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SymbI uses its self-driving lab to identify the best combination of microorganisms for breaking down organic waste and producing the ingredients required for a palm kernel oil alternative. (photo courtesy of SymBL Innovations)

AC-U of T startup converts organic waste into high-value bioproducts

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

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Peter Wen (Year 4 MechE) shows off the Telehex, the multipurpose hex-key tool he designed and launched through The Entrepreneurship Hatchery. Wen says he spent over a thousand hours developing his first prototypes — something that will be much easier for students working in the forthcoming Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship. (Credit: Marit Mitchell).

Student entrepreneur Peter Wen: CEIE will be a ‘game-changer’

December 14, 2017

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette (ECE MASc 9T0, at right) presents the Meritorious Service Cross to Professor Tom Chau (IBBME), Pierre Duez (EngSci 0T0, MASc IndE 0T3), Andrea Lamont, and Eric Wan (CompE 1T0, ECE MASc 1T3) on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. (Credit: MCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall, OSGG).

Professor Tom Chau, U of T Engineering alumni awarded Governor General Meritorious Service Decoration

December 12, 2017

Professor Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) appears in the trailer for the film Downsizing.

U of T Engineering professors appear in Downsizing film

December 12, 2017

Professors Brenda McCabe, Daman Panesar, Shoshanna Saxe, Heather MacLean and Daniel Posen (all CivE) are collaborating with companies in construction, building services and engineering consulting to reduce the greenhouse gas impacts of future infrastructure projects. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Green infrastructure: New tool to help construction industry reduce carbon footprint

December 8, 2017

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