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Left to right: Alumnus Nan Ge (MechE 1T3, MIE MASc 1T6, PhD 1T9) and Professor Aimy Bazylak (MIE) are the co-founders of Cardinal Volta. (photo by Paola Varhen Pacheco)

New commercialization funding will help this U of T Engineering startup turn waste heat into power

"If nobody outside a company can see what these systems are doing, it’s very hard to tell whether they’re safe," says Professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE). (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T researcher calls for independent testing of powerful AI models

Left to right: Weixiang Ben (Year 3 MSE), Jiaze Wu (MSE PhD student) and Professor Kai Huang (MSE) are three members of the team who designed a new type of nanoparticle that can upconvert light from low-energy photons into high-energy ones. (photo by Tyler Irving)

New light-emitting nanoparticles can detect subtle chemical differences to enhance pharmaceutical manufacturing, pollution prevention and more

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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

July 30, 2018

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

July 27, 2018

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

July 24, 2018

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U of T Engineering blockchain project receives funding injection from Connaught Fund

July 20, 2018

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