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Each year, we collaborate more than 400 partner organizations on research and development projects, work-integrated learning programs and much more. Our partners range from local startups to multinational corporations to not-for-profit enterprises, and everything in between.

These tiny robotic tools powered by magnetic fields could enable minimally invasive brain surgery

March 26, 2025

Professor Eric Diller (MIE) and his collaborators have created a set of tools only a few millimetres in diameter, to grip, pull and cut tissue

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U of T renews five-year research partnership with Konica Minolta

March 21, 2025

Research projects include the use of machine learning to improve manufacturing

A close up of a metal component being fabricated by laser-based 3D printing.

New machine learning framework enhances precision and efficiency in metal 3D printing, advancing sustainable manufacturing

March 18, 2025

Research led by Professor Yu Zou (MSE) aims to produce higher quality and more reliable metal parts for aerospace, automotive, energy and health-care applications

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How a PEY Co-op experience launched a U of T Engineering alumnus into space sustainability

March 11, 2025

Zayne Thawer (EngSci 2T0 + PEY) says his internship at Safran Landing Systems was incredibly enlightening

Composite photo from left to right: Professor Tobin Filleter (MIE) and Peter Serles.

Strong as steel, light as foam: Machine learning and nano-3D printing produce breakthrough high-performance, nano-architected materials

January 23, 2025

Research led by Professor Tobin Filleter (MIE) could benefit industries from automotive to aerospace

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U of T and Siemens Canada partner to transform energy grid

November 25, 2024

Strategic industry-academic collaboration aims to accelerate adoption of green energy technologies

Celebrating partnerships for research, education and community-building

November 22, 2024

Networking reception at U of T’s Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus celebrates past and future collaborations

From left to right: Professor Reza Iravani (ECE), Carmine Pizzurro (MIE 8T9, MIE MEng 9T3), Dr. Carlos Da Silva, Professor Cristina Amon (MIE) and U of T Engineering Dean Christopher Yip.

U of T Engineering partnership with Jule enabled the world’s first battery-powered electric vehicle fast charger

September 18, 2024

Professor Cristina Amon (MIE) and Dr. Carlos Da Silva are currently working with Jule to advance battery thermal management technology

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Healthy aging in place: Connaught Community Partnership Research Program funds activity spaces for older adults

August 1, 2024

Professor Mark Chignell (MIE) is piloting activity spaces and evaluating their cognitive, physical and social benefits

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