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Left to right: Co-leads on the study, Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) and Lucia Huang (BME MSc student), say the technology could make monitoring and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases easier and accessible. (Photo by KITE Studio/UHN)

Researchers develop swallowable sensor that offers simpler way to monitor gut inflammation

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New modelling tool for intermittent water distribution systems could improve service for over a billion people

Bertrand Neyhouse smiles at the camera, in front of a U of T building

‘Electrochemistry for a sustainable future’: Meet new ChemE professor Bertrand Neyhouse

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Chemical engineering PhD candidate Kayla Nemr and Professor Krishna Mahadevan grow yeast in a bioreactor. Along with their collaborators, they are using these organisms to transform bark, leaves and stems into the chemical building blocks of materials such as nylon. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Natural fibres: New yeast strains could turn plant waste into fabrics

DriverLab simulation

U of T Engineering researchers use DriverLab simulator to focus on driver behaviour and safety

Alexander Sullivan tests out the lab simulation. (Photo: Romi Levine)

Developing a new VR tool to teach lab techniques

Professor Doug Perovic (right) and engineering technologist Sal Boccia look over images produced by a high-powered electron microscope. (Photo: Romi Levine)

This U of T Engineering professor teaches his students to think like detectives