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IBET Momentum Fellow Paige McFarlane aims to use microfluidics to design faster, more accurate medical tests

MIE PhD candidate Arman Arezoomand in the Decisionics Lab of Professor Fae Azhari (MIE, CivMin). Thanks to the Data Sciences Institute (DSI) Doctoral Student Fellowship, Arezoomand is advancing research on robotic skin for prosthetics and other robotic applications. (photo by Sarah Yuan)

Research into ‘robotic skin’ could help restore a sense of touch for those with prosthetic digits

Milos Stojadinovic explains how banks safeguard themselves and their customers from cyber threats at the inaugural Tech@RBC Insider session. (photo by Neil Ta)

Generous RBC gift creates transformative scholarships, sets students up for careers in tech

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Aaron Babier (MIE PhD candidate) demonstrates his AI-based software’s visualization capabilities. (Credit: Brian Tran)

Smarter cancer treatment: AI tool automates radiation therapy planning

Blue Sky Solar Racing's aerodynamic lead, Khanin Thongmongkol (Year 4 EngSci) with a 3D model of Polaris. The team conducted wind-tunnel tests of 3D-printed models of two retired vehicle designs, Horizon and Polaris, to help inform the design of their 10th generation vehicle.

Next-generation Blue Sky Solar car is put to the (wind) test

Dr. Tarek Awad, a researcher in U of T’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering, shows two samples: at left, a stainless steel surface treated to trap simple cooking oil, and at right, an uncoated surface. The uncoated surface can accumulate food residue and encourage the growth of food-borne pathogens. (Credit: Liz Do)

Cooking oil coating prevents bacteria from growing on food processing equipment

Mona Gridseth (left, UTIAS PhD candidate) and Keenan Burnett (EngSci 1T6+PEY, UTIAS MASc candidate) work on Zeus, a self-driving vehicle that recently took the top prize at the first competition of the three-year AutoDrive Challenge™. U of T Engineering’s new Engineering Science major in Machine Intelligence launches this September. It joins an MEng emphasis in Analytics that began January 2018. (Credit: Laura Pedersen)

U of T Engineering launches Canada’s first engineering undergraduate program in Machine Intelligence