four people stand in front of a research poster. One holds a bowl containing pieces of cacti.

This cactus-based material could help improve rainwater harvesting for communities across rural Mexico

Students in Professor Karl Peterson’s lab examine concrete samples from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Left to right: Wisdom Okoh, Katia Ossetchkina, Professor Karl Peterson and Amy Montgomery. (photo by Phill Snel)

This team of CivMin researchers is studying the Gordie Howe International Bridge — down to the microscopic level

Alex Kurk (MechE 2T6), left, is the 2026 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. Sanjay Malaviya, right, is the donor for this award. Malaviya holds one of the 3D-printed interfaces designed by Kurk to help people with low vision navigate software user interfaces. (photo by Tyler Irving)

Solutions for people with low vision helped Alex Kurk earn the 2026 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award

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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

July 18, 2019

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

July 11, 2019

“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

July 10, 2019

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

July 8, 2019

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