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Begum Yilmaz, Katarina Poffley and Emre Yilmaz hold their payload at the Canadian Space Agency’s Timmins stratospheric balloon base.

START1 takes flight: U of T Engineering student team explores radiation risks in space

Aniss Zaoui

How a recent grad’s second PhD prepared him to develop next-generation sustainable materials

Yu Zou and team

New metal matrix composites — made with 3D printing — could lead to light, yet strong components for aerospace and other industries

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From left: Xiaoxiao (Maddy) Zhang, Lorna Lan and Brytni Richards (all Year 1 EngSci) work with a robotic arm. I’m so happy to have found the place I belong,” says Zhang. (Credit: Roberta Baker).

U of T’s youngest student sets her sights on the stars

March 15, 2017

Professor Craig Simmons (MIE, IBBME, at centre) encourages his students to test their hypotheses in the lab and make original research contributions. “Training students is the way the University has our biggest and most immediate impact," he says. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Craig Simmons receives 2017 Northrop Frye Award for integrating teaching and research

March 14, 2017

Team Moto — from left to right, Lucy Yang, Matthew Frehlich (ECE MEng candidate), Gowtham Ramachandran (MIE MEng 1T6), Sam Bennett and Lucas Siow — has created a fuel log made of used coffee grounds, wax and sugar that could help provide cooking heat for refugees. (Photo: Lance McMillan/Metro)

Empowering refugees with repurposed coffee: Team Moto heads to Hult Prize regional competition

February 28, 2017

Professor Shoshanna Saxe (CivE) analyses the environmental and social impact of large public transit infrastructure projects, equipping policymakers with data as they decide which investments to make. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Infrastructure’s impact: How public transit affects our environment

February 27, 2017

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