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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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Multi-talented engineering student and artist Andrew Forde was inspired by Glenn Gould’s 1967 CBC radio broadcast The Idea of North to compose a contemporary piece that reflects Canadian diversity. (Credit: Markus Staley).

Andrew Forde aims to connect Canadians with a new Idea of North

February 6, 2018

Amol Rao (MIE MEng candidate) is the founder of Somnitude, a startup company that helps people get better sleep with its blue-wavelength-filtering glasses. Rao partnered with Freestyle Canada to ship 30 of his company's glasses to Olympic athletes ahead of the 2018 winter games. (Credit: Liz Do).

This engineering startup is giving Canada’s Olympic skiers a fresh edge

February 6, 2018

Professors Rita Kandel and Robert Pilliar (IBBME), at right, are working on a promising new treatment that could see diseased joints replaced with new tissue-engineered joints developed at U of T Engineering. (Credit: Jennifer Robinson)

New joints for arthritis sufferers among U of T Engineering research projects receiving Connaught Innovation Award support

February 2, 2018

Sara Maltese (Year 4 CivE) is the conference chair for the sixth annual WISE National Conference, hosted at U of T Engineering. (Photo credit: Armand Suwanda)

Transcending boundaries: U of T Engineering hosts WISE National Conference 2018

February 1, 2018

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