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Paul and Anna Acchione

For Giving Day, alumnus and donor Paul Acchione reflects on his life and legacy in engineering

CivMin’s newest faculty member, Professor Giuliano Pretti, at the door to his new office. (photo by Phill Snel)

‘Motivation can move mountains’: Meet Professor Giuliano Pretti

Professors George Eleftheriades (ECE) and Yu Sun (MIE) have been elected as international members of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. (Photos submitted)

Two U of T Engineering professors elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering

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Ashkan Amirghassemi delivered his team's final presentation at the culminating showcase for ILead's annual social innovation challenge, The Game. (Photo: Alan Yusheng Wu)

More than just a game: ILead’s social innovation competition ‘The Game’ aims to engineer a better world

March 14, 2016

Gimmy Chu, a U of T Engineering alumnus, co-founded the green technology company Nanoleaf. The company developed the Nanoleaf LED light bulb, the world's most energy-efficient bulb. (Credit: Johnny Guatto).

Federal government backs three U of T Engineering startups and their clean tech innovations

March 11, 2016

Before drilling underneath a city of skyscrapers, engineers such as Professor Giovanni Grasselli need sophisticated models of how the rock underneath might react to physical forces. (Credit: Jonathan Moore via Flickr)

Advanced imaging techniques let U of T engineers see inside rock

March 10, 2016

When seeded with heart cells, the flexible polymer scaffold contracts with a regular rhythm, just like real heart tissue. (Image: Boyang Zhang)

‘Person-on-a-chip’ — U of T engineers create lab-grown heart and liver tissue for drug testing and more

March 7, 2016

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