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In the foreground: a researcher adjusts air quality equipment. In the background: cars are driving by, on a major roadway.

U of T Engineering team embarks on two large-scale urban air quality studies

February 12, 2024

Research will assess non-exhaust pollutants and winter air quality in Toronto

Four students hold up their first place certificates.

ISTEP hosts environmental design challenge motivating students to create impactful sustainable solutions

February 9, 2024

The 2024 Clarke Prize Environmental Design Challenge was two-day hackathon held at the end of January

Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou smiles in an office while holding a navy-coloured mug with the words "Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto".

The Road to Net Zero: New federal funding boosts research on how shifts in transportation infrastructure impact emissions, public health and equity

February 2, 2024

Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin) leads research collaboration that focuses on the social, environmental and economic outcomes of infrastructure investments

New sequencing method opens pathways to explore microbial diversity and functions at single-cell level

February 1, 2024

Study led by Professor Freeman Lan (BME) introduces easily adaptable droplet microfluidics workflow

Two researchers seated before a computer station. The two appear to be focused on the data displayed on a monitor.

U of T Engineering researchers use generative AI to design new viral vector subspecies for gene therapy delivery

January 24, 2024

Method for protein design, developed by Professor Michael Garton (BME) and Suyue Lyu (BME PhD candidate), could improve the efficacy of gene therapy

Dr. Zhe Gong walks walks past equipment that make up the electric vehicle lab station.

ECE electric vehicle systems course a first for the University of Toronto

January 23, 2024

Graduate-level course, developed by faculty, UTEV researchers and ECE undergrad lab managers, prepares students to meet anticipated industry demand

Professor Milica Radisic (BME, ChemE) and U of T alumna Marianne Wauchop (ChemE) developed a heart-on-a-chip device to study the effects of a genetic mutation that causes dilated cardiomyopathy. (Photos: supplied)

With heart-on-a-chip, researchers study genetic mutation underlying cardiac muscle disease

January 11, 2024

Device used to observe the effects of a sodium channel mutation that disrupts regular electrical activity in the heart

Professor Hamed Ibrahim (CivMin) poses for a photo by the main University of Toronto gates. (Photo: Phill Snel)

‘Take advantage of the brief opportunity to learn as much as possible while you are a student’: Meet Professor Hamed Ibrahim

January 5, 2024

Professor Ibrahim’s research goals include finding adaptive solutions to urgent regional water problems

Professor Amr Helmy directing students in a laboratory environment.

U of T Engineering-led research group secures funding to develop quantum sensors as an alternative to GPS

January 4, 2024

ECE professors Amr Helmy and Ravi Adve are part of a research collaboration funded by the Department of National Defence that will use quantum properties to develop more precise inertial navigation systems

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