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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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A four-armed robotic manipulator

Three commercialization fellowships bring new U of T Engineering research to market

Students participating in the 2015 Canadian National Concrete Canoe Competition (CNCCC)

Engineering students race concrete canoes across Toronto’s waterfront [PHOTO GALLERY]

Digital rendering of microbes

New chip makes testing for antibiotic-resistant bacteria faster, easier

Professor Javad Mostaghimi holding a piece of foam shaped like a turbine blade. The foam has been coated with zirconia — a thermal barrier. Air can flow through the foam and cool the blade so that it can withstand temperatures greater than 1000C (Photo: Rob Waymen).

Engineering new coatings that repel water, fight corrosion and withstand heat