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In March 2026, Sushant Singh (MSE MEng 1T9, MIE PhD 2T6) won the top overall prize at  U of T’s Desjardins Startup Prize competition. (photo by Tim Fraser, KITE Studio)

The future of wound healing: Desjardins Prize supports U of T bioprinting startup

Drawing on experience in athletics, marketing, behavioural science and industry, Professor Alex Kaju (ISTEP) brings a practical approach to engineering education. (photo courtesy of Alex Kaju)

‘The goal is to bring the outside world into the classroom’: Meet Professor Alex Kaju

Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon (MIE) draws inspiration from nature to design robots that fly, hop, crawl or seamlessly combine multiple modes of locomotion. (photo courtesy of Pakpong Chirarattananon)

‘Simplicity wins when designing bio-inspired robots’: Meet MIE Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon

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Sandra Odendahl, CEO of CMC Research Institutes, at the company’s Field Research Station in Brooks, Alta. (Photo courtesy CMC Research Institutes)

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Arthur Slutsky in his lab with graduate student Thenuka Thanabalasingam (left) and researcher Dr. Haibo Zhang (right). Slutsky recently stepped down after 18 years as Research at St. Michael’s Hospital. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Meet the U of T Engineering alumnus who dedicated his career to helping patients breathe easier

Alex Grbic (CompE 9T4, MASc 9T6, PhD 0T3) has returned to Toronto to solve big industry problems by developing AI software solutions. (Photo credit: Liz Do)

Meet the U of T Engineering alumnus using AI to solve industry problems