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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

An AI model segments flames and smoke in aerial footage, helping researchers track wildfire growth and build more accurate predictions. (photo courtesy of Steven Waslander)

New AI prediction model could transform how Canada fights wildfires

Four people stand together with their pinky fingers raised.

Ask Alan: Capstone team creates AI tool to help students study

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A therapist meets with a patient.

U of T Engineering students are incorporating AI in treating certain mental health conditions

Nelson Lee outside of the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Tackling challenges where they are: Meet 2024 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award winner, Nelson Lee

Researchers working in the Device Foundry

CRAFT 2.0: Academic hospital network joins centre for research on microfluidic devices for human health

In the foreground: a researcher adjusts air quality equipment. In the background: cars are driving by, on a major roadway.

U of T Engineering team embarks on two large-scale urban air quality studies