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Dr. So Min Park (ECE) holds up a sample of the perovskite solar cell that she and her collaborators designed. When the new cell was measured continuously under solar illumination, it maintained 85% of its original performance even following 1,560 hours at 85 C and 50% relative humidity. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Improved stability could help perovskite solar cells compete with silicon

July 13, 2023

U of T Engineering researchers increase the stability of this emerging solar technology under high temperatures, helping to overcome a key barrier to commercial application

Professor Xilin Liu (ECE) and his collaborators are developing electronic devices that could help patients suffering from sleep disorders. (Photo courtesy Xilin Liu)

How AI and neuromodulation could help with sleep disorders

July 4, 2023

Professor Xilin Liu (ECE) is part of a new international research collaboration to develop electronic technologies to investigate sleep modulation

Professor Brokoslaw Laschowski wears a prototype of his lab’s AI-powered smart glasses (Photo: Polina Teif)

‘Bionic professor’ aims to transform the field of wearable robotics

June 27, 2023

Professor Brokoslaw Laschowski (MIE) is developing AI-powered technologies that interface with humans

Two individuals hold an atomic structure model

U of T Engineering researchers are using electric fields to control the movement of defects in crystals

June 19, 2023

New phenomenon of controlling dislocation motion has the potential to improve performance and formability of semiconductors and other brittle crystalline materials

Philipp Seiler stands next to a chalk board with a mathematical equation.

‘A good lecture should be an active discussion’: Meet Professor Philipp Seiler

June 13, 2023

Seiler (UTIAS) brings an expertise in ultra-lightweight structures and high-temperature materials for turbines and rocket engines

A new study from U of T Engineering Professor David Meyer (CivMin, ISTEP) shows that between the cities of Delhi and Bengaluru, customers are supplied water on 3,278 different schedules, ranging from nearly continuous to only about 30 minutes per week. (Photo: wirestock, via Envato Elements)

Why do Delhi and Bengaluru supply water according to 3,278 different schedules?

June 12, 2023

New research from Professor David Meyer (CivMin, ISTEP) and his team highlights how water supply scheduling leads to inequity between rich neighbourhoods and poorer ones

Joseph Sebastian (BME PhD candidate) is one of 15 students from across U of T selected for the second-ever round of the Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship Program. (Photo: Leanna Lui)

Listen to your heart: New ultrasound technique earns PhD candidate Joseph Sebastian a Connaught PhD for Public Impact Fellowship

June 8, 2023

Sebastian is among 15 recipients from across U of T, and the only one from U of T Engineering

Professor Paul Yoo stands outside in front of greenery and tress on the University of Toronto St. George campus.

Non-invasive approach for electrical nerve stimulation among six projects supported by 2023 Connaught Innovation Awards

June 1, 2023

Professor Paul Yoo (BME, ECE) is designing a cost-effective alternative to implantable neuromodulation devices

Dr. Katheryn Rothenberg wears personal protective equipment, including safety googles, a white lab coat and blue gloves, while working in a laboratory.

U of T Engineering researchers discover new protein needed for rapid wound repair

June 1, 2023

Study advances understanding of the molecular signals that coordinate cellular behaviours, in embryonic development and tissue repair

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