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Professor Ali Asgarian (MSE) will lead the ASPiRE Lab, with a goal to bridge the gap between material innovation and industrial scale-up. (photo by Sherry Esfahani)

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Guest lecturer Professor Justin Hess presenting at the 2026 Fred Kan Lecture. (photo by William Suarez)

Building a culture of ethical inquiry in engineering: The legacy of the Fred Kan Lecture Series

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U of T to receive nearly $1M for global online project in mining education

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Dr. Mjaye Mazwi (left) and Professor Sebastian Goodfellow (CivMin) are training AI to recognize the warning signs of impending arrhythmia based on clinicians’ expertise and more than 10,000 electrocardiogram readings. (Photo: SickKids)

Tremors of the heart: How AI could help doctors predict cardiac problems in critically ill children

Professor Aereas Aung (BME) is an expert in vaccine development and cancer treatment (Photo: submitted)

‘A strong believer in knowing the fundamentals’: Meet Professor Aereas Aung

Left to right: Huazhong University of Science and Technology researchers Yuanhao Lou, Qiuhong Min, Jian Jin, Yuanjie Pang and Dan Wu gather around an electrolyzer to test a new catalyst that can convert CO from captured carbon into acetic acid. They are part of a global team that includes U of T Engineering researchers.  (Photo: Jiayang Song)

New catalyst could increase the value of captured carbon by transforming it into acetic acid

Robotics in a chemistry lab

‘Self-driving labs’: $200-million federal grant powers AI-driven materials discovery for clean energy, advanced manufacturing and more