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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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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

February 10, 2017

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

February 7, 2017

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

February 2, 2017

Professor Erin Bobicki researches new methods for extracting valuable minerals that use less energy and water than current methods. Her innovations could also enable the extraction of useful metals from materials previously discarded as waste. (Credit: Kevin Soobrian)

Can microwaves make mining more sustainable?

February 1, 2017

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