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"If nobody outside a company can see what these systems are doing, it’s very hard to tell whether they’re safe," says Professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE). (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T researcher calls for independent testing of powerful AI models

Left to right: Weixiang Ben (Year 3 MSE), Jiaze Wu (MSE PhD student) and Professor Kai Huang (MSE) are three members of the team who designed a new type of nanoparticle that can upconvert light from low-energy photons into high-energy ones. (photo by Tyler Irving)

New light-emitting nanoparticles can detect subtle chemical differences to enhance pharmaceutical manufacturing, pollution prevention and more

University Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) has conducted groundbreaking research on the remediation of contaminated groundwater, wastewater treatment and anaerobic digestion. (photo courtesy of Daria Perevezentsev)

University Professor Elizabeth Edwards awarded the Royal Society of Canada’s Miroslaw Romanowski Medal

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The Self-Driving Lab for Human Organ Mimicry will use organoids and organs-on-chips – a well plate is pictured here – to allow researchers to move potential therapeutics to human clinical trials more rapidly. (Photo by Rick Lu)

U of T ‘self-driving lab’ to focus on next-gen human tissue models

October 27, 2023

Cherie Mak, U of T Engineering’s mental health programs officer, holds up a sign explaining a brick activity at the Build U Up event. (Photo: Safa Jinje)

Build U Up event raises awareness of mental health resources available to engineering students

October 25, 2023

Left to right: Alumni Ines Fernandez (IndE 0T9 + PEY) and Kenneth Smith (MMS 6T6) pose for a photo in the Myhal Auditorium at the kick-off to the U of T Engineering 150th Anniversary Open House on October 14. (Photo: Liz Intac)

U of T Engineering’s 150th Anniversary Open House celebrates the past and looks to the future

October 20, 2023

PhD candidate Xiao Shang sets up a part for printing using the directed energy deposition 3D printer.

This machine learning method aims to speed up the design of next-generation biomedical implants and aerospace materials

October 18, 2023

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