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Launch of PADmap translates graduate research on defibrillators into a potentially life-saving tool

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Professor Milica Radisic receives a Governor General’s Innovation Award

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U of T Engineering professor and alumni receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

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Professor Angela Schoellig (UTIAS, at right) demonstrates one of her flying robots to a future innovator. Schoellig was part of a panel convened to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11, 2017. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

STEM needs women: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Jennifer (Yewon) Son was one of six students whose project for a first-year Engineering course has led to retrofits at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. Her teammates were Michael Lancaster, Jackie Lunger, Toby (Yishun) Ou, Alice Wolfe and Tom Zhang. (Credit: Kevin Soobrian)

Saving the stacks: First-year Engineering students inspire retrofit for Fisher Rare Book Library

Measurements taken by U of T Engineering researchers show that levels of certain airborne particles can be up to nine times higher in train cars pulled by diesel locomotives than on busy city streets. (Photo: Kevin Hiscott, via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/portway-ave/110344606/" target="_blank">Flickr</a>)

Diesel trains may expose passengers to exhaust

Aaron Persad shows off a small sample of water he took on a microgravity simulation test flight in November 2016. Persad is one of 70 candidates the Canadian Space Agency is considering to become Canada’s next astronaut. (Photo courtesy Aaron Persad).

Five U of T Engineering alumni make the shortlist to become Canada’s next astronaut