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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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Professor Kamran Behdinan (MIE) hopes to improve the design of aircraft landing gear. He was recently awarded a $900,000, three-year NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) grant to make it happen. (Credit: kov-A-c via Flickr).

Kamran Behdinan looks to design the next generation of aircraft landing gear

U-Haul: Members of U of T Engineering’s Blue & Gold Committee and Outreach Office on their way to Nathan Phillips Square (Photo: Kyle Coulter)

#UofTGrad16: Engineering students put the “U” in U of Toronto

U of T biomedical engineer Tom Chau (left) pictured with his research students, is this year’s recipient of the March of Dimes Canada’s Jonas Salk Pioneer Award, recognizing his sustained scientific contributions to improving the lives of people with physical disabilities. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Tom Chau receives March of Dimes Canada lifetime achievement award

Honorary graduand Professor Cynthia Barnhart, the first female chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hopes that the field of engineering will soon be known for diversity as much as creativity. (courtesy: Cynthia Barnhart)

Engineering Convocation 2016: Diversity trailblazer MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart