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Professor Adrian Nachman (ECE) is internationally renowned for his breakthroughs in mathematical problems related to medical imaging, some of which had been unsolved for decades. (photo courtesy of ECE)

Professor Adrian Nachman elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Fellows are recognized for their contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, and in Canadian public life

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Professor Milica Radisic elected fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Fellows from universities, healthcare and research institutes evaluate Canada’s most complex health challenges and recommend strategic, actionable solutions

Left to right: Co-leads on the study, Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) and Lucia Huang (BME MSc student), say the technology could make monitoring and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases easier and accessible. (Photo by KITE Studio/UHN)

Researchers develop swallowable sensor that offers simpler way to monitor gut inflammation

U of T Engineering professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) is co-leading the development along with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School

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Three members of the U of T Engineering community appointed to the Order of Canada

Professor Tom Chau (BME), Professor Emeritus Adel Sedra (ECE) and alumnus Nathan Leipciger (ECE 5T5, Hon LLD 2019) are among 83 individuals appointed by the Governor General of Canada

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Modelling study provides support for the ‘housing first’ approach to addressing addiction and homelessness

New paper models positive health and cost outcomes when supports are in place

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U of T Engineering researchers and startup boutIQ solutions partner to advance heart repair therapies

Company aims to transform the way cell culture media is developed, using artificial intelligence to make cell-based therapies more effective and clinically viable

Maikawa in a blue labcoat stands with arms crossed and smiles at the camera. two other researchers are working in the background in the lab.

Professor Caitlin Maikawa wins 2024 John Charles Polanyi Prize for Chemistry

The Polanyi Prizes are awarded annually in honour of John C. Polanyi, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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U of T Engineering grad champions environmental causes, Indigenous empowerment

Allana Nakashook-Zettler (ChemE 2T4 + PEY) is graduating with a degree in chemical engineering — and a strengthened conviction in her ability to foster change

Kiki Chan demonstrating nutrient premix particles

This PhD graduate’s food fortification research took her around the world, from Senegal to India

Kiki Chan (ChemE MASc 1T8, PhD 2T5) has travelled widely in pursuit of new ways to add micronutrients to common foods, thereby improving human health