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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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From left to right: PhD candidate Oreoluwa Kolade and Professors Julie Audet and Sowmya Viswanathan.

Researchers are creating algorithms to accelerate the development of new cellular therapies to repair damaged tissues

Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME). (Photo: submitted)

‘Teaching is a lot like working in the lab’: Meet Professor Caitlin Maikawa

Dr. So Min Park (ECE) holds up a sample of the perovskite solar cell that she and her collaborators designed. When the new cell was measured continuously under solar illumination, it maintained 85% of its original performance even following 1,560 hours at 85 C and 50% relative humidity. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Improved stability could help perovskite solar cells compete with silicon

The University of Toronto Formula Racing team’s new electric vehicle on-track at the Michigan International Speedway competing in the Formula SAE Electric competition. (Photo: Trevor Foote)

University of Toronto Formula Racing team’s pivot to electric brings international success