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

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Eyes on the street: Harnessing Street View images to ‘peer into’ structures 

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Professor Deepa Kundur (centre) began her appointment as chair of the Division of Engineering Science on January 1, 2017. (Credit: Neil Ta).

‘Our students are fearless’: Deepa Kundur commences term as chair of Engineering Science

University of Toronto, as a leader in ASME and the broader engineering community, and as a champion for increased diversity in the profession.” (Credit: Roberta Baker).

U of T engineers honoured by Engineering Institute of Canada

A pine forest in Finland. Professor Emma Master (ChemE) is collaborating with researchers around the world (including at Aalto University in Helsinki) to create new materials from trees that could replace fossil fuel-derived substances in everyday products, from adhesives to food packaging. (Photo: Emma Master)

Paper, not plastic: Leveraging microbial genes to make greener materials

Dr. Lewis Reis (IBBME PhD 1T6, at left) and Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) used their unique peptide-hydrogel biomaterial to heal chronic wounds up twice as quickly as commercially available products. (Credit: Marit Mitchell).

Skin cells ‘crawl’ together to heal wounds treated with unique hydrogel layer