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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 Myrtede Alfred (MIE) joined U of T Engineering in August 2021. She noted the search committee’s strong emphasis on equity, diversity and inclusion throughout the hiring process. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

Attracting top talent: How one U of T Engineering search committee redesigned its hiring process

A new way to deliver therapeutic proteins to the body, developed at U of T Engineering, could help treat degenerative eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. (Photo: Mark_Kuiken, via iStock)

New strategy for delivery of therapeutic proteins could help treat degenerative eye diseases

Group of smiling young adults stand surrounded by green grass and trees

‘Ask again later’: Why some first-year students keep their options open with TrackOne

Oseremen Ebewele

This grad student is developing solar-powered bioreactors to clean water and produce sustainable products