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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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The Sky Guys put the DX-3 Vanguard to the test at Markham Airport. The hybrid drone features vertical take-off and landing, long-range communications and cloud-based analytics. (Credit: The Sky Guys)

How a team of U of T Engineering graduates are developing a next-generation drone

A collaboration between UTIAS professor Philippe Lavoie and zoologists at UBC have determined gulls are able to transition across a broad range of wing shapes to stabilize glide. (Credit: Christina Harvey)

U of T Engineering collaboration with zoologists reveals how gulls ‘wing morph’ for stable soaring

Professor Levente Diosady (ChemE, at left) has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada. U of T Engineering alumnus Dr. Arthur Slutsky (EngSci 7T0, MASc MIE 7T2) was also named a Member of the Order of Canada. (Photo: Roberta Baker).

U of T Engineering professor and alumnus named to the Order of Canada

Nazli Kaya (MIE MASc candidate) wears the eye-tracking device used to accurately assess where drivers were looking when turning at intersections. (Credit: Laura Pedersen)

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