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Professor Frank Gu (ChemE), the new NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in Nanotechnology Engineering, and his team are applying cutting-edge nanotechnology in health care.

New NSERC Industrial Research Chair leverages nanotechnology to enhance health care

December 14, 2018

Professor Frank Gu (ChemE) named NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Nanotechnology Engineering

Axel Guenther, Associate Professor Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, November 23, 2018. (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T Engineering partners with NRC to commercialize biomedical innovations

November 26, 2018

The Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT) will bring new technologies to market in microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip and organ-on-a-chip engineering

Professor Michael Garton recently joined IBBME. (Credit: Jovana Drinjakovic)

How IBBME’s Michael Garton forged a career in research after being paralyzed in climbing accident

October 4, 2018

Professor Michael Garton (IBBME) is engineering human cells to mend throbbing pain in aging joints

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE), director of the Centre for Healthcare Engineering. (Credit: Brian Tran)

Centre for Healthcare Engineering celebrates 10 years of innovation

October 3, 2018

Alumni, students and faculty come together to honour the decade-long pioneering work of the Centre for Healthcare Engineering

Professor Michael Carter (MIE) has been elected Fellow of the country’s highest health-related scholarly body, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the first industrial engineer to hold the rank. (Credit: Brian Tran)

Michael Carter elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

September 14, 2018

MIE professor honoured for his pioneering research in health care engineering, becomes first industrial engineer inducted into the CAHS

Left to right: Professor Alison McGuigan (ChemE, IBBME), Jody Mou and chemical engineering PhD candidate Darren Rodenhizer. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Alison McGuigan elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

September 11, 2018

U of T Engineering researcher is a leading expert in tissue engineering and disease modelling

Aaron Babier (MIE PhD candidate) demonstrates his AI-based software’s visualization capabilities. (Credit: Brian Tran)

Smarter cancer treatment: AI tool automates radiation therapy planning

August 1, 2018

U of T Engineering researchers develop an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to cut the time of developing radiation therapy plans down to mere hours

Dr. Tarek Awad, a researcher in U of T’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering, shows two samples: at left, a stainless steel surface treated to trap simple cooking oil, and at right, an uncoated surface. The uncoated surface can accumulate food residue and encourage the growth of food-borne pathogens. (Credit: Liz Do)

Cooking oil coating prevents bacteria from growing on food processing equipment

July 27, 2018

U of T Engineering researchers examine a simple and effective way to minimize food contamination at industrial production plants

Inspired by art, engineering researchers use sound and visuals to simulate blood-flow patterns of brain aneurysms

May 24, 2018

“Imagine I’m a patient with what I feel is a ticking time bomb in my head…I want to provide more information for the clinician”

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