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In March 2026, Sushant Singh (MSE MEng 1T9, MIE PhD 2T6) won the top overall prize at  U of T’s Desjardins Startup Prize competition. (photo by Tim Fraser, KITE Studio)

The future of wound healing: Desjardins Prize supports U of T bioprinting startup

Drawing on experience in athletics, marketing, behavioural science and industry, Professor Alex Kaju (ISTEP) brings a practical approach to engineering education. (photo courtesy of Alex Kaju)

‘The goal is to bring the outside world into the classroom’: Meet Professor Alex Kaju

Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon (MIE) draws inspiration from nature to design robots that fly, hop, crawl or seamlessly combine multiple modes of locomotion. (photo courtesy of Pakpong Chirarattananon)

‘Simplicity wins when designing bio-inspired robots’: Meet MIE Professor Pakpong Chirarattananon

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Discovery of ‘slithering sperm’ could improve infertility treatments

Graduate student Christopher Sun

Improving defibrillator accessibility to save more lives

World Mining Competition champions Matthew Hart, Daryl Li, Seung Young Baek, and Peter Miszkiel

Lassonde Mineral Engineering team wins gold at World Mining Competition

Electrical engineering student Frank Gu.

Meet undergrad Frank Gu, a U of T Engineering intern lighting up Nanoleaf