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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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Hana Zalzal (CivE 8T8) is the founder of Cargo Cosmetics, a Toronto-based professional makeup line used by the industry’s top artists for TV and film.

Hana Zalzal: Professional makeup maven

Three innovative startups from U of T Engineering students are leveraging modern technology to address important challenges in the healthcare industry.

Three health-focused student startups

Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) and her team grow heart cells outside the body. The technology could help pharmaceutical companies detect negative side effects in drugs. It is being commercialized by TARA Biosystems, a New York City-based company co-founded by Radisic. (Photo: NSERC)

Lab-grown heart cells to improve drug safety

Jeffrey Siegel

The link between air quality and human health