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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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Professor Hamid Timorabadi (ECE) with students in the Energy Systems lab during the MicRobotics workshop, one of five ECE Summer Workshops held in 2023. The students were tasked with assembling an autonomous robot that could follow a circuitous track. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

Hands-on hardware workshops for ECE students help bridge the summer gap

Eva Lau (IndE 9T2), pictured here speaking at U of T's True Blue Impact Day, will speak about the importance of diversity in entrepreneurial mentorship at a special session on June 28. (Photo: Polina Teif)

Eva Lau, co-founder of Two Small Fish Ventures, says universities key to Toronto’s growth in tech

Professor Brokoslaw Laschowski wears a prototype of his lab’s AI-powered smart glasses (Photo: Polina Teif)

‘Bionic professor’ aims to transform the field of wearable robotics

Claire Kennedy, who is on the right, exits U of T's Simcoe Hall on her way to receive her honorary degree. To her left is U of T President Meric Gertler.

ChemE alumna and Defy Gravity co-chair Claire Kennedy receives U of T honorary degree