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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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Olga Misic (Year 2 ChemE) holds an organic photovoltaic device she worked on this summer in in the labs of Professor Tim Bender (ChemE). Her position was supported in part by one of U of T Engineering’s new First-Year Summer Research Fellowships.

First-year students gain research experience with Summer Research Fellowships

A landmark bequest from Erwin Edward Hart (CivE 4T0, centre) created the Percy Edward Hart and Erwin Edward Hart Professorships, awarded to seven U of T Engineering researchers.

Hart Professorships awarded to seven early-career faculty members

University Professor Michael Sefton (IBBME, ChemE), University of Toronto biomedical engineering University Professor Michael Sefton (IBBME, ChemE) has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Michael Sefton to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society

Professor Chirag Variawa teaches incoming first-year students in the Technology-Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) room in the Sandford Fleming building. Variawa is an expert on identifying and eliminating barriers to learning for engineering students. (Credit: Marit Mitchell).

Expert on inclusivity in engineering education joins U of T Engineering