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MSE PhD student Ajay Talbot holds up samples of metal alloys made of nickel, cobalt and chromium. Talbot and his collaborators leveraged AI to design new materials that can outperform industry standards at high temperatures. (photo by Tyler Irving)

Self-driving lab leverages AI to develop tough new 3D-printable metal alloys for aerospace and advanced manufacturing

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‘You don’t find out what you’re capable of just by thinking’: Meet Professor Parinaz Naseri

Adjunct professor Vince Arone, left, with Tom Mihalik, right, owner and operator of Tom’s Place. Each year, Mihalik gives a guest lecture to students in an engineering business course taught by Arone. (photo by Vince Arone)

‘We’re all one community’: Why local business owner Tom Mihalik gives back to U of T Engineering

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Students in Professor Karl Peterson’s lab examine concrete samples from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Left to right: Wisdom Okoh, Katia Ossetchkina, Professor Karl Peterson and Amy Montgomery. (photo by Phill Snel)

This team of CivMin researchers is studying the Gordie Howe International Bridge — down to the microscopic level

Alex Kurk (MechE 2T6), left, is the 2026 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. Sanjay Malaviya, right, is the donor for this award. Malaviya holds one of the 3D-printed interfaces designed by Kurk to help people with low vision navigate software user interfaces. (photo by Tyler Irving)

Solutions for people with low vision helped Alex Kurk earn the 2026 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award

Left to right: Stephen Laditi (CivE 2T5 + PEY), Favour Nwanna (CompE 2T5 + PEY) and Cassandra Abraham, Outreach Coordinator, Engineering Student Recruitment and Outreach Office, U of T Engineering. (photo by Tyler Irving)

‘Invaluable’: Two of Blueprint’s first alumni reflect on their educational journeys

Professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE) and his collaborators showed that publicly accessible AI models can be used to power a worm that adapts its strategy as it spreads. (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T researchers demonstrate AI worm could target any online device