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Professor Tim Barfoot aims to boost the institute's role as a leader in aerospace innovation, talent development and industry collaboration. (photo by Neil Ta)

Meet Professor Tim Barfoot, the new director of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies

Professor Michael Carter (MIE) is the recipient of the highest honour awarded by the  Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE). The award was presented by IISE President Dean Athanassiades, left, and IISE Immediate Past President Sunderesh Heragu, right. (photo by David Brandt)

Optimizing patient care: Professor Michael Carter on how industrial engineering has delivered faster, better and more efficient health care

Professor Ethan Ritz (CivMin) at the University of Toronto main gates. (photo by Phill Snel)

‘You’re going to learn your whole life’: Meet Ethan Ritz, CivMin’s newest faculty member

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One of the Undu team members holds up its first product, an ultra-thin heating pad. The new startup, led by U of T Engineering grad student Charlie Katrycz is developing new ways to relieve menstrual pain. (Photo courtesy of Undu)

This ultra-thin hot water bottle could help ease menstrual pain

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Using augmented reality to make community spaces accessible for children with autism spectrum disorder

“It has been a completely surreal experience, I’m surrounded by some of the greatest minds in the field,” says Saanjali Maharaj (Year 3 EngSci), pictured here with astronaut Yvonne Cagle. (Photo courtesy of Saanjali Maharaj)

This U of T Engineering student is developing fire-fighting drones at NASA

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