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‘You don’t find out what you’re capable of just by thinking’: Meet Professor Parinaz Naseri

Adjunct professor Vince Arone, left, with Tom Mihalik, right, owner and operator of Tom’s Place. Each year, Mihalik gives a guest lecture to students in an engineering business course taught by Arone. (photo by Vince Arone)

‘We’re all one community’: Why local business owner Tom Mihalik gives back to U of T Engineering

Meagan Flus managing data collection at a hackathon in 2024. (photo submitted by Meagan Flus)

How hackathons can serve as a ‘living laboratory’ for studying engineering design team dynamics

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Six U of T Engineering professors have received Early Researcher Awards from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science.

Early Researcher Awards support U of T Engineering research on smart materials, cancer technology and more

Vahid Raeesi (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Multi-functional, modular nanoparticles could help fight cancer

A sign indicating the location of an automated external defibrillator (AED) is pictured. Research led by U of T Engineering Professor Tim Chan showed that up to 30 per cent of the time, AEDs are locked inside closed buildings when someone suffers cardiac arrest in a public place. (Credit: U of T Engineering)

Many life-saving defibrillators behind locked doors during off-hours, study finds

U of T researchers Sonya MacParland (right) and Kim Tsoi (IBBME PhD 1T6) are the lead authors on a four-year study that showed how the liver and spleen trapped cancer nanomedicine, preventing them from reaching their intended targets. (Photo: Peter Church)

Understanding a key roadblock behind nanoparticle cancer drug delivery