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Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) pictured in her lab where her team is developing unique treatments for chronic diseases. (photo by Qin Dai)

This U of T Engineering professor is developing novel biomaterials to improve the treatment of chronic diseases

September 18, 2024

Professor Caitlin Maikawa’s (BME) research will be funded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI-JELF)

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

New aerogel material to prevent electronics from overheating is among eight projects supported by 2024 Connaught Innovation Awards

September 4, 2024

Professor Hani Naguib (MSE, MIE) and his team are designing aerogel film materials for thermal management systems

Amr Helmy is bending over a table working with small metal objects. The table is in his lab and has equipment and tools.

Quantum photonics research aims to enable new sensing, imaging and communications methods

August 29, 2024

Professor Amr Helmy (ECE) is researching innovative quantum photonics sensing and communication techniques with funding from NSERC Alliance

Connor Isaac stands holding his arms in front of him. He's wearing a light blue golf shirt and khaki pants with a pendant around his neck. Behind him is a building with a row of plants in front of it.

U of T Engineering student takes his passion for renewable energy back home to Walpole Island First Nation

August 28, 2024

Connor Isaac (Year 3 MechE), who is Chippewa (Ojibwe) and Potawatomi, will begin a PEY Co-op position working with Walpole Island Chief and Council

Professors Hans-Arno Jacobsen (ECE), left, and Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE, EngSci) are part of a team that is training future computer system designers to integrate sustainability practices into the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. (photo by Jenny Lee)

NSERC CREATE project to train engineering students on environmentally aware development of AI

August 27, 2024

U of T Engineering professors Hans-Arno Jacobsen (ECE) and Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE, EngSci) are part of the team behind the new initiative

From left to right, a composite image of Shira Landau, Yimu Zhao and Professor Milica Radisic

U of T Engineering researchers integrate crucial immune cells onto heart-on-a-chip platform

August 27, 2024

Researchers say this technology could lead to more accurate disease models and more effective treatments for heart conditions

Professor Amy Bilton and her team next to a rainwater collection system in Guadalajara, Mexico

Professor Amy Bilton earns McLean Award for engineering solutions in resource-constrained communities

August 23, 2024

Bilton (MIE) and her research team use human-centered design to create resilient technologies, particularly for drinking water and agricultural irrigation systems

Professor Aereas Aung's lab is developing new tools to study and manipulate immune cells and their reaction to vaccines. (photo by Tim Fraser)

Connaught New Researcher award supports research to create next generation vaccines against sexually transmitted infections

August 22, 2024

Professor Aereas Aung (BME) is developing a novel strategy to target the mucosal immune system

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